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Top Scientific Journals in Literary Theory & Criticism

Discover and benchmark premier peer-reviewed journals in Literary Theory & Criticism. Compare official Journal Impact Factor (IF), Web of Science quartiles (Q1–Q4), Scopus SJR, and Diamond Open Access status.

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29
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#1
Tier 3
Impact Factor
0.6
Scopus SJR
0.226
South AfricaView Profile
#2
Tier 3
NEW GERMAN CRITIQUE
ISSN: 0094-033X / 1558-1462 • Duke University Press
Impact Factor
0.6
Scopus SJR
0.21
United StatesView Profile
#3
Tier 4
Valenciana
ISSN: 2007-2538 / 2448-7295 • Universidad de Guanajuato
Impact Factor
0.4
Scopus SJR
—
#4
Tier 3
Problemy Istoricheskoi Poetiki
ISSN: 1026-9479 / 2411-4642 • Petrozavodsk State University
Impact Factor
0.3
Scopus SJR
0.258
Russian FederationView Profile
#5
Tier 3
Word and Text-A Journal of Literary Studies and Linguistics
ISSN: 2069-9271 / 2247-9163 • Editura Universitatii Petrol-Gaze din Ploiesti
Impact Factor
0.3
Scopus SJR
0.14
#6
Tier 2
CounterText-A Journal for the Study of the Post-Literary
ISSN: 2056-4406 / 2056-4414 • Edinburgh University Press
Impact Factor
0.2
Scopus SJR
0.101
InternationalView Profile
#7
Tier 2
Critical Survey
ISSN: 0011-1570 / 1752-2293 • Berghahn
Impact Factor
0.2
Scopus SJR
0.117
United KingdomView Profile
#8
Tier 2
DIACRITICS-A REVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY CRITICISM
ISSN: 0300-7162 / 1080-6539 • Johns Hopkins University Press
Impact Factor
0.2
Scopus SJR
0.125
United StatesView Profile
#9
Tier 3
Impact Factor
0.2
Scopus SJR
0.113
#10
Tier 4
INSULA-REVISTA DE LETRAS Y CIENCIAS HUMANAS
ISSN: 0020-4536 • Libreria Ediciones y Publicaciones, S.A.
Impact Factor
0.2
Scopus SJR
0.146
#11
Tier 3
Journal of Literary Theory
ISSN: 1862-5290 / 1862-8990
Impact Factor
0.2
Scopus SJR
—
InternationalView Profile
#12
Tier 4
MLN
ISSN: 0026-7910 / 1080-6598 • Johns Hopkins University Press
Impact Factor
0.2
Scopus SJR
0.115
InternationalView Profile
#13
Tier 3
Impact Factor
0.1
Scopus SJR
—
InternationalView Profile
#14
Tier 4
Catedral Tomada-Revista de Critica Literaria Latinoamericana-Journal of Latin American Literary Criticism
ISSN: 2169-0847 • University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
Impact Factor
0.1
Scopus SJR
0.126
United StatesView Profile
#15
Tier 3
Impact Factor
0.1
Scopus SJR
0.105
#16
Tier 4
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY-THEORY AND INTERPRETATION
ISSN: 0193-5380 / 1935-0201 • University of Pennsylvania Press
Impact Factor
0.1
Scopus SJR
0.1
InternationalView Profile
#17
Tier 4
Estudios de Teoria Literaria-Revista Digital-Artes Letras Humanidades
ISSN: 2313-9676 • Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
Impact Factor
0.1
Scopus SJR
0.104
ArgentinaView Profile
#18
Tier 4
GRADIVA
ISSN: 0363-8057 • State University of New York
Impact Factor
0.1
Scopus SJR
0.1
United StatesView Profile
#19
Tier 3
Interdisciplinary Literary Studies
ISSN: 1524-8429 / 2161-427X • Penn State University Press
Impact Factor
0.1
Scopus SJR
0.105
United StatesView Profile
#20
Tier 3
LIT-Literature Interpretation Theory
ISSN: 1043-6928 / 1545-5866 • Taylor & Francis
Impact Factor
0.1
Scopus SJR
0.113
NetherlandsView Profile
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