Journal profile
Edda
ISSN 0013-0818 · eISSN 1500-1989 · Scandinavian University Press/Universitetsforlaget · Norway
Edda: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 52 weeks (community reports); 22 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Edda is published by Scandinavian University Press/Universitetsforlaget. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Literature: history, themes, analysis, Historical and Literary Analyses and Comparative and World Literature, together about 27.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Scandinavian Journal of Literary Research Edda was founded in 1914 and is the leading international journal for literary research in the Nordic countries and discusses literature and literary theory from all language areas, with its main focus on Nordic literature. The journal wishes to contribute to better contact between research communities, schools and the reading public and to make Nordic literary research better known both inside and outside the Nordic area. The journal publishes reviews of Norwegian and foreign scholarly literature, as well as debate articles, and regularly publishes thematic issues. Edda is aimed at literature researchers, teachers in higher education and others interested in Nordic literature. The journal is published by Scandinavian University Press (Universitetsforlaget), and with the support of Nasjonalt tidsskriftkonsortium for humaniora og samfunnsvitenskap. The journal is quarterly and publishes original work in the Scandinavian languages and in English. Peer review All research articles that are considered relevant for publication in the journal are reviewed by at least two anonymous academic referees with no ties to the author. In addition, the article is reviewed by the journal's editorial board and the final decision regarding publication of the article is made by the Editor-in-Chief. The journal practices "double blind" peer review, whereby both reviewers and the author remain anonymous to each other.The journal does not ask for any fees for assessment or publication. Indexing The journal is covered by the following indexing and discovery services: DOAJ MLA Norart ERIH PLUS SHERPA/RoMEO Google Scholar Primo Central Index (Ex Libris) Oria The Summon Service (Ex Libris) Ebsco Discovery Service WorldCat (OCLC) The journal is authorized as a publication channel on level 2 in NSD – Norwegian Centre for Research Data (for Norway and Sweden), in the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s Authorization list for serials (Denmark), and in Publication Forum (Finland). All content in this journal is also exported to Portico, a preservation archive that safeguards perpetual access to e-journals, e-books, and digital collections.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Linda Hamrin NesbyPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Literature: history, themes, analysisArts and Humanities12.7%
- Historical and Literary AnalysesArts and Humanities8%
- Comparative and World LiteratureArts and Humanities7.1%
- Modernist Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities6.5%
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesArts and Humanities5.8%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities5.4%
- Historical and Archaeological StudiesArts and Humanities5.4%
- Contemporary Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities5.2%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, OCLC, Portico
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
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.04OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,023Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 912 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 19 | 16 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | 64 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | 64 |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 | 45 |
| 2022 | 30 | 30 | 42 |
| 2021 | 33 | 33 | 51 |
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 52 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 | |
| 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 websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright
Content is regulated by the standard contract for publication of literary work in journals (10 November 2010) agreed by the Norwegian Publishers Association and the Norwegian Non-Fiction Writers and Translators Association. Model summary
All content published in the journal is regulated by the provisions laid out in the standard contract for publication of literary work in journals (10th November 2010) agreed by the Norwegian Publishers Association and the Norwegian Non-Fiction Writers and Translators Association.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Volumes from 2017 to 2022 are published under the Creative Commons license CC BY-NC 4.0. Model summary
Applies for volumes from 2017 to 2022: Articles published in this journal before 2023 and after 2017 are published with Creative Commons license CC BY-NC 4.0
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
All research articles that are considered relevant for publication in the journal are reviewed by at least two anonymous academic referees with no ties to the author. In addition, the article is reviewed by the journal's editorial board and the final decision regarding publication of the article is made by the Editor-in-Chief. The journal practices "double blind" peer review, whereby both reviewer…
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
- Scandinavian University Press/Universitetsforlaget
- Country or region
- Norway
- Language
- Swedish, English, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Danish
- ISSN
- 0013-0818
- Electronic ISSN
- 1500-1989
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Edda
How long does peer review take at Edda?
Authors report an average review time of about 52 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 Edda?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Edda is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Edda open access, and what is the APC?
Edda 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, Publisher website, 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: .