Journal profile · LITERATURE
Orbis Litterarum
ISSN 0105-7510 · eISSN 1600-0730 · Wiley-Blackwell
Orbis Litterarum: CAS Zone 3 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.3 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,900; review about 230 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 19% (journal website); 61 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Orbis Litterarum is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 3 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, Historical and Literary Studies and Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies, together about 37.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Orbis Litterarum is an international journal devoted to the study of European, American and related literature. Orbis Litterarum publishes Peer reviewed, original articles on matters of general and comparative literature, genre and period, as well as analyses of specific works bearing on issues of literary theory and literary history. Orbis Litterarum: International Review of Literary Studies was founded in 1943 as a journal devoted to the study of literature in international and comparative perspectives. With a well consolidated global circulation Orbis Litterarum, edited at the University of Southern Denmark, has a distinguished publication record of original articles in English, German and French by scholars from all over the world on specific literary works as well as on more general aspects of literature. Not affiliated to any particular approach to literature or specialization and editorially independent of any private or public interests, Orbis Litterarum serves outstanding achievement in literary scholarship, criticism and theory.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LITERATURE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- German Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities20.6%
- Historical and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences10%
- Historical, Literary, and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities7.3%
- Literature and Cultural MemoryArts and Humanities4.9%
- Historical and Literary AnalysesArts and Humanities4.8%
- Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and HegelArts and Humanities4.3%
- Philosophy and Historical ThoughtArts and Humanities3.7%
- Narrative Theory and AnalysisArts and Humanities3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Literature | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Literature | Zone 3 |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Current ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.05LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 56OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.13OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 46.67%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 48LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 49Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 62,414Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,532 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 52 | 22 | 2 |
| 2025 | 61 | 37 | 6 |
| 2024 | 44 | 24 | 13 |
| 2023 | 60 | 39 | 50 |
| 2022 | 42 | 13 | 21 |
| 2021 | 60 | 18 | 74 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
230 dayssubmission to acceptance
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 19%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 19%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 63 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 63 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 230 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 37 daysPublisher website ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,900 / EUR 2,400 / GBP 1,930 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access
- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
Data sharing encouraged and peer reviewed Model summary
This journal encourages and peer reviews data sharing. Review Wiley's Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Copyright assignment required Model summary
If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper. For authors signing the copyright transfer agreement If the Open Access option is not selec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access For authors choosing Open Access
If the Open Access option is selected the corresponding author will have a choice of the following Creative Commons License Open Access Agreements (OAA): Creative Commons Attribution License OAA Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License OAA Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial -NoDerivs License OAA To preview the terms and conditions of these open access agreements please visit th…
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0105-7510
- Electronic ISSN
- 1600-0730
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 81, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Orbis Litterarum
What CAS zone is Orbis Litterarum in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Orbis Litterarum is in Zone 3 of Literature, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Literature. 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.
What is the impact factor of Orbis Litterarum?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.6, h-index 19.
How long does peer review take at Orbis Litterarum?
The publisher reports about 230 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 19% (2025). 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Orbis Litterarum?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: ≤ 6; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Orbis Litterarum?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Orbis Litterarum is indexed in AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Orbis Litterarum open access, and what is the APC?
Orbis Litterarum is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,900.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .