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Journals in Literature and Literary Theory

615 established journals that publish mainly in Literature and Literary Theory, compared by fees, open access and citation rates, updated 2026-10-14.

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615 established journals publish at least 20 % of their articles in Literature and Literary Theory. 508 of them are fully open access, and at least 8 of those charge authors nothing (diamond open access). Where open-access journals charge a fee, the median is 334 USD. Highest recent citation rates: International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, Computers & composition/Computers and composition, Journal of Second Language Writing.

615 journals

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Journal of English for Academic PurposesElsevier BV39 %933.71114Subscription; open access option 3 730 USD
LiteratorAOSIS72 %241.4818749 USD
Modern Language JournalWiley34 %764.53309Subscription; open access option 3 800 USD
Journal of Second Language WritingElsevier BV30 %697.07152Subscription; open access option 3 830 USD
Computers & composition/Computers and compositionElsevier BV31 %437.5769Subscription; open access option 3 860 USD
English for Specific PurposesElsevier BV36 %513.66145Subscription; open access option 3 590 USD
Semioticadiamond OADe Gruyter51 %691.3078None (diamond OA)
Linguistics and EducationElsevier BV32 %763.1092Subscription; open access option 2 620 USD
Language and EducationTaylor & Francis31 %653.2887Subscription
South Atlantic QuarterlyDuke University Press44 %601.4382Subscription
PoeticsElsevier BV34 %592.82119Subscription; open access option 3 390 USD
Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in HumanitiesAesthetixMS: Aesthetics Media Services50 %1260.7218150 USD
Written CommunicationSAGE Publishing42 %282.3396Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD
Journal of Adolescent & Adult LiteracyWiley36 %731.7489Subscription; open access option 2 870 USD
Journal of Cultural AnalyticsPublisher unknown59 %231.1719Open access, fee unknown
Digital Scholarship in the HumanitiesOxford University Press39 %1141.1643Subscription; open access option 3 632 USD
Multimodal CommunicationDe Gruyter42 %271.9920Subscription; open access option 2 712 USD
HumanitiesMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute64 %1730.36321 689 USD
Pedagogies An International JournalTaylor & Francis29 %333.5539Subscription
Children s Literature in EducationSpringer Nature75 %440.4241Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
Health CommunicationTaylor & Francis20 %2492.72129Subscription
Media PsychologyTaylor & Francis30 %402.76118Subscription
Environmental HumanitiesDuke University Press38 %491.3649Open access, fee unknown
Social SemioticsRoutledge36 %581.4064Subscription
LiteracyWiley39 %401.4248Subscription; open access option 3 470 USD
European Journal of American StudiesEuropean Association for American Studies44 %1460.6121Open access, fee unknown
Journal of World Languagesdiamond OATaylor & Francis34 %321.9919None (diamond OA)
International Journal of Corpus LinguisticsJohn Benjamins Publishing Company21 %299.3182Subscription
Sign Systems StudiesUniversity of Tartu Press48 %310.9334Open access, fee unknown
Journal of popular romance studiesPublisher unknown59 %220.754Open access, fee unknown
Comparative Literature East & WestTaylor & Francis74 %170.556944 USD
Cogent Arts and HumanitiesTaylor & Francis22 %2331.77341 165 USD
E-reaLaboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Monde Anglophone (LERMA)71 %580.3416Open access, fee unknown
Changing EnglishRoutledge36 %411.3529Subscription
The Australian Journal of Language and LiteracySpringer Nature36 %241.6541Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
Journal of Visual LiteracyTaylor & Francis32 %182.5733Subscription
The Journal of Literature and ScienceUniversity of Westminster43 %131.559Open access, fee unknown
Journal of English-Medium InstructionJohn Benjamins Publishing Company38 %122.099Subscription
Journal of Literacy ResearchSAGE Publishing30 %261.9077Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD
English Text ConstructionJohn Benjamins Publishing Company46 %121.2827Subscription
Journal of Health CommunicationTaylor & Francis20 %842.52141Subscription
Foreign Language AnnalsWiley22 %732.06114Subscription; open access option 3 570 USD
3L The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language StudiesPenerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia31 %760.9025300 USD
Language and Semiotic Studiesdiamond OAWalter de Gruyter38 %360.9012None (diamond OA)
Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and ApplicationsHogrefe Verlag24 %432.0854Subscription
eTropic electronic journal of studies in the tropicsJames Cook University38 %290.9516Open access, fee unknown
Applied Corpus LinguisticsElsevier BV27 %351.8221Subscription; open access option 1 440 USD
College Composition and CommunicationNational Council of Teachers of English39 %380.80161Subscription
International Journal of Bilingual Education and BilingualismRoutledge20 %892.14119Subscription
Revue LISA / LISA e-journalUniversité de Caen. Maison de la recherche en sciences humaines41 %680.568Open access, fee unknown
Litera:dil,edebiyat ve kültür araştırmaları dergisiIstanbul University75 %360.275Open access, fee unknown
Narrative InquiryJohn Benjamins Publishing Company38 %241.0071Subscription
Kipus Revista Andina de Letras y Estudios CulturalesUniversidad Andina Simón Bolívar69 %770.234Open access, fee unknown
LiteraturePublisher unknown70 %340.3051 207 USD
Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and TheoryBabeș-Bolyai University68 %270.347Open access, fee unknown
Language Culture and CurriculumRoutledge21 %293.4972Subscription
International Journal of Digital HumanitiesSpringer Science+Business Media37 %171.2515Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
Psychology of Popular MediaAmerican Psychological Association21 %861.6335Subscription
Anglica An International Journal of English StudiesPublisher unknown41 %260.778Open access, fee unknown
The Journal of English StudiesUniversity of La Rioja56 %160.5617Open access, fee unknown
Across the DisciplinesWAC Clearinghouse44 %170.8227Open access, fee unknown
Narrative WorksThe Electronic Text Centre40 %161.0212Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Data Mining & Digital HumanitiesNicolas Turenne29 %231.6013Open access, fee unknown
LyubosloviePublisher unknown51 %210.562Open access, fee unknown
Language Learning in Higher EducationDe Gruyter26 %331.7021Subscription; open access option 2 712 USD
Multimodality & SocietySAGE Publishing31 %321.1412Subscription; open access option 3 400 USD
Arbeiten aus Anglistik und AmerikanistikPublisher unknown51 %120.769Subscription
Critical Inquiry in Language StudiesTaylor & Francis23 %222.7747Subscription
Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language EducationJohn Benjamins Publishing Company33 %191.2629Subscription
L1 Educational Studies in Language and LiteratureSpringer Science+Business Media30 %271.2328Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Open Humanities DataUbiquity Press35 %480.6911367 USD
Classroom DiscourseTaylor & Francis24 %222.3640Subscription
Cahiers victoriens et édouardiensPresses Universitaires de la Méditerranée67 %340.2812Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Literary StudiesTaylor & Francis72 %310.2622388 USD
IbéricaAsociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos32 %330.9612Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Humanistic and Social StudiesEditura Universităţii Aurel Vlaicu Arad63 %240.345Open access, fee unknown
MHRA Working Papers in the HumanitiesPublisher unknown62 %90.583Open access, fee unknown
English Teaching Practice & CritiqueEmerald Publishing Limited23 %361.7525Subscription
Southeast Asian Review of EnglishPublisher unknown70 %370.246Open access, fee unknown
ПРОБЛЕМЫ ИСТОРИЧЕСКОЙ ПОЭТИКИPetrozavodsk State University39 %630.4810Open access, fee unknown
Discourse StudiesSAGE Publishing25 %731.00104Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD
Visual CommunicationSAGE Publishing25 %491.1659Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD
Translation StudiesRoutledge29 %311.0740Subscription
Signs and SocietyUniversity of Chicago Press31 %221.22303 550 USD
BiosemioticsSpringer Nature24 %471.3038Subscription; open access option 3 090 USD
TransilvaniaPublisher unknown53 %990.2510Open access, fee unknown
CorporaEdinburgh University Press26 %291.3651Subscription
Nordic Journal of Digital LiteracyUniversitetsforlaget23 %182.5140Open access, fee unknown
Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai PhilologiaBabeș-Bolyai University49 %1080.264Open access, fee unknown
Acta NeophilologicaLjubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts70 %180.304Open access, fee unknown
Open Cultural StudiesDe Gruyter Open35 %360.64161 187 USD
Research in the Teaching of EnglishRoutledge30 %300.9289Subscription
Journal of Academic WritingCoventry University36 %170.8415Open access, fee unknown
Études britanniques contemporainesPresses Universitaires de la Méditerranée84 %320.177Open access, fee unknown
TASK Journal on Task-Based Language Teaching and LearningJohn Benjamins Publishing Company25 %171.8811Subscription
Íkala Revista de Lenguaje y CulturaUniversidad de Antioquia23 %411.2128Open access, fee unknown
Revista Brasileira de Lingüística AplicadaFederal University of Minas Gerais34 %430.5733Open access, fee unknown
ESP TodayUniversity of Belgrade Faculty of Economics33 %180.9117Open access, fee unknown
Revista Alicantina de Estudios InglesesUniversity of Alicante48 %190.4626Open access, fee unknown
Tydskrif vir letterkundeTydskrif vir Letterkunde Association73 %550.1616543 USD
American & British Studies AnnualUniversity of Pardubice76 %120.292Open access, fee unknown
HispaniaAmerican Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese60 %1130.1793Subscription
Tidskrift för litteraturvetenskapPublisher unknown79 %450.167Open access, fee unknown
Bakhtiniana Revista de Estudos do DiscursoPontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo41 %810.3116Open access, fee unknown
Language and LiteracyLanguage and Literacy Researchers of Canada35 %240.6322Open access, fee unknown
Text and TalkDe Gruyter24 %460.9287Subscription; open access option 2 712 USD
Pasavento Revista de Estudios HispánicosUniversity of Alcalá72 %420.177Open access, fee unknown
K@taPetra Christian University50 %190.3812Open access, fee unknown
ES Review Spanish Journal of English StudiesUniversity of Valladolid66 %170.276Open access, fee unknown
Critical HumanitiesPublisher unknown48 %150.454Subscription
Ogigia Revista Electrónica de Estudios HispánicosUniversity of Valladolid56 %200.327Open access, fee unknown
Dzieciństwo Literatura i KulturaUniversity of Warsaw62 %260.244Open access, fee unknown
Estudios Ingleses de la Universidad ComplutenseComplutense University of Madrid38 %140.6917Open access, fee unknown
Scientific Study of LiteratureJohn Benjamins Publishing Company59 %90.4632Subscription
Journal of Early Childhood LiteracySAGE Publishing20 %351.3664Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD
C21 literatureOpen Library of Humanities74 %150.249Open access, fee unknown
Discourse and Writing/RédactologieCanadian Philosophy of Education Society39 %170.5614Open access, fee unknown
Language and Literature International Journal of StylisticsSAGE Publishing55 %260.2862Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD
Literacy Research Theory Method and PracticeSAGE Publishing31 %220.7223Subscription; open access option 3 400 USD
Неизвестный ДостоевскийPetrozavodsk State University23 %281.188Open access, fee unknown
English in EducationTaylor & Francis27 %340.7642Subscription
English Studies at NBUPublisher unknown43 %190.457Open access, fee unknown
Language ArtsNational Council of Teachers of English32 %670.4266Subscription
IAFOR Journal of Literature & LibrarianshipThe International Academic Forum69 %120.285Open access, fee unknown
Anglo saxónica/Anglo saxónicaPublisher unknown67 %110.303Open access, fee unknown
Nordic Journal of Literacy ResearchCappelen Damm Akademisk37 %170.60121 332 USD
International Journal of English for Academic Purposes Research and PracticeLiverpool University Press37 %130.685Open access, fee unknown
Digital MedievalistOpen Library of Humanities35 %61.3710Open access, fee unknown
Miscelánea A Journal of English and American StudiesUniversity of Zaragoza59 %270.2319Open access, fee unknown
The Grove - Working Papers on English StudiesUniversity of Jaén70 %120.264Open access, fee unknown
Dacoromania litterariaPublisher unknown67 %190.234Open access, fee unknown
Atlantis: Revista de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-NorteamericanosPublisher unknown55 %270.2521Open access, fee unknown
Text MattersUniversity of Lodz Press62 %280.219Open access, fee unknown
Moderna SpråkPublisher unknown42 %340.3312Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Literary SemanticsDe Gruyter Mouton52 %150.3531Subscription; open access option 2 712 USD
Journal of Writing ResearchSIG Writing of EARLI20 %181.7843Open access, fee unknown
International Journal of Humanities and Arts ComputingEdinburgh University Press38 %200.4828Subscription
Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated LearningUniversity of La Sabana31 %91.1328Open access, fee unknown
Canadian Modern Language Review/ La Revue canadienne des langues vivantesUniversity of Toronto Press26 %200.9494Subscription
Language Context and Text The Social Semiotics ForumJohn Benjamins Publishing Company47 %190.357Subscription
Journal of Language and LiteratureSanata Dharma University45 %430.2611Open access, fee unknown
Research in Corpus LinguisticsPublisher unknown23 %251.0210Open access, fee unknown
Digital Studies / Le champ numériqueOpen Library of Humanities41 %190.4215Open access, fee unknown
Humor - International Journal of Humor ResearchDe Gruyter Mouton24 %430.7079Subscription; open access option 2 712 USD
Corpus-based Studies across HumanitiesWalter de Gruyter28 %121.076Subscription
Semiotic ReviewUniversity of Chicago35 %110.716Open access, fee unknown
Ilha do Desterro A Journal of English Language Literatures in English and Cultural StudiesUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina55 %570.1723Open access, fee unknown
GeoHumanitiesTaylor & Francis22 %360.8525Subscription
Nordic Journal of English StudiesUniversity of Gothenburg39 %210.4134Open access, fee unknown
Future HumanitiesWiley33 %90.905Subscription; open access option 1 550 USD

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Journals in CWTS Journal Indicators Core or the Directory of Open Access Journals that published at least 20 articles in the last five years, mostly in English. "In this field" is the share of a journal's articles that OpenAlex classifies in Literature and Literary Theory. Citation rate is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness, an open measure similar to the journal impact factor. Fees are taken from OpenAlex and DOAJ and can be out of date: always check the journal's own website before you submit.