Journal profile · LITERATURE
Comparative Critical Studies
ISSN 1744-1854 · eISSN 1750-0109 · Edinburgh University Press
Comparative Critical Studies: CAS Zone 3 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 37 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Comparative Critical Studies is published by Edinburgh University Press and is in Zone 3 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Translation Studies and Practices, Legal Cases and Commentary and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 28.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Comparative Critical Studies is the journal for comparative literature as a discipline. Articles focus on innovative perspectives on the theory and practice of the study of comparative literature in all its aspects, including but not limited to: theory and history of comparative literary studies; comparative studies of conventions, genres, themes and periods; reception studies; comparative gender studies; transmediality; diasporas and the migration of culture from a literary perspective; and the theory and practice of literary translation and cultural transfer.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LITERATURE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Translation Studies and PracticesArts and Humanities10.1%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine10%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering8%
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesArts and Humanities7%
- Posthumanist Ethics and ActivismSocial Sciences4.3%
- European Cultural and National IdentitySocial Sciences3.9%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| 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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Literature | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.28%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 17LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 965 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 8 | 0 |
| 2025 | 37 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 42 | 16 | 10 |
| 2023 | 39 | 19 | 24 |
| 2022 | 40 | 4 | 24 |
| 2021 | 40 | 5 | 24 |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- ISSN
- 1744-1854
- Electronic ISSN
- 1750-0109
- Society / sponsor
- British Comparative Literature Association
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Comparative Critical Studies
What CAS zone is Comparative Critical Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Comparative Critical Studies is in Zone 3 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.
Which databases index Comparative Critical Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Comparative Critical Studies is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Comparative Critical Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Comparative Critical Studies 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: .