Journal profile · Multiple
Zeitschrift fur Interkulturelle Germanistik
ISSN 1869-3660 · eISSN 2198-0330
Zeitschrift fur Interkulturelle Germanistik: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 53 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Zeitschrift fur Interkulturelle Germanistik is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are German Literature and Culture Studies, Comparative and World Literature and Linguistic Education and Pedagogy, together about 65.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
About this journal Interculturalism has established itself as a leading and innovative category of research both in national and international German language and literature studies. Thus the "Zeitschrift für interkulturelle Germanistik" (ZiG) has become a well-known medium in this discipline. It picks up current questions in the field of German literature-, cultural- and language studies and wants to contribute to compile the different tendencies and trends in the researching of interculturalism as well as elaborate its theoretica conditions. Since the research paradigm can not be regarded from individual disciplinaryperspectives anymore the ZiG considers itself to be an interdisciplinary and open institution grounded in the international scientific context. Hence the ZiG is the ideal periodical for international literary- and cultural scholars working on current and innovative questions of German linguistics and literature.The ZiG appears once a year. A peer review procedure guarantees the quality of the published essays.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- German Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities34.4%
- Comparative and World LiteratureArts and Humanities21.3%
- Linguistic Education and PedagogyArts and Humanities10.3%
- German Colonialism and Identity StudiesArts and Humanities5.9%
- Translation Studies and PracticesArts and Humanities2.6%
- German legal, social, and political studiesSocial Sciences2.3%
- European Cultural and National IdentitySocial Sciences2.2%
- Travel Writing and LiteratureArts and Humanities2.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature, German, Dutch, Scandinavian | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Cultural Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Cultural Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature, German, Dutch, Scandinavian | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCILetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ProQuest, Baidu, OCLC, Baidu Scholar, BLL Bibliographie Linguistischer Literatur, CNKI Scholar (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), CNPIEC - cnpLINKer, Dimensions, EBSCO Discovery Service, Google Scholar, J-Gate, MLA International Bibliography, Naver Academic, Naviga (Softweco), Primo Central (ExLibris), Publons, QOAM (Quality Open Access Market), ReadCube, Scilit, Semantic Scholar, Sherpa/RoMEO, Summon (ProQuest), TDNet, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory/ulrichsweb, WanFang Data, WorldCat (OCLC), X-MOL, Yewno DiscoverPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.08OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 654 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 2025 | 53 | 53 | 53 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | 48 |
| 2023 | 36 | 36 | 93 |
| 2022 | 40 | 40 | 47 |
| 2021 | 44 | 44 | 38 |
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
- ISSN
- 1869-3660
- Electronic ISSN
- 2198-0330
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Zeitschrift fur Interkulturelle Germanistik
What CAS zone is Zeitschrift fur Interkulturelle Germanistik in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Zeitschrift fur Interkulturelle Germanistik is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Literature, German, Dutch, Scandinavian / Cultural Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Zeitschrift fur Interkulturelle Germanistik?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Zeitschrift fur Interkulturelle Germanistik is indexed in ESCI.
Is Zeitschrift fur Interkulturelle Germanistik open access, and what is the APC?
Zeitschrift fur Interkulturelle Germanistik 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .