Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Anglo Saxonica
ISSN 0873-0628 · eISSN 2184-6006 · Ubiquity Press · Portugal
Anglo Saxonica: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 9 weeks (community reports); 10 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Anglo Saxonica is published by Ubiquity Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are American and British Literature Analysis, Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature and Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies, together about 24.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Anglo Saxonica is an international, peer-reviewed journal hosted at the University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies. It publishes original work on the literatures, the cultures, linguistic and artistic forms of the English-speaking world. The journal welcomes theoretical and empirical research articles, review essays, interviews and selections of creative writing that adopt interdisciplinary perspectives, innovative approaches and engage with emerging critical methodologies.Anglo Saxonica encourages contributions that challenge established boundaries, revisit tradition and experience, and open new avenues of inquiry across literature, culture, linguistics, translation, film, visual arts, digital media, and pedagogy. In doing so the journal fosters the advancement of research and promotes renewed critical energy within the broad field of English studies.The journal also publishes one/two special issues per year with a particular thematic focus that are guest-edited by scholars in the proposed field.All works must be submitted in English and are subjected to initial appraisal by the editors and, if found suitable for further consideration, to double blind peer review by independent expert referees. Articles are made available as soon as they are ready to ensure that there are no unnecessary delays in getting content publicly available. Anglo Saxonica is indexed in Scopus, ERIH PLUS and MLA Directory of Periodicals and is hosted at the University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Editor-in-chief Margarida Pereira MartinsPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Portugal 29, United States 5, United Kingdom 5, France 2, Netherlands 2 (43 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- American and British Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities12%
- Ecocriticism and Environmental LiteratureArts and Humanities6.3%
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesArts and Humanities5.7%
- Contemporary Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities5.1%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities5.1%
- Memory, History, Trauma, IdentityArts and Humanities5.1%
- Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative FictionArts and Humanities4.4%
- Literary Theory and Cultural HermeneuticsArts and Humanities4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, Dimensions, CNKI, J-Gate, OCLC, CLOCKSS, Crossref
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.27OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 90 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 14 |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | 14 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | 2 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | 4 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 9 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 52 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- creative writingSubmissions of original creative writing (short stories, poetry and life writing) should be no more than 7,000 words in length.Length not stated
- interviewPreviously unpublished interviews should be no more than 7,000 words in length.Length not stated
- researchResearch articles in the fields of literature, culture, language, inter-arts / intermedial studies, reception and translation studies. Research articles should …Length not stated
- research articleies, reception and translation studies. Research articles should be between 5,000 to 7,000 words in length. This section is peer reviewed. Interview Previoumain text ≤ 7,000 words
- reviewill be published on the journal's blog. Reviews should be no more than 1,000 words in length. Creative writing Submissions of original creativmain text ≤ 1,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access
- Conflicts of interest Competing interests
If any of the authors have any competing interests then these must be declared. A short paragraph should be placed before the references. See our guidelines for competing interests. If there are no competing interests to declare then the following statement should be present: The author(s) has/have no competing interests to declare.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms. If a submission is rejected or withdrawn prior to publication, all rights return to the author(s): Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. There is no embargo on the journal’s publications. Submission and acceptance dates, along with publication dates, are made available on the PDF format for each paper. Authors of articles published remain the copyright holde…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Ubiquity Press
- Country or region
- Portugal
- Language
- English, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 0873-0628
- Electronic ISSN
- 2184-6006
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Anglo Saxonica
How long does peer review take at Anglo Saxonica?
Authors report an average review time of about 9 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Anglo Saxonica?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: ≤ 6; Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Anglo Saxonica based?
Of the 43 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Portugal (29), United States (5) and United Kingdom (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Anglo Saxonica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Anglo Saxonica is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Anglo Saxonica open access, and what is the APC?
Anglo Saxonica is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .