Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Victorian Studies
ISSN 0042-5222 · eISSN 1527-2052 · Indiana University Press
Victorian Studies: CAS Zone 3 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 102 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Victorian Studies is published by Indiana University Press and is in Zone 3 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Literature and Culture Studies, American and British Literature Analysis and Decadence, Literature, and Society, together about 32.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities19%
- American and British Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities7.4%
- Decadence, Literature, and SocietySocial Sciences6%
- Modernist Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities4.9%
- Thomas Hardy Literature StudiesArts and Humanities4.9%
- Literature: history, themes, analysisArts and Humanities4.8%
- Historical and Literary AnalysesArts and Humanities4.7%
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
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
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 274OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.04OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 17LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,299 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 0 | 304 |
| 2025 | 102 | 3 | 367 |
| 2024 | 150 | 8 | 536 |
| 2023 | 202 | 2 | 535 |
| 2022 | 160 | 1 | 470 |
| 2021 | 104 | 1 | 572 |
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
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- ISSN
- 0042-5222
- Electronic ISSN
- 1527-2052
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Victorian Studies
What CAS zone is Victorian Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Victorian Studies is in Zone 3 of Literature, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Victorian Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Victorian Studies is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Victorian Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Victorian Studies 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, 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: .