Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Narrative Culture
ISSN 2169-0235 · eISSN 2169-0251 · Wayne State University Press
Narrative Culture: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 12 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Narrative Culture is published by Wayne State University Press and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies, Narrative Theory and Analysis and Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies, together about 45.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesArts and Humanities26.2%
- Narrative Theory and AnalysisArts and Humanities11%
- Historical, Literary, and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities8.2%
- Oral History, Memory, Narrative AnalysisArts and Humanities4.3%
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities3.9%
- Memory, Trauma, and CommemorationPsychology3.9%
- Ecocriticism and Environmental LiteratureArts and Humanities3.9%
- Posthumanist Ethics and ActivismSocial Sciences3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature and Literary Theory | Q1 | 100/1186 | 91st |
| Language and Linguistics | Q2 | 383/1137 | 66th |
| Linguistics and Language | Q2 | 466/1221 | 61st |
| Anthropology | Q2 | 248/536 | 53rd |
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.75LetPub ·
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.18OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 11LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 179 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 48 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 82 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 104 |
| 2023 | 13 | 0 | 56 |
| 2022 | 18 | 4 | 75 |
| 2021 | 20 | 0 | 48 |
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
- Wayne State University Press
- ISSN
- 2169-0235
- Electronic ISSN
- 2169-0251
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Narrative Culture
What CAS zone is Narrative Culture in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Narrative Culture is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Narrative Culture?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Narrative Culture is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Narrative Culture open access, and what is the APC?
Narrative Culture 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: .