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Literature, Critique, and Empire Today

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2021

ISSN3033-3962eISSN3033-3970

SJR Q2✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total84

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (AHCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.138

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.543

Total Worksi

104

Total Citationsi

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.16

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Literature, African, Australian, Canadian; Literature and Literary Theory.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2021

Annual Volume~ 26 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications104

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

3033-3962 / 3033-3970

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

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 TheoryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literature, African, Australian, Canadian

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Postcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesSouth African History and CultureAustralian History and SocietyCommonwealth, Australian Politics and FederalismAnthropological Studies and InsightsSocioeconomic Development in AsiaUtopian, Dystopian, and Speculative FictionSouth Asian Cinema and CultureDiaspora, migration, transnational identityEcocriticism and Environmental Literature

Frequently asked questions about Literature, Critique, and Empire Today

Is Literature, Critique, and Empire Today a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Literature, Critique, and Empire Today: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 84/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Literature, Critique, and Empire Today?

Literature, Critique, and Empire Today is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.16.

Is Literature, Critique, and Empire Today indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Literature, Critique, and Empire Today is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Literature, Critique, and Empire Today?