Journal profile · LITERATURE
MFS-Modern Fiction Studies
ISSN 0026-7724 · eISSN 1080-658X · Johns Hopkins University Press
MFS-Modern Fiction Studies: CAS Zone 2 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 81 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
MFS-Modern Fiction Studies is published by Johns Hopkins University Press and is in Zone 2 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Contemporary Literature and Criticism, American and British Literature Analysis and Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies, together about 29% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): LITERATURE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Contemporary Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities12.1%
- American and British Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities9.7%
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesArts and Humanities7.2%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities6.2%
- Themes in Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities6.1%
- Modernist Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities5.4%
- American Literature and CultureArts and Humanities4.8%
- Irish and British StudiesSocial Sciences4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Literature | Zone 2 |
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 2 |
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
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- h-index
- 53OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 461OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.12OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.22%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 31LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,986 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 54 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 81 | 78 | 1 |
| 2024 | 56 | 0 | 21 |
| 2023 | 59 | 18 | 34 |
| 2022 | 53 | 5 | 32 |
| 2021 | 50 | 5 | 129 |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- ISSN
- 0026-7724
- Electronic ISSN
- 1080-658X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about MFS-Modern Fiction Studies
What CAS zone is MFS-Modern Fiction Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, MFS-Modern Fiction Studies is in Zone 2 of Literature, and in Zone 2 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 MFS-Modern Fiction Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, MFS-Modern Fiction Studies is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is MFS-Modern Fiction Studies open access, and what is the APC?
MFS-Modern Fiction Studies 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; 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: .