Journal metric profile

Journal of Literary Theory

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 0.400 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 0.200 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Not available Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank Not available Recorded category rank

Journal of Literary Theory JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Journal of Literary Theory is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 0.400, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric.

Ranking and quartile

A JCR category rank is not available in the current record.

Citation profile

The record contains 108 total citations, 10 total articles, 10 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 0.200, which is 0.200 points below the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 0.400. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 2.790.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 10 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 14.2 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Journal of Literary Theory is identified in this record by print ISSN 1862-5290 and electronic ISSN 1862-8990. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameJournal of Literary Theory
Abbreviated journalJ LIT THEORY
PublisherWALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
Metric year2025
Overall rank17,542
ISSN1862-5290
eISSN1862-8990
Total cites108
Total articles10
Citable items10
Cited half-life10 years
Citing half-life14.2 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor0.400
5-Year Impact Factor0.200
Impact Factor without journal self-cites0.400
Journal Citation Indicator2.790
JCR Impact Factor quartileNot available
JCR category rankNot available
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Journal of Literary Theory?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Journal of Literary Theory is 0.400 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Journal of Literary Theory?

A JCR Impact Factor quartile is not available in the current directory record for Journal of Literary Theory.

Who publishes Journal of Literary Theory?

Journal of Literary Theory is listed as being published by WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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