Journal profile · Multiple
Forum for Modern Language Studies
ISSN 0015-8518 · eISSN 1471-6860 · Oxford University Press
Forum for Modern Language Studies: CAS Zone 3 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,718; 69 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Forum for Modern Language Studies is published by Oxford 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 German Literature and Culture Studies, French Literature and Criticism and Historical Linguistics and Language Studies, together about 19.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory and Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- German Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities8.1%
- French Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities6.2%
- Historical Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities5.3%
- French Literature and PoetryArts and Humanities5.1%
- Samuel Beckett and ModernismArts and Humanities4.8%
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities4.6%
- Historical and Literary AnalysesArts and Humanities4.5%
- Translation Studies and PracticesArts and Humanities4.3%
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 | Language & Linguistics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Language & Linguistics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature | Zone 3 |
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 |
| Minor | Language & Linguistics | Zone 4 |
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
- 0.35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 117OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.2OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 61.63%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 23LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,249 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 7 | 0 |
| 2025 | 69 | 21 | 3 |
| 2024 | 82 | 22 | 32 |
| 2023 | 66 | 33 | 17 |
| 2022 | 68 | 9 | 16 |
| 2021 | 52 | 10 | 33 |
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | GBP 2,819 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Oxford University Press
- ISSN
- 0015-8518
- Electronic ISSN
- 1471-6860
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Forum for Modern Language Studies
What CAS zone is Forum for Modern Language Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Forum for Modern Language Studies is in Zone 3 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Language & Linguistics / Literature. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Forum for Modern Language Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Forum for Modern Language Studies is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Forum for Modern Language Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Forum for Modern Language Studies is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,718.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .