Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Victorian Popular Fictions
ISSN 2632-4253 · Victorian Popular Fiction Association · United Kingdom
Victorian Popular Fictions: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 24 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Victorian Popular Fictions is published by Victorian Popular Fiction Association. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Literature and Culture Studies, Crime and Detective Fiction Studies and American and British Literature Analysis, together about 40% 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
- Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities22.3%
- Crime and Detective Fiction StudiesArts and Humanities8.9%
- American and British Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities8.9%
- Decadence, Literature, and SocietySocial Sciences8.9%
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities7.3%
- Gothic Literature and Media AnalysisSocial Sciences6.1%
- Literature: history, themes, analysisArts and Humanities3.5%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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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 | Q2 | 389/1186 | 67th |
| History | Q2 | 938/1936 | 51st |
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 398/692 | 42nd |
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
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.93LetPub ·
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.02OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 191 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 5 |
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | 12 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | 24 |
| 2023 | 39 | 39 | 18 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | 6 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | 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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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 | |
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Victorian Popular Fiction Association
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2632-4253
- 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 Victorian Popular Fictions
How long does peer review take at Victorian Popular Fictions?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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 Victorian Popular Fictions?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Victorian Popular Fictions is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Victorian Popular Fictions open access, and what is the APC?
Victorian Popular Fictions 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; 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: .