GERMAN LIFE AND LETTERS
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Aims & Scope
- German Life and Letters was founded in 1936 by the distinguished British Germanist L.A. Willoughby and the publisher Basil Blackwell. In its first number the journal described its aim as "engagement with German culture in its widest aspects: its history, literature, religion, music, art; with German life in general". German LIfe and Letters has continued over the decades to observe its founding principles of providing an international and interdisciplinary forum for scholarly analysis of German culture past and present. The journal appears four times a year, and a typical number contains around eight articles of between six and eight thousand words each.
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LITERATURE, GERMAN, DUTCH, SCANDINAVIAN
LITERATURE, GERMAN, DUTCH, SCANDINAVIAN
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Academic Intelligence Overview & Context
ImpaQ AnalysisGERMAN LIFE AND LETTERS (ISSN: 0016-8777) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of LITERATURE, published by Wiley-Blackwell in United Kingdom. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 0.20, ranking in quartile Q1 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.112 (Q3), an H-index of 16.
The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an annual output of approximately 28 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $2,209 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.
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