Journal profile · LITERATURE
Paragraph
ISSN 0264-8334 · eISSN 1750-0176 · Edinburgh University Press
Paragraph: CAS Zone 3 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 32 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Paragraph is published by Edinburgh University Press 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 Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies and Legal Cases and Commentary, together about 27.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Paragraph is a leading journal in modern critical theory, exploring critical theory in general and its application to literature, other arts, including film and visual culture, and society. Regular special issues by esteemed guest editors highlight important figures and themes in modern critical theory, such as Paul B. Preciado, Sarah Kofman, queer theory, film and the imagination, the human-animal relation, Francophone communities and more.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LITERATURE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Philosophy, Ethics, and ExistentialismArts and Humanities11.6%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.4%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine7.8%
- French Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities6.8%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering6.4%
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.7%
- French Historical and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities5.7%
- French Literature and Critical TheoryArts and Humanities4.8%
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 4 |
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature | Zone 4 |
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
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 139OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.09OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,321 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 32 | 9 | 0 |
| 2024 | 32 | 8 | 8 |
| 2023 | 33 | 7 | 31 |
| 2022 | 32 | 3 | 7 |
| 2021 | 32 | 2 | 17 |
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
- Edinburgh University Press
- ISSN
- 0264-8334
- Electronic ISSN
- 1750-0176
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Paragraph
What CAS zone is Paragraph in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Paragraph is in Zone 3 of Literature, and in Zone 4 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 Paragraph?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Paragraph is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Paragraph open access, and what is the APC?
Paragraph 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, 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: .