Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Shakespeare Quarterly
ISSN 0037-3222 · eISSN 1538-3555 · Johns Hopkins University Press
Shakespeare Quarterly: CAS Zone 2 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 39 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Shakespeare Quarterly is published by Johns Hopkins University Press and is in Zone 2 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism, Historical Art and Culture Studies and Irish and British Studies, together about 58.2% 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
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities45.9%
- Historical Art and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities6.4%
- Irish and British StudiesSocial Sciences6%
- Legal case studies and regulationsSocial Sciences3.6%
- Theater, Performance, and Music HistoryArts and Humanities3.5%
- Classical Antiquity StudiesSocial Sciences3.5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering3.3%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Theater | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Literature, British Isles | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Literature, British Isles | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Theater | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Literature Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Theater | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Literature, British Isles | Zone 2 |
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
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 90OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 895OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.04OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 15LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,854 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 54 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 39 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | 48 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 47 | 4 | 17 |
| 2022 | 34 | 3 | 19 |
| 2021 | 33 | 0 | 10 |
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
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- ISSN
- 0037-3222
- Electronic ISSN
- 1538-3555
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Shakespeare Quarterly
What CAS zone is Shakespeare Quarterly in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Shakespeare Quarterly is in Zone 2 of Literature, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Theater / Literature, British Isles. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Shakespeare Quarterly?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Shakespeare Quarterly is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Shakespeare Quarterly open access, and what is the APC?
Shakespeare Quarterly 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .