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BOUNDARY 2-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND CULTURE
ISSN 0190-3659 · eISSN 1527-2141 · Duke University Press
BOUNDARY 2-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND CULTURE: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.66; subscription journal; 21 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BOUNDARY 2-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND CULTURE is published by Duke University Press and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Poetry Analysis and Criticism, Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism and Contemporary Literature and Criticism, together about 23.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
boundary 2 publishes critical and scholarly materials relating to the study of literature and the humanities in the most important intellectual, literary, and cultural contexts and in a manner fully informed by important developments in theory and method. Extending beyond the postmodern, the journal approaches problems in these areas from a number of politically, historically, and theoretically informed perspectives. boundary 2 is committed to understanding the present and approaching the study of national and international culture and politics through literature and the human sciences.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities11%
- Philosophy, Ethics, and ExistentialismArts and Humanities6.5%
- Contemporary Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities5.6%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.7%
- Critical Theory and PhilosophySocial Sciences4.7%
- Educational Leadership and PracticesSocial Sciences4.6%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.4%
- Japanese History and CultureSocial Sciences4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Cultural Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Cultural Studies | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Literature | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Cultural Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIAHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Current ContentsPublisher website
Other: Academic OneFile, Academic Search Alumni Edition, Academic Search Complete, Academic Search Elite, Academic Search Premier, Advanced Placement Source, ArticleFirst, Biography Index: Past and Present (H.W. Wilson), Book Review Digest Plus (H.W. Wilson), Book Review Index Plus Current Abstracts, Dietrich's Index Philosophicus, Electronic Collections Online, Expanded Academic ASAP, General OneFile, HR Source, Humanities Abstracts (H.W. Wilson), Humanities Index (Online), Humanities International Complete, Humanities International Index, Humanities Source Ultimate, Humanities Source, InfoTrac Custom, Linguistic Bibliography (Online), Literary Reference Center Plus, Literary Reference Center, Literary Reference Center: Main Edition, MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association), OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson)
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
- 0.66LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- h-index
- 56OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 443OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.7OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 13LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,754 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1 | 7 |
| 2024 | 43 | 1 | 49 |
| 2023 | 42 | 4 | 114 |
| 2022 | 52 | 3 | 66 |
| 2021 | 59 | 3 | 39 |
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.
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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 websitePublication ethics
- Publication ethics
Originality: articles must not be previously published or under simultaneous submission. Model summary
Submission of an article implies that it has not been previously published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere.
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
- Duke University Press
- ISSN
- 0190-3659
- Electronic ISSN
- 1527-2141
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BOUNDARY 2-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND CULTURE
What CAS zone is BOUNDARY 2-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND CULTURE in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, BOUNDARY 2-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND CULTURE is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Cultural Studies / Literature. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of BOUNDARY 2-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND CULTURE?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.66; CiteScore 0.8, h-index 56.
Which databases index BOUNDARY 2-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND CULTURE?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BOUNDARY 2-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND CULTURE is indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is BOUNDARY 2-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND CULTURE open access, and what is the APC?
BOUNDARY 2-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND CULTURE is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .