Journal profile
Undercurrents
ISSN 2513-1427 · Redaktion Undercurrents · Germany
Undercurrents: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 11 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Undercurrents is published by Redaktion Undercurrents. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are German Literature and Culture Studies, German legal, social, and political studies and Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics, together about 52.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Undercurrents – Forum für linke Literaturwissenschaft fragt nach dem Verhältnis von Literatur, Literaturwissenschaft und emanzipatorischen Bewegungen. Die Zeitschrift versteht sich als Debattenforum für linke Literaturwissenschaftler_innen, Literaturschaffende und Interessierte. Seit der ersten Ausgabe im Jahr 2012 erscheinen zwei Ausgaben pro Jahr zu Schwerpunktthemen sowie mit Kritiken, Interviews, Essays, Rezensionen, literarischen Texten und Polemiken, die außerhalb der Schwerpunkte liegen.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- German Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities30.4%
- German legal, social, and political studiesSocial Sciences11.6%
- Literary Theory and Cultural HermeneuticsArts and Humanities10.4%
- Contemporary Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities3.9%
- Marxism and Critical TheoryArts and Humanities3.9%
- University Challenges and ReformsSocial Sciences3.6%
- German History and SocietyArts and Humanities3.6%
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities3%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- 1OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 165 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | 1 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Editorial 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-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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted6
- essaysSeit der ersten Ausgabe im Jahr 2012 erscheinen zwei Ausgaben pro Jahr zu Schwerpunktthemen sowie mit Kritiken, Interviews, Essays, Rezensionen, literarischen T…Length not stated
- interviewsSeit der ersten Ausgabe im Jahr 2012 erscheinen zwei Ausgaben pro Jahr zu Schwerpunktthemen sowie mit Kritiken, Interviews, Essays, Rezensionen, literarischen T…Length not stated
- kritikenSeit der ersten Ausgabe im Jahr 2012 erscheinen zwei Ausgaben pro Jahr zu Schwerpunktthemen sowie mit Kritiken, Interviews, Essays, Rezensionen, literarischen T…Length not stated
- literarische texteSeit der ersten Ausgabe im Jahr 2012 erscheinen zwei Ausgaben pro Jahr zu Schwerpunktthemen sowie mit Kritiken, Interviews, Essays, Rezensionen, literarischen T…Length not stated
- polemikenSeit der ersten Ausgabe im Jahr 2012 erscheinen zwei Ausgaben pro Jahr zu Schwerpunktthemen sowie mit Kritiken, Interviews, Essays, Rezensionen, literarischen T…Length not stated
- rezensionenSeit der ersten Ausgabe im Jahr 2012 erscheinen zwei Ausgaben pro Jahr zu Schwerpunktthemen sowie mit Kritiken, Interviews, Essays, Rezensionen, literarischen T…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship
Autoren behalten das Copyright Model summary
Die Autor_innen halten sämtliche Rechte an ihren Texten.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
CC BY-SA 4.0 Model summary
Die Inhalte der Zeitschrift fallen unter die Creative Commons Lizenz CC BY-SA 4.0., d.h. sie dürfen unter zwei Bedingungen vervielfältigt, verbreitet und öffentlich zugänglich gemacht werden: 1. Nennung der Autor_innen und der Zeitschrift Undercurrents. Forum für linke Literaturwissenschaft, 2. Weitergabe unter den gleichen rechtlichen Bedingungen (CC BY-SA).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open Access Model summary
Alle von Undercurrents publizierten Artikel sind open access zugänglich.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Original work only; must not be under consideration elsewhere. Model summary
Der Beitrag ist bisher unveröffentlicht und wurde auch keiner anderen Zeitschrift vorgelegt (andernfalls ist eine Erklärung in "Kommentare für die Redaktion" beigefügt).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
File formats accepted: Microsoft Word, RTF, WordPerfect. Model summary
Die Datei liegt im Format Microsoft Word, RTF oder WordPerfect vor.
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
- Redaktion Undercurrents
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- English, German
- ISSN
- 2513-1427
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Undercurrents
How long does peer review take at Undercurrents?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Undercurrents?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Undercurrents is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Undercurrents open access, and what is the APC?
Undercurrents 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: .