Journal profile
C21 Literature Journal of 21stcentury Writings
ISSN 2045-5224 · Open Library of Humanities · United Kingdom
C21 Literature Journal of 21stcentury Writings: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 15 weeks (community reports); 18 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
C21 Literature Journal of 21stcentury Writings is published by Open Library of Humanities. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Contemporary Literature and Criticism, Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction and Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature, together about 43.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Contemporary Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities28.4%
- Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative FictionArts and Humanities7.7%
- Ecocriticism and Environmental LiteratureArts and Humanities7.3%
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesArts and Humanities6.4%
- Literary Theory and Cultural HermeneuticsArts and Humanities5.8%
- Narrative Theory and AnalysisArts and Humanities4.9%
- Modernist Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities4.7%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities3.4%
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
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.23OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 198 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 16 | 26 |
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | 35 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 30 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | 26 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | 37 |
| 2021 | 13 | 13 | 58 |
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 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 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 | — |
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 websitePeer review
- Peer review
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Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Open Library of Humanities
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2045-5224
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- 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 C21 Literature Journal of 21stcentury Writings
How long does peer review take at C21 Literature Journal of 21stcentury Writings?
Authors report an average review time of about 15 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.
Which databases index C21 Literature Journal of 21stcentury Writings?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, C21 Literature Journal of 21stcentury Writings is indexed in DOAJ.
Is C21 Literature Journal of 21stcentury Writings open access, and what is the APC?
C21 Literature Journal of 21stcentury Writings 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, 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: .