Journal rankings · indicator year 2018
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Subfield ranking · 2018
Literature and Literary Theory journal rankings 2018
62 ranked journals · Subfield in Arts and Humanities
Literature and Literary Theory has 62 ranked journals in 2018. Its median journal scores above the world average: OJR 1.35 against 1.00, up 0.01 on 2017. A journal needs OJR 2.31 to reach Q1. The top three are Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education, Language Culture and Curriculum, and Journal of Second Language Writing.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2018. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2015–2017, the window the 2018 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Arts and Humanities (13)
62 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2017. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2015–2017, the window the 2018 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2015–2017 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2009 to 2018. | Compare |
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1Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language EducationJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 15.86Q1 | 3.48 2.32 up from 2017 | 45 | 10% | — | ||
2Language Culture and CurriculumRoutledge · United Kingdom | 9.93Q1 | 1.83 0.97 down from 2017 | 67 | 30% | — | ||
3Journal of Second Language WritingElsevier BV · United States | 6.96Q1 | 3.39 0.93 down from 2017 | 96 | 9% | $3,830 | ||
4Language and EducationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 6.69Q1 | 2.00 0.33 up from 2017 | 115 | 38% | — | ||
5English for Specific PurposesElsevier BV · United States | 4.89Q1 | 2.69 0.52 up from 2017 | 106 | 5% | $3,590 | ||
6Journal of Literacy ResearchSAGE Publishing · United States | 4.58Q1 | 2.69 0.38 up from 2017 | 62 | 46% | $3,650 | ||
7English EducationNational Council of Teachers of English | 4.24Q1 | 1.40 0.72 up from 2017 | 62 | 8% | — | ||
8Journal of English for Academic PurposesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.91Q1 | 2.30 0.06 up from 2017 | 146 | 13% | $3,730 | ||
9ELT JournalOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 3.23Q1 | 1.83 0.79 up from 2017 | 270 | 19% | $5,481 | ||
10Written CommunicationSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.90Q1 | 1.69 0.04 down from 2017 | 53 | 25% | $3,650 | ||
11Research in the Teaching of EnglishRoutledge · United States | 2.89Q1 | 0.95 0.51 down from 2017 | 108 | 8% | — | ||
12European Journal of Language PolicyLiverpool University Press · United Kingdom | 2.67Q1 | 1.04 0.63 up from 2017 | 35 | 19% | — | ||
13The Australian Journal of Language and LiteracySpringer Nature · Singapore | 2.63Q1 | 1.26 0.26 down from 2017 | 62 | 30% | $3,190 | ||
14LiteracyWiley · United Kingdom | 2.52Q1 | 1.49 0.14 up from 2017 | 68 | 24% | $3,470 | ||
15TESL Canada JournalOACanada | 2.37Q1 | 0.66 0.12 down from 2017 | 74 | 100% | — | ||
16Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated LearningOAUniversity of La Sabana · Colombia | 2.31Q1 | 0.96 0.29 up from 2017 | 36 | 100% | — | ||
17Functional LinguisticsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.17Q2 | 0.96 0.56 down from 2017 | 37 | 100% | — | ||
18Apples - Journal of Applied Language StudiesOAUniversity of Jyväskylä · Finland | 1.96Q2 | 0.62 0.67 down from 2017 | 46 | 100% | — | ||
19Journal of Business and Technical CommunicationSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.91Q2 | 1.37 0.13 up from 2017 | 48 | 28% | $3,650 | ||
20Journal of English as a Lingua FrancaDe Gruyter · Germany | 1.90Q2 | 1.02 0.25 down from 2017 | 77 | 35% | $2,712 | ||
21Technical Communication QuarterlyRoutledge · United States | 1.69Q2 | 1.31 0.17 down from 2017 | 66 | 13% | — | ||
22Linguistics and the Human SciencesEquinox Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.65Q2 | 2.64 2.52 up from 2017 | 33 | 11% | — | ||
23The EuroCALL ReviewOATechnical University of Valencia · Spain | 1.62Q2 | 1.48 0.96 up from 2017 | 38 | 100% | — | ||
24College Composition and CommunicationNational Council of Teachers of English · United States | 1.61Q2 | 0.73 0.01 down from 2017 | 131 | 5% | — | ||
25Computers & composition/Computers and compositionElsevier BV · United States | 1.61Q2 | 1.22 0.22 up from 2017 | 131 | 10% | $3,860 | ||
26Narrative InquiryJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 1.60Q2 | 1.11 0.54 up from 2017 | 59 | 5% | — | ||
27Scientific Study of LiteratureJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 1.55Q2 | 2.27 0.73 up from 2017 | 40 | 0% | — | ||
28UbiquityOAAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 1.54Q2 | 0.71 1.43 down from 2017 | 43 | 61% | — | ||
29Journal of Folklore ResearchIndiana University Press · United States | 1.48Q2 | 0.26 0.42 down from 2017 | 39 | 11% | — | ||
30The Journal of Popular TelevisionIntellect · United Kingdom | 1.44Q2 | 0.11 1.39 down from 2017 | 57 | 30% | — | ||
31International Journal of Humanities and Arts ComputingEdinburgh University Press · United Kingdom | 1.39Q2 | 0.57 0.77 down from 2017 | 50 | 21% | — | ||
32English in EducationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.30Q3 | 0.82 0.32 up from 2017 | 110 | 34% | — | ||
33DELTA Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e AplicadaOAPontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo · Brazil | 1.29Q3 | 0.22 0.02 down from 2017 | 146 | 100% | — | ||
34Language ValueOACarlos V · Spain | 1.25Q3 | 0.43 0.14 up from 2017 | 31 | 100% | — | ||
35Children s Literature in EducationSpringer Nature · United States | 1.23Q3 | 0.41 0.08 down from 2017 | 99 | 33% | $3,190 | ||
36Bellaterra Journal of Teaching & Learning Language & LiteratureOAAutonomous University of Barcelona · Spain | 1.21Q3 | 0.61 0.19 up from 2017 | 75 | 100% | — | ||
37Porta Linguarum Revista Interuniversitaria de Didáctica de las Lenguas ExtranjerasOARovira i Virgili University · Spain | 1.19Q3 | 0.57 0.14 down from 2017 | 109 | 100% | — | ||
38Language and LiteracyOALanguage and Literacy Researchers of Canada · Canada | 1.13Q3 | 0.37 0.03 down from 2017 | 74 | 100% | — | ||
39Language ArtsNational Council of Teachers of English · United States | 1.11Q3 | 0.53 0.07 up from 2017 | 211 | 3% | — | ||
40English Text ConstructionJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 1.07Q3 | 0.46 0.25 up from 2017 | 57 | 35% | — | ||
41Digital humanities quarterlyOAAlliance of Digital Humanities Organizations · United States | 1.00Q3 | 0.51 0.01 down from 2017 | 146 | 100% | — | ||
42Literary GeographiesManchester Metropolitan University | 0.85Q3 | 0.11 0.04 down from 2017 | 40 | 0% | — | ||
43ESP TodayOAUniversity of Belgrade Faculty of Economics · Serbia | 0.85Q3 | 0.43no change | 32 | 100% | — | ||
44Revista Brasileira de Lingüística AplicadaOAFederal University of Minas Gerais · Brazil | 0.84Q3 | 0.44 0.23 up from 2017 | 108 | 100% | — | ||
45Human Ecology ReviewOAANU Press · Australia | 0.84Q3 | 0.73 0.87 down from 2017 | 54 | 100% | — | ||
46Language Learning in Higher EducationDe Gruyter · Germany | 0.76Q3 | 0.28 0.08 up from 2017 | 72 | 16% | $2,712 | ||
47Literacy in Composition StudiesOAUnited States | 0.74Q3 | 0.32 0.26 down from 2017 | 49 | 100% | — | ||
48Multimodal CommunicationDe Gruyter · New Zealand | 0.71Q4 | 0.71 0.29 up from 2017 | 40 | 14% | $2,712 | ||
49EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and LanguagesOAE-JournALL · United States | 0.70Q4 | 0.86 0.25 up from 2017 | 47 | 100% | — | ||
50New Review of Children s Literature and LibrarianshipTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.70Q4 | 0.32 0.05 up from 2017 | 33 | 0% | — |
Subfields of Arts and Humanities, with Literature and Literary Theory highlighted.
- Language and Linguistics150
- Philosophy91
- Archeology66
- Literature and Literary Theory62
- Music29
- History and Philosophy of Science28
- Conservation22
- Museology22
- Visual Arts and Performing Arts19
- History7
- Classics1
- General Arts and Humanities0
- Religious studies0
Journals
Citations made in 2018. Corpus-wide, 81.5% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
19 additional Literature and Literary Theory journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2015–2017, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2018. Publication window: 2015–2017. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 62
- Window papers (baseline)
- 99,068 +8.2% from indicator year 2015
- Median OJR
- 1.35 +1.0% from indicator year 2015
- Rising journals (2025)
- 2
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2015–2017 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Ranked journals | 28 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 35 | 35 | 37 | 36 | 39 | 41 | 43 | 46 | 50 | 55 | 56 | 59 | 62 | 63 | 60 | 64 | 73 | 73 | 76 | 72 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 39,152 | 41,293 | 44,360 | 47,693 | 50,568 | 53,724 | 56,806 | 60,437 | 65,031 | 69,362 | 74,882 | 79,853 | 84,459 | 87,431 | 89,177 | 91,543 | 94,470 | 97,026 | 99,068 | 101,727 | 103,853 | 106,881 | 106,516 | 103,525 | 100,705 | 102,959 | |
| Median OJR | 0.77 | 0.91 | 1.05 | 0.99 | 1.12 | 1.014 | 1.18 | 1.10 | 0.94 | 0.901 | 1.26 | 1.31 | 1.49 | 1.303 | 1.299 | 1.335 | 1.11 | 1.339 | 1.35 | 1.24 | 1.51 | 1.010 | 1.02 | 0.93 | 0.903 | 0.89 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.