Journal profile · LITERATURE, GERMAN, DUTCH, SCANDINAVIAN
Monatshefte
ISSN 0026-9271 · eISSN 1934-2810
Monatshefte: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 76 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Monatshefte is in Zone 4 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are German Literature and Culture Studies, Literature and Cultural Memory and German History and Society, together about 45% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): LITERATURE, GERMAN, DUTCH, SCANDINAVIAN
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- German Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities25.6%
- Literature and Cultural MemoryArts and Humanities9.8%
- German History and SocietyArts and Humanities9.6%
- European history and politicsSocial Sciences7%
- Historical, Literary, and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities5.7%
- German Colonialism and Identity StudiesArts and Humanities5.2%
- Philosophy and Historical ThoughtArts and Humanities3.4%
- Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and HegelArts and Humanities3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature, German, Dutch, Scandinavian | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Literature, German, Dutch, Scandinavian | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCILetPub
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
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.03OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,956 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 72 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 76 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 99 | 1 | 5 |
| 2023 | 104 | 17 | 16 |
| 2022 | 110 | 1 | 10 |
| 2021 | 191 | 9 | 14 |
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
- ISSN
- 0026-9271
- Electronic ISSN
- 1934-2810
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Monatshefte
What CAS zone is Monatshefte in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Monatshefte is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Literature, German, Dutch, Scandinavian. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Monatshefte?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Monatshefte is indexed in ESCI.
Is Monatshefte open access, and what is the APC?
Monatshefte 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .