Trends in Classics

Trends in Classics is published by Walter de Gruyter and is in Zone 4 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Classical Antiquity Studies, Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies and Classical Philosophy and Thought, together about 46.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

About this journal Trends in Classics publishes innovative, interdisciplinary work which brings to the study of Greek and Latin texts the insights and methods of related disciplines such as narratology, intertextuality, reader-response criticism, and oral poetics. Both the journal and the accompanying monograph series Trends in Classics – Supplementary Volumes seeks to publish research across the full range of classical antiquity. The journal is published twice a year with approx. 160 pp. per issue. All contributions are in English and accompanied by an English abstract. Each year one issue is devoted to a specific subject with articles edited by a guest editor. Recent special issues include: 2017: Hellenistic Lyricism, ed. by Evian Sistakou; 2019: Intermediality and Roman Literature, ed. by Martin T. Dinter and Bettina Reitz-Joosee. Your Benefits Interdisciplinary journal that brings to the study of Greek and Latin texts the insights and methods of related disciplines One special issue per yearComplete Archive AccessAs of 2026, all De Gruyter journal subscriptions include access to every issue, from Volume 1, Issue 1 through to today, meaning subscribers can access even more research at no additional cost.Complete Archive AccessAs of 2026, all De Gruyter journal subscriptions include access to every issue, from Volume 1, Issue 1 through to today, meaning subscribers can access even more research at no additional cost.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): CLASSICS

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Impact

5-year impact factor (publisher)

0.3Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

0.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

0.5Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.13LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.96LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

20OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

45OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.08OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

37.5%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

18LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Publisher

Walter de Gruyter

ISSN

1866-7473

Electronic ISSN

1866-7481

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Special issues ↗Publisher website