Journal profile · LITERATURE
Journal of Modern Literature
ISSN 0022-281X · eISSN 1529-1464 · Indiana University Press
Journal of Modern Literature: CAS Zone 3 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 53 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Modern Literature is published by Indiana 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 Modernist Literature and Criticism, Poetry Analysis and Criticism and Samuel Beckett and Modernism, together about 37.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
More than four decades after its founding, the Journal of Modern Literature remains a leading scholarly journal in the field of modern and contemporary literature and is widely recognized as such. It emphasizes scholarly studies of literature in all languages, as well as related arts and cultural artifacts, from 1900 to the present. International in its scope, its contributors include scholars from Australia, Canada, China, England, Denmark, France, Israel, Japan, Nigeria, Spain, and Turkey.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LITERATURE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Modernist Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities14.1%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities14%
- Samuel Beckett and ModernismArts and Humanities9.2%
- Contemporary Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities7.8%
- Irish and British StudiesSocial Sciences6.8%
- Philosophy, Ethics, and ExistentialismArts and Humanities5.4%
- American and British Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities5.3%
- French Literature and PoetryArts and Humanities3.2%
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 | Literature | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature | Zone 4 |
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 |
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
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 156OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.13OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 45LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,771 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 53 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 52 | 7 | 14 |
| 2023 | 96 | 3 | 21 |
| 2022 | 41 | 1 | 12 |
| 2021 | 63 | 2 | 52 |
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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 websitePublication ethics, Open access
- Publication ethics
Publication ethics statement based on COPE Code of Conduct for Journal Editors. Model summary
JML: Journal of Modern Literature is dedicated to following best practices on ethical matters, errors, and retractions. The prevention of publication malpractice is one of the important responsibilities of the editorial board. Any kind of unethical behavior is not acceptable, and JML does not tolerate plagiarism in any form.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Publishing
With the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, Indiana University Press received funding through the Humanities Open Book Program to digitize and make open access two hundred titles from our back list. Visit publish.iupress.indiana.edu to explore the “Open Indiana” titles in Asian Studies, film, folklore, Slavic studies, language studies…
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
- Indiana University Press
- ISSN
- 0022-281X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1529-1464
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Modern Literature
What CAS zone is Journal of Modern Literature in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Modern Literature is in Zone 3 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Literature. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Journal of Modern Literature?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Modern Literature is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Modern Literature open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Modern Literature is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .