Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
ISSN 2450-8543 · eISSN 2353-317X · Szczecin University Press · Poland
Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 26 weeks (community reports); 12 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia is published by Szczecin University Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are German Literature and Culture Studies, Linguistic research and analysis and Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation, together about 41.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The scientific journal to the Faculty of Humanities of the Szczecin University «Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia» (up to 2015 the Scientific Bulletin of the Szczecin University «Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia», ISSN 1640-6818 / ISSN 0867-5791) has been published since 1988. The journal functions as a platform for exchange of academic views between German (and other) philologists. The journal publishes articles and reviews written by both experienced, acknowledged scholars and by young researchers. The main disciplines are literary studies and linguistics. However, papers in the fields of cultural studies, translation studies and language acquisition or language teaching also appear in the journal. Some issues of the journal include, in addition to these, critiques of scholarly publications or reports from conferences. The articles in the field of literary studies concern, on the one hand, the history of German-language literature and, on the other hand, the contemporary German, Austrian and Swiss literature. Moreover, topics from the field of comparative literary studies (especially the comparison of German and Polish works), are addressed, as well as matters concerning, among others, narratology, feminist literature studies, various regional, social and political aspects. A relevant area of interest is also the research on the interdependencies between literature and such media as film, music, visual arts, theatre, film and the Internet. The papers in the field of cultural studies focus mainly on the German-Polish dialogue. In the journal there appear articles from various areas of linguistics: papers on the topics of contrastive linguistics, especially phraseology and phraseography, are richly represented but the topics of text linguistics and linguistic discourse analysis are also present. An important place has been given to papers concerning the most recent tendencies in generative grammar and in cognitive linguistics. The issues of theoretical and practical lexical semantics and of etymology are addressed too. In addition to this, the journal publishes articles in the area of applied linguistics and the related theories of language acquisition and communicative competence, as well as these dealing with the issues of German as a foreign language (DaF). ISSN: 2450-8543 (until 2015: 1640-6818 / ISSN 0867-5791) eISSN: 2353-317X The Journal is indexed in various reference bases: SCOPUS European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences (ERIH
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- German Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities23.5%
- Linguistic research and analysisArts and Humanities12.1%
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationArts and Humanities6.3%
- German legal, social, and political studiesSocial Sciences6%
- Linguistic Education and PedagogyArts and Humanities4.8%
- Central European Literary StudiesSocial Sciences4.3%
- Lexicography and Language StudiesArts and Humanities4%
- Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities3.8%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature and Literary Theory | Q4 | 1044/1186 | 11th |
| Language and Linguistics | Q4 | 1085/1137 | 4th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL), Bazhum, Index Copernicus, Biblioteka Nauki, Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek
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
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.05OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 302 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 4 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 22 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | 21 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | 27 |
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 26 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 26 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-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted3
- articlesThe journal publishes articles and reviews written by both experienced, acknowledged scholars and by young researchers.Length not stated
- reviews• reviews (as texts for publication) – 10-12 pagesLength not stated
- scientific articles• scientific articles (literary and cultural studies, linguistics, translation studies, glottodidactics) – 12-15 pagesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Self-archiving
- Authorship
No fees for publishing an article (no APCs). Model summary
The journal does not charge any fees for publishing an article (article processing charges APCs).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
CC-BY-SA license; authors retain copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions. Model summary
Articles are published on CC-BY-SA license and authors retain the copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access statement
Articles already published in printed form are made available to the general public free of charge on the journal's website. Model summary
Full versions of articles published in the journal are available at wnus.edu.pl without grace period or any technological barriers. Articles are published on CC-BY-SA license and journal have not any article processing charges (APCs). Authors hold the copyright to their articles without restrictions.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Archived by the National Library of Poland Model summary
The journal is archived by the National Library of Poland.
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
- Szczecin University Press
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- German
- ISSN
- 2450-8543
- Electronic ISSN
- 2353-317X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
How long does peer review take at Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia?
Authors report an average review time of about 26 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 Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia open access, and what is the APC?
Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia 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, 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: .