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Journal of Victorian Culture
ISSN 1355-5502 · eISSN 1750-0133 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Victorian Culture: CAS Zone 3 · History (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.22; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,674; 31 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Victorian Culture is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Australian History and Society, Literature: history, themes, analysis and Historical Economic and Social Studies, together about 27% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Victorian Culture promotes the best work on all aspects of nineteenth-century society, culture, and the material world including: literature, art, performance, politics, science, medicine, technology, lived experience, and ideas. It welcomes submissions which address a broad Victorian studies readership and explore new questions and approaches. Concerned with the long nineteenth century, its legacies, and echoes in the present day, the journal encourages articles which interrogate periodisation, historiography and critical traditions. Abstracting and Indexing Services Journal of Victorian Culture is covered by the following abstracting/indexing services: Arts & Humanities Citation Index Current Content - Arts & Humanities Current Content - Social & Behavioral Sciences EBSCO Google Scholar Informatics Global OCLC ProQuest/ExLibris Social Sciences Citation Index Yewno Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 0.4 2025 5 Year Impact Factor 0.4 History (Rank by Impact Factor) 162/553 2025 Cited Half-Life 11 years 2025 Immediacy Index 2025 Eigenfactor Score 0.00038 2025 Article Influence Score 0.3 Scopus 2025 CiteScore 0.6 Literature And Literary Theory (Rank by CiteScore) 234/1186 Visual Arts And Performing Arts (Rank by CiteScore) 198/697 History (Rank by CiteScore) 655/1936 Cultural Studies (Rank by CiteScore) 666/1434 2025 Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 0.495 Readership 2025 Full Text Usage 58,350 About metrics Disclaimer Statements of fact and opinion in the articles in Journal of Victorian Culture are those of the respective authors and contributors and not of the Journal, Leeds Trinity University, or Oxford University Press, unless otherwise expressly indicated. Neither Oxford University Press, Leeds Trinity University, nor the Journal make any representation, express or implied, in respect of the accuracy of the material in the Journal and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Readers should make their own evaluation as to the appropriateness or otherwise of the information included.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 3, Hong Kong, China 1, Belgium 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Australian History and SocietySocial Sciences11%
- Literature: history, themes, analysisArts and Humanities8.2%
- Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.8%
- Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal ChangesArts and Humanities7.4%
- Historical Art and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities7.3%
- Travel Writing and LiteratureArts and Humanities5.1%
- Irish and British StudiesSocial Sciences4.8%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIAHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, OCLCPublisher 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
- Impact factor
- 0.22LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 174OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.11OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 53.23%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 13LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 58,350Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,519 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 31 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | 27 | 13 | 7 |
| 2023 | 49 | 25 | 21 |
| 2022 | 88 | 32 | 41 |
| 2021 | 53 | 19 | 72 |
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
- Peer review
- Double-anonymous peer review, at least 2 reviewersPublisher website · model-extracted
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
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 2,786 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
Article types accepted12, with length limits
- book reviewWith an international Editorial Board, the journal has earned a reputation for its innovative features which include long book reviews, special issues, roundtab…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- book reviewsJVC’s acclaimed Review section publishes essays of 2,000 words on major books covering the nineteenth century.Length not stated
- digital forumThe Digital Forum provides indispensable, and varied, perspectives on how the nineteenth century changes as we encounter it in digital form.Length not stated
- editorialWith an international Editorial Board, the journal has earned a reputation for its innovative features which include long book reviews, special issues, roundtab…Length not stated
- new agendaNew Agenda brings together a group of scholars in active discussion over a set of essays which seek to open up new dialogues, explore innovative lines of enquir…Length not stated
- perspectiveWith an international Editorial Board, the journal has earned a reputation for its innovative features which include long book reviews, special issues, roundtab…Length not stated
- research paperWith an international Editorial Board, the journal has earned a reputation for its innovative features which include long book reviews, special issues, roundtab…Length not stated
- reviewWith an international Editorial Board, the journal has earned a reputation for its innovative features which include long book reviews, special issues, roundtab…Length not stated
- roundtableThe Roundtable hosts conversations between scholars from different disciplinary perspectives and authors of major works in nineteenth-century studies.Length not stated
- special issuesSpecial issues typically include an introduction and a minimum of five research papers of standard article length (c. 8,000 words).Length not stated
- standard articleWith an international Editorial Board, the journal has earned a reputation for its innovative features which include long book reviews, special issues, roundtab…Length not stated
- victorians beyond the academyThis feature explores the representation of Victorians in contemporary culture from museums, galleries and theme parks to the school curriculum, fiction and the…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- Publication ethics Publication ethics
Follows COPE guidelines; manuscripts may be screened for integrity issues. Model summary
Authors should observe high standards with respect to publication ethics as set out by the Commission on Publication Ethics (COPE). Falsification or fabrication of data, plagiarism, including duplicate publication of the authors' own work without proper citation, and misappropriation of the work are all unacceptable practices. Any cases of ethical misconduct are treated very seriously and will be …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright 3. Copyright and Authors' Rights
Copyright assignment to Trustees of Leeds Trinity University. Model summary
It is a condition of publication in the journal that authors grant copyright assignment to the Trustees of Leeds Trinity University. This ensures that requests from third parties to reproduce articles are handled efficiently and consistently and will also allow the article to be as widely disseminated as possible. Authors may use their own material in other publications provided that the journal i…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Third-Party Content in Open Access papers
Open access option available with charge; Read and Publish agreements. Model summary
If you will be publishing your paper under an Open Access licence but it contains material for which you do not have Open Access re-use permissions, please state this clearly by supplying the following credit line alongside the material: Title of content Author, Original publication, year of original publication, by permission of [rights holder] This image/content is not covered by the terms of th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Submissions via ScholarOne Manuscripts; MHRA style with footnotes; original work only; not under consideration elsewhere. Model summary
This journal uses ScholarOne Manuscripts for all submissions.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Author Self-Archiving/Public Access Policy
For information about this journal's policy, please visit our Author Self-Archiving policy page.
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
- 1355-5502
- Electronic ISSN
- 1750-0133
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 31, Issue 1 (January 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Victorian Culture
What CAS zone is Journal of Victorian Culture in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Victorian Culture is in Zone 3 of History, and in Zone 4 of the minor category History. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Victorian Culture?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.22; CiteScore 0.6, h-index 31.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Victorian Culture?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: Author–date. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Victorian Culture based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (3), Hong Kong, China (1) and Belgium (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Victorian Culture?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Victorian Culture is indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Victorian Culture open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Victorian Culture is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,674.
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: .