Journal profile · CULTURAL STUDIES
Symploke
ISSN 1069-0697 · eISSN 1534-0627
Symploke: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 49 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Symploke is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics, Contemporary Literature and Criticism and Modernist Literature and Criticism, together about 34.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): CULTURAL STUDIES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Literary Theory and Cultural HermeneuticsArts and Humanities18.8%
- Contemporary Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities9.5%
- Modernist Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities6%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities5%
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesArts and Humanities4.5%
- University Challenges and ReformsSocial Sciences4.3%
- Ecocriticism and Environmental LiteratureArts and Humanities4.3%
- Philosophy, Ethics, and ExistentialismArts and Humanities4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Cultural Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Cultural Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCILetPub
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
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 62OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.15OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.54%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,273 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 157 |
| 2025 | 49 | 4 | 244 |
| 2024 | 50 | 2 | 222 |
| 2023 | 45 | 3 | 190 |
| 2022 | 37 | 1 | 229 |
| 2021 | 59 | 5 | 171 |
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
- ISSN
- 1069-0697
- Electronic ISSN
- 1534-0627
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Symploke
What CAS zone is Symploke in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Symploke is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Cultural Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Symploke?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Symploke is indexed in ESCI.
Is Symploke open access, and what is the APC?
Symploke 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .