Journal profile
Digital Defoe Studies in Defoe His Contemporaries
ISSN 1948-1802 · Illinois State University · United States
Digital Defoe Studies in Defoe His Contemporaries: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 9 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Digital Defoe Studies in Defoe His Contemporaries is published by Illinois State University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Literature: history, themes, analysis, American and British Literature Analysis and Historical and Literary Analyses, together about 51.3% 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
- Literature: history, themes, analysisArts and Humanities22.4%
- American and British Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities17.5%
- Historical and Literary AnalysesArts and Humanities11.4%
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities8.8%
- Digital Humanities and ScholarshipArts and Humanities6.1%
- Renaissance Literature and CultureArts and Humanities4.8%
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesArts and Humanities2.6%
- Theatre and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities2.2%
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
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 92 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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 52 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-SA | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 accepted6, with length limits
- academic articlesAcademic articles should be between 4000 and 7000 words in length.Length not stated
- academic notesAcademic notes should be between 1500 and 3500 words in length.Length not stated
- book reviewbetween 1500 and 3500 words in length. Book reviews should be between 1500 and 2000 words in length. For information on the acceptable length of (ormain text ≤ 2,000 words
- book reviewsBook reviews should be between 1500 and 2000 words in length.Length not stated
- multimedia materialFor information on the acceptable length of (or required memory for) pedagogical materials or multimedia material, please contact the journal’s co-editors.Length not stated
- pedagogical materialsFor information on the acceptable length of (or required memory for) pedagogical materials or multimedia material, please contact the journal’s co-editors.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Peer review
- Authorship
Style: most recent edition of the MLA Style Manual; American spelling. Model summary
Digital Defoe: Studies in Defoe & His Contemporaries uses the most recent edition of The Modern Language Association Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing. Spelling in Digital Defoe is American.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review: mutually-anonymous peer review for submissions; book reviews and some solicited contributions exempt. Model summary
Digital Defoe: Studies in Defoe & His Contemporaries is a peer reviewed journal. Submissions, regardless of format, will undergo a mutually-anonymous peer review process. (Book reviews and some solicited contributions will not undergo peer review.)
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
- Illinois State University
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1948-1802
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Digital Defoe Studies in Defoe His Contemporaries
How long does peer review take at Digital Defoe Studies in Defoe His Contemporaries?
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 Digital Defoe Studies in Defoe His Contemporaries?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Digital Defoe Studies in Defoe His Contemporaries is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Digital Defoe Studies in Defoe His Contemporaries open access, and what is the APC?
Digital Defoe Studies in Defoe His Contemporaries 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: .