Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics

Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics is published by Walter de Gruyter. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are European Linguistics and Anthropology, Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies and Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies, together about 45.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Anthropology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics (JEF) is the joint publication of the Estonian Literary Museum, the Estonian National Museum and the University of Tartu. JEF is an international, double-blind peer reviewed multidisciplinary forum for creative, inspiring and cutting-edge academic contributions. Addressed to an international scholarly audience, JEF is open to contributions from researchers all over the world. We aim to encourage discussion of the socio-cultural diversity of the whole world in a thought-provoking, imaginative and experimental scholarly spirit. JEF publishes articles in the research areas including but not limited to ethnology, folkloristics, museology, cultural and social anthropology, sociology, semiotics, history, human geography, cultural studies, heritage studies, and critical theory. JEF aims to offer both theoretical and empirical insights to deepen and advance our understanding of society and culture. The journal encourages contributions that use various disciplinary perspectives and theoretical and methodological approaches. JEF welcomes contributions analysing empirical data as well as theoretical and methodological contributions, critical literature reviews of current research as well as papers engaging in creative or applied practice. In addition to full-length articles the journal also welcomes research notes and book reviews.Rejection Rate:82%Ethical PolicyThe articles must be original, contain no unlawful statements and avoid violating the rights of others. The authors must ensure safeguarding of human subjects and obtain informed consent from research participants. The authors must consider whether requiring ethical approval for research is necessary and include this information as part of submission.Open Access StatementJEF is issued two times per year, both in print format and online. The journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Description of the review process Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics is a peer-reviewed journal. All submissions are initially evaluated by the editors and can be desk-rejected at this stage. Submitted research articles that meet the academic and journal’s editorial standards will be read and reviewed by at least two anonymous referees. JEF is using double-blind review, meaning that the author and reviewer identities are concealed from each other throughout

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Cultural Studies

Editor-in-chief Art LeetePublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)

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Database indexing

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Impact

CiteScore 2026-06

1LetPub · 2026-11-01

CiteScore (publisher)

1Publisher website · 2026-11-01

SJR 2026-06

0.19LetPub · 2026-11-01

SNIP 2026-06

0.31LetPub · 2026-11-01

h-index

12OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

i10-index

18OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

2-year mean citedness

0.3OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

Share of gold OA articles

0%LetPub · 2026-11-01

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Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 41 weeksDOAJ · 2026-11-01

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ

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Publisher

Walter de Gruyter

ISSN

1736-6518

Electronic ISSN

2228-0987

Official links

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• Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
• Special issues ↗Publisher website
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• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ
• Peer review process ↗DOAJ
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