Journal profile · LITERATURE
Cahiers de Narratologie
ISSN 0993-8516 · eISSN 1765-307X · Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Récits Cultures Et Sociétés · France
Cahiers de Narratologie: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 35 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cahiers de Narratologie is published by Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Récits Cultures Et Sociétés 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 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis, Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts and Historical and Literary Analyses, together about 43.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): LITERATURE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Linguistics and Discourse AnalysisArts and Humanities20.7%
- Cultural Insights and Digital ImpactsComputer Science13.6%
- Historical and Literary AnalysesArts and Humanities9.3%
- Historical and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences6.8%
- French Urban and Social StudiesSocial Sciences3.9%
- Diverse Cultural and Historical StudiesSocial Sciences3.7%
- Narrative Theory and AnalysisArts and Humanities3.4%
- French Literature and Critical TheoryArts and Humanities3.4%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
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
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.44OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 48.33%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 753 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | 1 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 2 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | 11 |
| 2022 | 28 | 28 | 18 |
| 2021 | 35 | 35 | 32 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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-NC-ND | |
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Récits Cultures Et Sociétés
- Country or region
- France
- Language
- French
- ISSN
- 0993-8516
- Electronic ISSN
- 1765-307X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cahiers de Narratologie
What CAS zone is Cahiers de Narratologie in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cahiers de Narratologie 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.
How long does peer review take at Cahiers de Narratologie?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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 Cahiers de Narratologie?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cahiers de Narratologie is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Cahiers de Narratologie open access, and what is the APC?
Cahiers de Narratologie 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: .