Scopus Journals in English Literature

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings. Scopus is currently indexing nearly 36,377 journals from approximately 11,678 publishers. In this blog post, we will be listing Scopus-indexed English Literature journals.

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There are more than 500 Scopus indexed journals that publish English Literature related research. However, we are listing the top Scopus indexed English Literature journals. More Literature journals can be found at https://phdtalks.org/journal-finder.php

Top Scopus indexed English Literature Journals

S. No.	Journal Title	Publisher	Journal Scope	SJR
1	Criminology and Public Policy	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd	Law (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Public Administration (Q1)	1.737
2	Men and Masculinities	SAGE Publications Inc.	Gender Studies (Q1); History (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q1)	1.397
3	Plant Phenomics	American Association for the Advancement of Science	Agronomy and Crop Science (Q1); Conservation (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Music (Q1)	1.341
4	Poetics	Elsevier	Communication (Q1); Cultural Studies (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q1)	1.173
5	Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice	Routledge	Cultural Studies (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	1.066
6	Journal of Writing Research	University of Antwerp	Education (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	1.059
7	Written Communication	SAGE Publications Inc.	Communication (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.916
8	Translation Spaces(Netherland)	John Benjamins Publishing Company	Communication (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.848
9	South Atlantic Quarterly	Duke University Press	Cultural Studies (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q1)	0.697
10	Journal of Roman Studies	Cambridge University Press	Archeology (Q1); Archeology (arts and humanities) (Q1); Classics (Q1); History (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Visual Arts and Performing Arts (Q1)	0.607
11	Acta Linguistica Academica	Akademiai Kiado	Cultural Studies (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.592
12	Empirical Studies of the Arts	SAGE Publications Inc.	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Music (Q1); Visual Arts and Performing Arts (Q1)	0.575
13	College Composition and Communication	National Council of Teachers of English	Linguistics and Language (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Education (Q2)	0.568
14	Latin American Research Review	Cambridge University Press	Anthropology (Q1); Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (Q1); Cultural Studies (Q1); Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) (Q1); History (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Multidisciplinary (Q1); Political Science and International Re	0.548
15	American Journal of Philology	Johns Hopkins University Press	Classics (Q1); Cultural Studies (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.519
16	Anales Cervantinos	CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas	Linguistics and Language (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.484
17	Translation and Interpreting	School of Humanities and Communication Arts, University of Western Sydney	Linguistics and Language (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.474
18	Translation and Interpreting Studies	John Benjamins Publishing Company	Linguistics and Language (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.462
19	Revista Tradumatica	Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona	Linguistics and Language (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.45
20	English in Education	Taylor and Francis Ltd.	Linguistics and Language (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Education (Q2)	0.447
21	Brumal	Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona	Cultural Studies (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Visual Arts and Performing Arts (Q1); Communication (Q2)	0.445
22	Narrative	Ohio State University Press	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.406
23	Journal of Biblical Literature	Society of Biblical Literature	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Religious Studies (Q1)	0.394
24	Journal of African Cultural Studies	Routledge	Cultural Studies (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Music (Q1); Visual Arts and Performing Arts (Q1)	0.39
25	Narrative Inquiry	John Benjamins Publishing Company	History (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q2); Education (Q3)	0.363
26	Speculum	University of Chicago Press	Cultural Studies (Q1); History (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Philosophy (Q1); Religious Studies (Q1); Visual Arts and Performing Arts (Q1)	0.362
27	Rhetoric Review	Routledge	Linguistics and Language (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.361
28	New Voices in Translation Studies		Linguistics and Language (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.359
29	L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature	International Association for Research in L1 Education (ARLE)	Linguistics and Language (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Health Professions (miscellaneous) (Q2); Education (Q3); Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q3)	0.356
30	Angelaki – Journal of the Theoretical Humanities	Taylor and Francis Ltd.	Cultural Studies (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Philosophy (Q1)	0.355
31	Vetus Testamentum	Brill Academic Publishers	History (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Religious Studies (Q1)	0.352
32	Journal of Germanic Linguistics	Cambridge University Press	Linguistics and Language (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.346
33	International Journal of English Studies	Universidad de Murcia	Cultural Studies (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Education (Q3)	0.34
34	New Literary History	Johns Hopkins University Press	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.34
35	Studies in English Language and Education	Syiah Kuala University	Linguistics and Language (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Education (Q3)	0.34
36	Poetics Today	Duke University Press	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.323
37	Journal for the Study of Judaism	Brill Academic Publishers	History (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Religious Studies (Q1)	0.32
38	Research in Drama Education	Routledge	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Visual Arts and Performing Arts (Q1); Education (Q3)	0.318
39	Bulletin of the Comediantes	Auburn University	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.315
40	Revista de Literatura	CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.313
41	Performance Measurement and Metrics	Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Library and Information Sciences (Q2)	0.312
42	GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q2)	0.309
43	International Journal of Arabic-English Studies	Librairie du Liban Publishers	Cultural Studies (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q2)	0.309
44	OCNOS	Universidad de Castilla la Mancha	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Education (Q3); Social Psychology (Q3)	0.304
45	a/b: Auto/Biography Studies	Taylor and Francis Ltd.	Cultural Studies (Q1); History (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.302
46	eTropic	James Cook University	Cultural Studies (Q1); History (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (Q2); Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q2); Urban Studies (Q2)	0.3
47	Vestnik Novosibirskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta, Seriya: Istoriya, Filologiya	Novosibirsk State University	Cultural Studies (Q1); History (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Anthropology (Q2); Archeology (Q2); Archeology (arts and humanities) (Q2); Linguistics and Language (Q2)	0.289
48	American literature; a journal of literary history, criticism and bibliography	Duke University Press	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.287
49	Neophilologus	Springer Netherlands	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q2)	0.286
50	3L: Language, Linguistics, Literature	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q2)	0.283
51	Novel	Duke University Press	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.283
52	FORUM (Netherlands)	John Benjamins Publishing Company	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q2)	0.281
53	Revista Signos	Ediciones Universitarias de Valparaiso	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q2)	0.281
54	Language and Literature	SAGE Publications Ltd	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q2)	0.278
55	Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Section C: Archaeology, Celtic Studies, History, Linguistics and Literature	Royal Irish Academy	Cultural Studies (Q1); History (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Archeology (Q2); Archeology (arts and humanities) (Q2)	0.278
56	Children’s Literature in Education	Springer Netherlands	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q2); Education (Q3)	0.277
57	Journal of Cultural Analytics	Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, McGill University	History (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (Q2); Computer Science (miscellaneous) (Q3)	0.277
58	Anuario Lope de Vega	Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q2)	0.275
59	Ikala	Publishing University of Antioquia	Cultural Studies (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q2); Education (Q3)	0.273
60	Signa	Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, UNED	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Communication (Q2); Linguistics and Language (Q2)	0.272
61	Spanish in Context	John Benjamins Publishing Company	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q2)	0.27
62	Irish Studies Review	Taylor and Francis Ltd.	Cultural Studies (Q1); History (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q2)	0.269
63	Mongolian Studies	Kalmyk Scientific Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences	Cultural Studies (Q1); History (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Anthropology (Q2); Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (Q2); Linguistics and Language (Q2); Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q3)	0.268
64	Scripta Classica Israelica	Israel Society for the Promotion of Classical Studies	Classics (Q1); History (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.263
65	Quaestio Rossica	Ural Federal University	Cultural Studies (Q1); History (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Visual Arts and Performing Arts (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q2)	0.262
66	Slavisticna Revija	Slavisticna Drustvo Slovenije	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q2)	0.262
67	Small Axe	Duke University Press	Cultural Studies (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q3)	0.261
68	Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta, Yazyk i Literatura	Saint Petersburg State University	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q2)	0.261
69	International Journal of Language Education	Universitas Negeri Makassar- Faculty of Languages and Literature	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q2); Education (Q3)	0.26
70	Sartre Studies International	Berghahn Journals	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Philosophy (Q2)	0.258
71	Semiotica	De Gruyter Mouton	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q2)	0.258
72	Language and Dialogue	John Benjamins Publishing Company	Cultural Studies (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q2)	0.254
73	Journal of Islamic Studies	Oxford University Press	Cultural Studies (Q1); History (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Religious Studies (Q1)	0.252
74	Keel ja Kirjandus	Foundation Kultuurileht	Cultural Studies (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q2)	0.252
75	Boletin de Filologia	Universidad de Chile	History (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q2)	0.25
76	Asian Studies	University of Ljubljana	Cultural Studies (Q1); History (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Philosophy (Q2); Sociology and Political Science (Q3)	0.248
77	Cultura, Lenguaje y Representacion	Universitat Jaume I	Cultural Studies (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q2); Communication (Q3)	0.246
78	Anthropology and Humanism	John Wiley and Sons Ltd	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Anthropology (Q2); Philosophy (Q2)	0.245
79	Studies in East European Thought	Springer Netherlands	Cultural Studies (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Law (Q2); Philosophy (Q2); Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q3)	0.245
80	Victorian Studies	Indiana University Press	Cultural Studies (Q1); History (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Visual Arts and Performing Arts (Q1); Philosophy (Q2); Sociology and Political Science (Q3)	0.245
81	Journal of Hellenic Studies	Cambridge University Press	Classics (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Visual Arts and Performing Arts (Q1); Archeology (Q2); Archeology (arts and humanities) (Q2); Linguistics and Language (Q2)	0.242
82	Vestnik Tomskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta, Filologiya	Tomsk State University	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q2)	0.242
83	Irish University Review	Edinburgh University Press	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.239
84	Journal of Postcolonial Writing	Routledge	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.239
85	Critique – Studies in Contemporary Fiction	Routledge	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.237
86	Journal of World Literature	Brill Academic Publishers	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.237
87	Style	Northern Illinois University, Department of English	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.236
88	Renaissance Quarterly	University of Chicago Press	History (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Visual Arts and Performing Arts (Q1)	0.233
89	Cambridge Classical Journal	Cambridge University Press	Classics (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q2)	0.231
90	Life Writing	Routledge	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.231
91	Journal of Mekong Societies	Khon Kaen University	History (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Religious Studies (Q1); Anthropology (Q2); Cultural Studies (Q2); History and Philosophy of Science (Q2); Development (Q3)	0.227
92	Studies in the Age of Chaucer	New Chaucer Society	History (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Cultural Studies (Q2)	0.227
93	American Literary History	Oxford University Press	History (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Cultural Studies (Q2)	0.226
94	New Writing	Taylor and Francis Ltd.	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1)	0.226
95	Studia Litterarum	Russian Academy of Sciences-A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Cultural Studies (Q2)	0.226
96	International Journal of Education and the Arts	Pennsylvania State University Libraries	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Music (Q1); Visual Arts and Performing Arts (Q1); Education (Q3)	0.224
97	Revista de Poetica Medieval	Alcala University	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Music (Q1); Visual Arts and Performing Arts (Q1); Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (Q2)	0.224
98	Studien zur Deutschen Sprache und Literatur	Istanbul University Faculty of Letters	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Cultural Studies (Q2); Linguistics and Language (Q2)	0.224
99	Atlantic Studies : Global Currents	Routledge	History (Q1); Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Cultural Studies (Q2)	0.223
100	Slavia Centralis	Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor	Literature and Literary Theory (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q2)	0.223

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