Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
English Literature
ISSN 2385-1635 · eISSN 2420-823X · Edizioni Ca' Foscari · Italy
English Literature: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 10 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
English Literature is published by Edizioni Ca' Foscari. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are American and British Literature Analysis, Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism and Historical and Literary Analyses, together about 26.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
English Literature. Theories, Interpretations, Contexts was founded within the National Association of Teachers of English Studies (ANDA) in 2014. Presently, the journal is run by an independent board of scholars in English literature. It provides room for a critical analysis of issues and themes concerning English literature, also in a comparative view. The journal wants to promote a multidisciplinary approach to literature, to its relations with the various fields of knowledge, with culture, society, science, and the arts. It is also proposed as a privileged place for the discussion of the tools and strategies used by literature, according to various theoretical perspectives. The journal promotes the discussion and exchange of ideas among researchers, teachers and young scholars at both an international and national level.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Editor-in-chief Flavio GregoriPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- American and British Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities12.4%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities7.6%
- Historical and Literary AnalysesArts and Humanities6.8%
- History of Emotions ResearchArts and Humanities6.5%
- Contemporary Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities5.9%
- Modernist Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities5.9%
- Narrative Theory and AnalysisArts and Humanities5.4%
- Gothic Literature and Media AnalysisSocial Sciences5.4%
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 | Q3 | 745/1186 | 37th |
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: MLA - Modern Language Association, WorldCat
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
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.14OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 182 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 7 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | 6 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | 4 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | 3 |
| 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 ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 accepted5
- complete volume/issueComplete volume/issue: subject to peer reviewLength not stated
- editorialsEditorials: no peer reviewLength not stated
- introductions, prefacesIntroductions, prefaces: no peer reviewLength not stated
- monographs/essays/articlesMonographs/essays/articles: subject to peer reviewLength not stated
- reviewsReviews: no peer reviewLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Publication ethics
Ethical Code inspired by COPE Model summary
English Literature is a peer-reviewed scientific journal whose policy is inspired by the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) Ethical Code. See the Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review + Peer review
Every article published by ECF was accepted for publication by no less than two qualified reviewers as a result of a process of anonymous reviewing (double-blind peer review). The reviewers are independent of the authors and not affiliated with the same institution. The Journal’s Editor-in-Chief guarantees the proper execution of the peer review process for every article published in the Journal. …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening with Compilatio Model summary
Submitted articles, after having been checked for plagiarism by means of the anti-plagiarism software Compilatio that is used by the University and is made available to us, will be sent to at least two reviewers.
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
- Edizioni Ca' Foscari
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English, Italian
- ISSN
- 2385-1635
- Electronic ISSN
- 2420-823X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about English Literature
How long does peer review take at English Literature?
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 English Literature?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, English Literature is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is English Literature open access, and what is the APC?
English Literature is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .