Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Green Letters
ISSN 1468-8417 · eISSN 2168-1414 · Taylor & Francis
Green Letters: subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 289 days to acceptance (44 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 15% (journal website); 63 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Green Letters is published by Taylor & Francis. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature, Environmental Philosophy and Ethics and Poetry Analysis and Criticism, together about 58.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Green Letters: Studies in Ecocriticism explores the relationship between literary, artistic and popular culture and the various conceptions of the environment articulated by scientific ecology, philosophy, sociology and literary and cultural theory. We publish academic articles that seek to illuminate divergences and convergences among representations and rhetorics of nature – understood as potentially including wild, rural, urban and virtual spaces – within the context of global environmental crisis. As the journal of ASLE-UKI (the UK-Ireland branch of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment), our approach reflects the politically-engaged ecocritical tradition, inspired by Cultural Studies, on this side of the Atlantic. Since the journal was founded in 2000, Green Letters has published work consistent with our position as the only ecocritical print periodical in Europe. This encompasses close reading of cultural artefacts and sophisticated theoretical approaches reflective of British, Irish or European culture or British, Irish or European philosophical approaches and theories. Within these parameters, however, we warmly welcome work from scholars working in any country. Green Letters publishes both themed and unthemed issues. Recent themes have included eco-musicology, Victorian ecology, pre-Modern literature, ecophenomenology and the sacred, animal studies, and global and postcolonial ecocriticism. These themed editions allow us to anticipate developments in ecocriticism and produce coherent collections of new work, and are generally guest edited by experts in their respective fields. The unthemed editions allow for less prescriptive and potentially more innovative contributions to ecocritical discourse. Academic articles are supplemented by reviews of new ecocritical publications and, at times, major conferences and other events. Supported by an internationally recognised advisory board, this peer-reviewed journal aims to maintain a contemporaneous and wide-ranging perspective on natural, social and cultural ecologies and their systemic interrelationships. Peer review policy: Articles in this journal are subject to double-anonymized peer review by at least two referees.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ecocriticism and Environmental LiteratureArts and Humanities39.5%
- Environmental Philosophy and EthicsEnvironmental Science10.1%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities8.8%
- Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities4.6%
- Literary Analysis and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities3.8%
- Posthumanist Ethics and ActivismSocial Sciences3.8%
- Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative FictionArts and Humanities3.7%
- Contemporary Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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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 | Q1 | 166/1186 | 86th |
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
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Annual Bibliography of English Language and LiteraturePublisher website
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
- 0.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.18Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.57LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.57Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 87OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.61OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 74,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 873 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42 | 17 | 190 |
| 2025 | 63 | 23 | 541 |
| 2024 | 51 | 12 | 576 |
| 2023 | 54 | 15 | 625 |
| 2022 | 47 | 14 | 629 |
| 2021 | 57 | 12 | 540 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
289 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 242 days – 325 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (44 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 301 days
- Sample
- 44 articles with submission and acceptance dates (115 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 15%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 97 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 163 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Green Letters is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readershi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymized peer review by at least two referees. Model summary
Articles in this journal are subject to double-anonymized peer review by at least two referees.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1468-8417
- Electronic ISSN
- 2168-1414
- Society / sponsor
- Association for the Study of Literature and Environment
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 29, Issue 4 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Green Letters
How long does peer review take at Green Letters?
Based on the dates recorded on 44 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 289 days (interquartile range 242–325 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 15%. 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 Green Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Green Letters is indexed in Scopus.
Is Green Letters open access, and what is the APC?
Green Letters is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .