Journal profile · LITERATURE
ANQ A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews
ISSN 0895-769X · eISSN 1940-3364 · Taylor & Francis
ANQ A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.1 (journal website); subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; review about 75 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 37% (journal website); 95 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ANQ A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are American and British Literature Analysis, Medieval Literature and History and Poetry Analysis and Criticism, together about 24.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Occupying a unique niche among literary journals, ANQ is filled with short, incisive research-based articles about the literature of the English-speaking world and the language of literature. Contributors unravel obscure allusions, explain sources and analogues, and supply variant manuscript readings. Also included are Old English word studies, textual emendations, and rare correspondence from neglected archives. The journal is an essential source for professors and students, as well as archivists, bibliographers, biographers, editors, lexicographers, and textual scholars. With subjects from Chaucer and Milton to Fitzgerald and Welty, ANQ delves into the heart of literature.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LITERATURE
Editor-in-chief Sandro JungPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- American and British Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities8.5%
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities7.9%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities7.9%
- Literature: history, themes, analysisArts and Humanities7.8%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities6.1%
- Linguistics and language evolutionArts and Humanities5.6%
- Contemporary Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities4.8%
- Themes in Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature, EBSCOhost Online Research Databases, MLA International BibliographyPublisher website
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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.16Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.15Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.07OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.16%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 63LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 72,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,413 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 117 | 10 | 2 |
| 2025 | 95 | 10 | 10 |
| 2024 | 92 | 12 | 10 |
| 2023 | 78 | 7 | 17 |
| 2022 | 88 | 5 | 25 |
| 2021 | 78 | 2 | 43 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
75 daysfirst decision after review
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 37%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 35 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 75 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal, part of Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program. Model summary
ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes and Reviews is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open ac…
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0895-769X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1940-3364
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 39, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ANQ A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews
What CAS zone is ANQ A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ANQ A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Literature. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of ANQ A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.2, h-index 16.
How long does peer review take at ANQ A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews?
The publisher reports about 75 days (first decision after review); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 37%. 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.
Which databases index ANQ A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ANQ A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is ANQ A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews open access, and what is the APC?
ANQ A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .