Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Nordlit Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur
ISSN 0809-1668 · eISSN 1503-2086 · Septentrio Academic Publishing · Norway
Nordlit Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 11 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nordlit Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur is published by Septentrio Academic Publishing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Literature: history, themes, analysis, Modernist Literature and Criticism and Comparative and World Literature, together about 28.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Nordlit publishes articles on Nordic literature and culture. From 2020 the journal publishes one open issue with unrelated articles in the spring semester, and in the fall semester one special issue. We accept articles in all the Scandinavian languages and in English. Nordlit is published by the Institute of languages and culture at the Faculty of humanities, culture and pedagogy. The journal was established as a journal for the literary disciplines at the university in 1997. Since then, the journal is being published regularly twice a year and is recognized and certified as a level 1 journal in Norway. From vol. 26 Nordlit publishes one open issue in the spring and one special issue in the fall. In the open issue articles are published as they come in, while the special edition consists of papers from conferences, workshops or papers commissioned by the editorial board.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Literature: history, themes, analysisArts and Humanities11.1%
- Modernist Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities8.9%
- Comparative and World LiteratureArts and Humanities8.5%
- Travel Writing and LiteratureArts and Humanities7.3%
- German Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities5.2%
- Autobiographical and Biographical WritingArts and Humanities4.3%
- Theatre and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities4.1%
- Historical and Literary AnalysesArts and Humanities4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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 | Q4 | 912/1186 | 22nd |
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | Q4 | 594/692 | 14th |
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
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
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.05LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.18OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 871 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 6 | 53 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | 84 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | 125 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | 126 |
| 2022 | 38 | 38 | 118 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 113 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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 | — |
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)
Article types accepted1
- peer reviewed articlesArticles Peer reviewed articlesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Forfattere som publiserer i dette tidsskriftet aksepterer følgende vilkår: Forfattere beholder copyright og gir tidsskriftet retten til første publisering samtidig som verket lisensieres med en Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International lisens som tillater andre å dele verket, forutsatt at verkets forfatter og første publisering i tidsskriftet erkjennes. Forfattere kan inngå separate, ikke-eks…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to all its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. The journal has no article submission charges or article processing charges. From Nr 26, all content of Nordlit is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Desk rejection policy: an editor may desk reject a submission if it does not meet minimum standards of quality. Model summary
The journal has a double blind peer review policy. All the articles are read by the editorial board. If the paper is deemed worthy of publiaction and relevant to the journal they are sent to a double blind peer review. This process is anonymous, no names are revaled in the communication between editors, peer reviewers and writers. The editorial board chooses peer reviers among scholars and colleag…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism screening
From 2016, the journal uses the plagiarism screening service Crosscheck (iThenticate), to routinely scan all submitted manuscripts for plagiarism.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-archiving and redistribution
Authors retain copyright to all versions of a manuscript, including the published version. Authors are free to make their submitted versions (preprints) or accepted manuscripts (postprints, manuscripts after peer review) openly available (e.g. in open repositories, websites, or personal webpages); Nordlit's DOI link to the published article should be provided. Authors retain copyright to the publi…
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
- Septentrio Academic Publishing
- Country or region
- Norway
- Language
- English, Norwegian
- ISSN
- 0809-1668
- Electronic ISSN
- 1503-2086
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 54, Issue 1 (2026)
- 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 Nordlit Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur
How long does peer review take at Nordlit Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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.
Which databases index Nordlit Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nordlit Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Nordlit Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur open access, and what is the APC?
Nordlit Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .