Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Svet Literatury
ISSN 0862-8440 · eISSN 2336-6729 · Charles University, Faculty of Arts · Czechia
Svet Literatury: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); 35 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Svet Literatury is published by Charles University, Faculty of Arts. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Central European Literary Studies, French Literature and Critical Theory and Comparative and World Literature, together about 24% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Svět literatury focuses on modern European and American literatures, overreaching into other cultural areas. It is based on interdisciplinary comparative approach, which overcomes the limitations of exclusively national approach to literatures. Its main aim is to foster the integration of the study of foreign literatures in the light of modern thought on literature and of the problems of contemporary world: to assimilate foreign literatures through original reflection, and to open the Czech cultural scene to European and international dimension.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 6 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Central European Literary StudiesSocial Sciences9.5%
- French Literature and Critical TheoryArts and Humanities7.9%
- Comparative and World LiteratureArts and Humanities6.6%
- Latin American Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities6.2%
- Literary Theory and Cultural HermeneuticsArts and Humanities6%
- Modernist Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities5.8%
- French Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities5.8%
- Franz Kafka Literary StudiesArts and Humanities5.4%
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 | Q3 | 867/1186 | 26th |
| History | Q4 | 1600/1936 | 17th |
| Philosophy | Q4 | 772/891 | 13th |
| Language and Linguistics | Q4 | 1003/1137 | 11th |
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
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.05LetPub ·
- h-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.02OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 280 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | 1 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | 5 |
| 2023 | 40 | 40 | 1 |
| 2022 | 34 | 34 | 3 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 6 |
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 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 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-ND | |
| 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, with length limits
- reviews should be about 2500-7000 words long, reviews no longer than 1300 words. The text is preceded by a brief English and Czech abstractmain text ≤ 1,300 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
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
- Charles University, Faculty of Arts
- Country or region
- Czechia
- Language
- Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, Czech
- ISSN
- 0862-8440
- Electronic ISSN
- 2336-6729
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Svet Literatury
How long does peer review take at Svet Literatury?
Authors report an average review time of about 30 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Svet Literatury based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Svet Literatury?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Svet Literatury is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Svet Literatury open access, and what is the APC?
Svet Literatury 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .