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Critical Times

Duke University Press · United States · Est. 2003

ISSN2641-0478

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.283

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.793

Total Worksi

266

Total Citationsi

1,344

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.31

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish, Spanish

1st Year Published2003

Annual Volume~ 30 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications266

Publisher OrgDuke University Press

OA Since2017

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Duke University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2641-0478

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

CLOCKSS

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English, Spanish

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

181

2019

255

2020

386

2021

151

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Jewish and Middle Eastern StudiesPolitical Theology and SovereigntyPolitical Economy and MarxismAnthropological Studies and InsightsIslamic Studies and HistoryHannah Arendt's Political PhilosophyWalter Benjamin Studies CompilationMiddle East Politics and SocietyFoucault, Power, and EthicsPsychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics

Frequently asked questions about Critical Times

Is Critical Times a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Critical Times: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Critical Times?

Critical Times is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.283.

Is Critical Times indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Critical Times is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Critical Times?