Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Literaturnyi fakt
ISSN 2541-8297 · eISSN 2542-2421 · Russian Academy of Sciences. A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature · Russian Federation
Literaturnyi fakt: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 76 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Literaturnyi fakt is published by Russian Academy of Sciences. A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies, Autobiographical and Biographical Writing and Soviet and Russian History, together about 48.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Literary Fact is a scholarly philological journal established by the A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2016. The journal considers fundamental original scientific studies on the history of Russian literature and literatures of the peoples of Russian Federation and literatures of the peoples of the world, textology, source studies, and the history of philological science. The main objective defining journal’s editorial policy is the publication of archival materials that have not previously appeared in print. The introductory article for a publication of that kind should contain, above all, textual, historical, literary and other types of commentary, specified by the content. The journal is aimed at professional audience of experts in Russian literature as well as readers interested in the in-depth study of recent achievements of philology. Its main goal is to present hard-to-access archival materials and related original studies to domestic and foreign experts. All the materials go through the obligatory process of double-blind peer review. Among our reviewers are leading scholars from all over the world: members of the Editorial Board, International Editorial Council, and other invited experts, authoritative experts in their specific fields of philological knowledge.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Russia 26, United States 3, Italy 3, Germany 1, France 1 (37 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Russian Literature and Bakhtin StudiesSocial Sciences27.2%
- Autobiographical and Biographical WritingArts and Humanities11.4%
- Soviet and Russian HistorySocial Sciences9.6%
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities7.2%
- Biographical and Historical AnalysisArts and Humanities7.1%
- Modernist Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities6.6%
- Historical and Literary AnalysesArts and Humanities6.2%
- Comparative and World LiteratureArts and Humanities5.3%
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
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature and Literary Theory | Q3 | 757/1186 | 36th |
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
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
RSCIPublisher 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
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.05OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 659 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 54 | 54 | 19 |
| 2025 | 76 | 76 | 13 |
| 2024 | 68 | 68 | 62 |
| 2023 | 58 | 58 | 39 |
| 2022 | 50 | 50 | 56 |
| 2021 | 63 | 63 | 65 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Russian Academy of Sciences. A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature
- Country or region
- Russian Federation
- Language
- English, Russian
- ISSN
- 2541-8297
- Electronic ISSN
- 2542-2421
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Literaturnyi fakt
How long does peer review take at Literaturnyi fakt?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Literaturnyi fakt based?
Of the 37 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Russia (26), United States (3) and Italy (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Literaturnyi fakt?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Literaturnyi fakt is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Literaturnyi fakt open access, and what is the APC?
Literaturnyi fakt is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .