Journal profile
WOW Stories
ISSN 2577-0551 · Worlds of Words: Center of Global Literacies and Literatures · United States
WOW Stories: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 31 weeks (community reports); 6 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
WOW Stories is published by Worlds of Words: Center of Global Literacies and Literatures. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Literacy and Educational Practices, Themes in Literature Analysis and Global Education and Multiculturalism, together about 57.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory and Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
WOW Stories: Connections from the Classroom is the refereed journal of the Worlds of Words Center. Manuscripts are written as vignettes/classroom stories set in classrooms, libraries, or teacher education settings that describe experiences that connect readers and literature to promote intercultural understanding. The vignettes are written in a conversational voice and include student examples. They are usually 2000-2500 words.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Literacy and Educational PracticesSocial Sciences24.3%
- Themes in Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities23.4%
- Global Education and MulticulturalismSocial Sciences10.1%
- Comparative and World LiteratureArts and Humanities7%
- Literacy, Media, and EducationArts and Humanities5%
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesArts and Humanities2.6%
- Reading and Literacy DevelopmentPsychology2.4%
- Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities2.3%
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
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 273 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | 3 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 5 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | 2 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 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 31 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 31 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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-NC-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 accepted1
- vignettescontaining blind, peer-reviewed vignettes written by educators about students' experiences reading and responding to literatureLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- License & copyright Copyright and Repository Information
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License Model summary
WOW Stories by Worlds of Words is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This journal is available to anyone to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles or use them for any other lawful purpose within our guidelines and according to stated copyright. CC BY-NC-SA includes the following: BY – Cre…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Statement:
Open access Model summary
This is a blind peer-reviewed, open-access journal.All articles in this journal are freely available for all users to access at any time without restriction.The authors are not charged any fee to have their work published in this journal.This journal operates under the Creative Commons license CC-BY-NC-SA. This means, "this license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the mat…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Blind peer review Model summary
containing blind, peer-reviewed vignettes
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism WOW Stories Plagiarism Statement
Defining Plagiarism For all online content, and specifically our online journals, Worlds of Words defines plagiarism as “Submitting an item of research, written or otherwise produced work that has previously been submitted or simultaneously submitted without fair citation of the original work or authorization by the faculty member supervising the work.” This includes all previously-submitted work …
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
- Worlds of Words: Center of Global Literacies and Literatures
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2577-0551
- 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 WOW Stories
How long does peer review take at WOW Stories?
Authors report an average review time of about 31 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 WOW Stories?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, WOW Stories is indexed in DOAJ.
Is WOW Stories open access, and what is the APC?
WOW Stories 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: .