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Journal for the History of Rhetoric

Penn State University Press · United States · Est. 1998

ISSN2687-8011

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

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 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.111

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

515

Total Citationsi

433

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.03

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Literature and Literary Theory; Communication; Linguistics and Language.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1998

Annual Volume~ 32 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications515

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Penn State University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2687-8011

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

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

2019

126

2020

110

2021

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.

Literature and Literary TheoryQ3

CommunicationQ4

Linguistics and LanguageQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary TheoryLinguistics and LanguageCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Rhetoric and Communication StudiesDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsClassical Antiquity StudiesClassical Philosophy and ThoughtLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionLatin American and Latino StudiesLiterature, Film, and Journalism AnalysisRace, History, and American SocietyMedia Studies and Communication

Frequently asked questions about Journal for the History of Rhetoric

Is Journal for the History of Rhetoric a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal for the History of Rhetoric: it is indexed in Scopus, 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 Journal for the History of Rhetoric?

Journal for the History of Rhetoric is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.111.

Is Journal for the History of Rhetoric indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal for the History of Rhetoric is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal for the History of Rhetoric?