Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Recherches Germaniques
ISSN 0399-1989 · Universite des Sciences Humaines · France
Recherches Germaniques: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 40 weeks (community reports); 39 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Recherches Germaniques is published by Universite des Sciences Humaines. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are German Literature and Culture Studies, German legal, social, and political studies and Comparative and World Literature, together about 51.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- German Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities40%
- German legal, social, and political studiesSocial Sciences6.7%
- Comparative and World LiteratureArts and Humanities4.9%
- Modernist Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities4.5%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities3.4%
- French Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities3.4%
- Theatre and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities2.7%
- Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative FictionArts and Humanities2.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature and Literary Theory | Q4 | 1089/1186 | 8th |
| Cultural Studies | Q4 | 1382/1434 | 3rd |
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
- 0LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.03OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 774 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 19 |
| 2025 | 39 | 39 | 22 |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | 24 |
| 2023 | 31 | 31 | 41 |
| 2022 | 31 | 31 | 39 |
| 2021 | 35 | 35 | 43 |
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 40 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 40 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-NC-SA | |
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Universite des Sciences Humaines
- Country or region
- France
- Language
- German, French
- ISSN
- 0399-1989
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Recherches Germaniques
How long does peer review take at Recherches Germaniques?
Authors report an average review time of about 40 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 Recherches Germaniques?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Recherches Germaniques is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Recherches Germaniques open access, and what is the APC?
Recherches Germaniques 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; 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: .