List of top English Literature journals

This web page aims to provide a latest list of top English Literature journals. The journals are Web of Science (SCI) indexed with high impact factor. Moreover, the listed journals are UGC CARE approved, Scopus indexed. The journals are sorted based on Scopus SJR score.

Top English Literature journals

Top English Literature Journals
S. No.	Journal Title	Publisher	ISSN	SJR
1	Criminology and Public Policy	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd	17459133, 15386473	1.749
2	Poetics	Elsevier B.V.	0304422X	1.176
3	Men and Masculinities	SAGE Publications Inc.	1097184X	1.106
4	Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice	Routledge	0907676X, 17476623	0.911
5	Translation Spaces (The Netherlands)	John Benjamins Publishing Company	22113711, 2211372X	0.764
6	Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory	Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj, Faculty of Letters	24578827	0.723
7	Canadian Slavonic Papers	Taylor and Francis Ltd.	85006	0.716
8	Written Communication	SAGE Publications Inc.	7410883	0.672
9	Translation and Interpreting Studies	John Benjamins Publishing Company	19322798, 18762700	0.666
10	South Atlantic Quarterly	Duke University Press	382876	0.647
11	Journal of Writing Research	University of Antwerp	22943307, 20301006	0.614
12	Empirical Studies of the Arts	SAGE Publications Inc.	2762374	0.6
13	Revista Tradumatica	Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona	15787559	0.593
14	Translation and Interpreting	University of Western Sydneys	18369324	0.59
15	Narrative Inquiry	John Benjamins Publishing Company	13876740	0.532
16	Journal of Cultural Analytics	Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, McGill University	23714549	0.528
17	OCNOS	Universidad de Castilla la Mancha	1885446X	0.524
18	Boletin de Filologia	Universidad de Chile	07189303, 00679674	0.496
19	Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts	John Benjamins Publishing Company	23521813, 23521805	0.47
20	Journal of Islamic Studies	Oxford University Press	09552340, 14716917	0.446
21	Latin American Research Review	Cambridge University Press	00238791, 15424278	0.442
22	Children's Literature in Education	Springer Netherlands	456713	0.421
23	eTropic	James Cook University	14482940	0.416
24	Slavisticna Revija	Slavisticna Drustvo Slovenije	3506894	0.415
25	Anuario Lope de Vega	Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona	20148860	0.41
26	Fluminensia	University of Rijeka	3534642	0.408
27	Kritika i Semiotika	Institute of Philology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences	23071737, 23071753	0.406
28	PMLA	Cambridge University Press	308129	0.404
29	Journal of African Cultural Studies	Routledge	13696815	0.389
30	Revista Signos	Ediciones Universitarias de Valparaiso	00350451, 07180934	0.387
31	Novum Testamentum	Brill Academic Publishers	00481009, 15685365	0.383
32	English in Education	Taylor and Francis Ltd.	17548845, 04250494	0.374
33	Dacoromania Litteraria	Romanian Academy Branch Cluj-Napoca	23605189	0.373
34	Studies in English Language and Education	Syiah Kuala University	24610275, 23552794	0.372
35	International Journal of Language Education	Universitas Negeri Makassar- Faculty of Languages and Literature	25488457, 25488465	0.367
36	L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature	International Association for Research in L1 Education (ARLE)	15731731, 15676617	0.365
37	Revista de Filologia Romanica	Universidad Complutense Madrid	0212999X, 19882815	0.365
38	World Literature Studies	Slovak academy of Sciences, Institute of World literature	13379275, 13379690	0.35
39	Journal of Germanic Linguistics	Cambridge University Press	14753014, 14705427	0.348
40	New Literary History	Johns Hopkins University Press	00286087, 1080661X	0.348
41	Cambridge Classical Journal	Cambridge University Press	17502705, 2047993X	0.342
42	Estetika: The European Journal of Aesthetics	Helsinki University Press	00141291, 25710915	0.342
43	Mongolian Studies	Kalmyk Scientific Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences	25001523, 27128059	0.341
44	Dostoevsky and World Culture. Philological Journal	Russian Academy of Sciences-A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature	27128512, 26190311	0.34
45	Critique - Studies in Contemporary Fiction	Routledge	00111619, 19399138	0.336
46	Arethusa	Johns Hopkins University Press	40975	0.335
47	Forum for World Literature Studies	Knowledge Hub Publishing Company Limited (Hong Kong)	21546711, 19498519	0.328
48	GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	16758021, 25502131	0.327
49	Slovo.ru: Baltic Accent	Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University	22255346, 26868989	0.327
50	Spanish in Context	John Benjamins Publishing Company	15710718, 15710726	0.321
51	TDR - The Drama Review - A Journal of Performance Studies	Cambridge University Press	10542043, 15314715	0.319
52	Slavia Centralis	Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor	23858753, 18556302	0.313
53	Speculum	University of Chicago Press	20408072, 00387134	0.312
54	Theory and Practice in Language Studies	Academy Publication	20530692, 17992591	0.312
55	Feminist Formations	Johns Hopkins University Press	21517363, 21517371	0.31
56	SKASE Journal of Translation and Interpretation	Slovak Association for the Study of English	13367811	0.309
57	Studia Litterarum	Russian Academy of Sciences-A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature	25004247, 25418564	0.309
58	Asian Studies	University of Ljubljana Press	22325131, 23504226	0.3
59	Semiotica	De Gruyter Mouton	00371998, 16133692	0.3
60	Brumal	Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona	20147910	0.298
61	Language and Dialogue	John Benjamins Publishing Company	22104127, 22104119	0.298
62	Literator	AOSIS (Pty) Ltd	2582279	0.293
63	Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literatures	Yarmouk University	19946953, 23048069	0.29
64	Oralia	Arco Libros S.L.	15751430	0.288
65	Ikala	Publishing University of Antioquia	1233432	0.286
66	Journal of Biblical Literature	Society of Biblical Literature	19343876, 00219231	0.282
67	Journal of Language Teaching and Research	Academy Publication	17984769, 20530684	0.282
68	Hikma	UCOPress. Editorial Universidad de Cordoba	24454559, 15799794	0.281
69	Artnodes	Universitat Oberta de Catalunya	16955951	0.28
70	Nauchnyi Dialog	Tsentr Nauchnykh i Obrazovatelnykh Proektov	2225756X, 22271295	0.278
71	Knowledge Cultures	Addleton Academic Publishers	23756527, 23275731	0.275
72	Language and Literature	SAGE Publications Ltd	09639470, 14617293	0.275
73	Research in Drama Education	Routledge	1470112X, 13569783	0.274
74	International Journal of Education and the Arts	Pennsylvania State University Libraries	15298094	0.273
75	Jezik in Slovstvo	Slavisticno drustvo v Ljubljani	00216933, 15813754	0.273
76	Journal of Semitic Studies	Oxford University Press	14778556, 00224480	0.273
77	Performance Measurement and Metrics	Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.	14678047	0.272
78	Acta Baltico-Slavica	Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Slavic Studies	00651044, 23922389	0.27
79	Research Result. Theoretical and Applied Linguistics	Belgorod State National Research University	23138912	0.27
80	Boletin de la Academia Peruana de la Lengua	Academia Peruana de la Lengua	27082644, 05676002	0.265
81	ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries	Ljubljana University Press	15818918, 23860316	0.265
82	Revista Transilvania	Complexul National Muzeal Astra Sibiu	30612217, 02550539	0.265
83	Bookbird: Journal of International Children's Literature	IBBY - International Board of Books for Young People	19186983, 00067377	0.262
84	Quaestio Rossica	Ural Federal University	2311911X, 23136871	0.262
85	Die Welt des Islams	Brill Academic Publishers	00432539, 15700607	0.261
86	Signa	Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED)	22549307, 11333634	0.259
87	Dix-Neuf	Taylor and Francis Ltd.	14787318	0.258
88	Feminist Modernist Studies	Informa Healthcare	2469293X, 24692921	0.258
89	Studies in Romanticism	Johns Hopkins University	393762	0.257
90	Anuario de Estudios Filologicos	Universidad de Extremadura	2108178	0.256
91	Pasavento	Universidad de Alcala	22554505	0.256
92	Sociolinguistica	Walter de Gruyter GmbH	1865939X, 09331883	0.256
93	Keel ja Kirjandus	Foundation Kultuurileht	1311441	0.255
94	International Journal of English Studies	Universidad de Murcia	15787044	0.253
95	Vetus Testamentum	Brill Academic Publishers	15685330, 00424935	0.249
96	Life Writing	Routledge	14484528, 17512964	0.247
97	Persica Antiqua	Tissaphernes Archaeological Research Group	27832295, 27832732	0.247
98	Journal of Mekong Societies	Khon Kaen University	26976056, 16866541	0.245
99	New Writing	Taylor and Francis Ltd.	14790726, 19433107	0.245
100	ABAC Journal	Assumption University	8580855	0.242
101	Hipogrifo	Instituto de Estudios Auriseculares (IDEA)	23281308	0.24
102	Milton Quarterly	Wiley-Blackwell	1094348X, 00264326	0.24
103	Poetics Today	Duke University Press	3335372	0.24
104	Sibirskii Filologicheskii Zhurnal	Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philology	18137083	0.24
105	American literature; a journal of literary history, criticism and bibliography	Duke University Press	15272117, 00029831	0.239
106	Critical Review	Taylor and Francis Ltd.	8913811	0.238
107	Journal of the African Literature Association	Taylor and Francis	21674736, 21674744	0.237
108	Bamboo and Silk	Brill Academic Publishers	24689246, 24689238	0.236
109	South African Journal of African Languages	Taylor and Francis Ltd.	2572117	0.236
110	Textual Practice	Taylor and Francis Ltd.	0950236X, 14701308	0.236
111	Caliope	Penn State University Press	23779551, 10841490	0.234
112	Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies	Harvard-Yenching Institute	19446454, 00730548	0.234
113	American Journal of Philology	Johns Hopkins University Press	10863168, 00029475	0.232
114	Neizvestnyi Dostoevskii	Petrozavodsk State University	24095788	0.23
115	Zeitschrift fur Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik	J.B. Metzler'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung und C.E. Poeschel Verlag GmbH Stuttgart-Weimar	498653	0.229
116	Australian Feminist Law Journal	Taylor and Francis Ltd.	22040064, 13200968	0.228
117	Boletin de Literatura Oral	Universidad de Jaen, Departamento de Filologia Espanola	21730695	0.227
118	Letonica	Latvian University	14073110	0.226
119	Neophilologus	Springer Netherlands	15728668, 00282677	0.226
120	Logos (Russian Federation)	Gaidar Institute Press	08695377, 24999628	0.225
121	American Literary History	Oxford University Press	14684365, 08967148	0.224
122	Dictionaries	Dictionary Society of North America	21605076, 01976745	0.222
123	Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics	Routledge	21504857, 21504865	0.221
124	Problemy Istoricheskoy Poetiki	Petrozavodsk State University	10269479, 24114642	0.221
125	International Journal of English Language and Literature Studies	Asian Economic and Social Society	23060646, 23069910	0.22
126	Revista Chilena de Literatura	Universidad de Chile	00487651, 07182295	0.219
127	Victorian Literature and Culture	Cambridge University Press	10601503, 14701553	0.219
128	Afghanistan	Edinburgh University Press	2399357X, 23993588	0.218
129	Philologia Estonica Tallinnensis	Tallinn University	25046624, 25046616	0.217
130	Revista Letral	Department of Spanish Literature of the University of Granada	19893302	0.217
131	Journal of World Literature	Brill Academic Publishers	24056472, 24056480	0.216
132	Narrative	Ohio State University Press	1538974X, 10633685	0.216
133	Journal of Victorian Culture	Oxford University Press	13555502, 17500133	0.215
134	Adaptation	Oxford University Press	17550645, 17550637	0.214
135	Cadernos de Traducao	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina	21757968, 1414526X	0.213
136	International Journal of Arabic-English Studies	Librairie du Liban Publishers	16800982	0.213
137	Revista de Filologia Espanola	CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas	02109174, 19888538	0.213
138	Iranian Studies	Cambridge University Press	00210862, 14754819	0.212
139	Studies in East European Thought	Springer Netherlands	15730948, 09259392	0.212
140	Theatre Journal	Johns Hopkins University Press	01922882, 1086332X	0.212
141	Neohelicon	Springer Science and Business Media B.V.	15882810, 03244652	0.211
142	Journal of Arabic Literature	Brill Academic Publishers	00852376, 1570064X	0.21
143	Mitologias Hoy	Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona	20141130	0.21
144	Critical Quarterly	Wiley-Blackwell	00111562, 14678705	0.209
145	Miqot: Jurnal Ilmu-ilmu Keislaman		25023616, 08520720	0.208
146	Shakespeare	Taylor and Francis Ltd.	17450918, 17450926	0.208
147	Text (Australia)	Australasian Association of Writing Programs	13279556	0.208
148	Atlantic Studies : Global Currents	Routledge	14788810, 17404649	0.207
149	Early American Literature	University of North Carolina Press	00128163, 1534147X	0.206
150	English Studies	Taylor and Francis Ltd.	17444217, 0013838X	0.206
151	Two Centuries of the Russian Classics	Russian Academy of Sciences-A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature	26867494	0.204
152	Magnificat Cultura i Literatura Medievals	Universitat de Valencia	23868295	0.203
153	Small Axe	Duke University Press	15346714, 07990537	0.203
154	Korea Journal	The Academy of Korean Studies	233900	0.202
155	Monumenta Serica	Maney Publishing	02549948, 20571690	0.202
156	Rhetoric Review	Routledge	07350198, 15327981	0.201
157	Research in African Literatures	Indiana University Press	15272044, 00345210	0.2
158	Ogigia	Universidad de Valladolid	18873731	0.199
159	SCRIPTA	Universitat de Valencia	23404841	0.199
160	Studi Ispanici	Fabrizio Serra Editore	0585492X, 17241588	0.199
161	Revue d'Histoire des Textes	Brepols Publishers	3736075	0.198
162	South Asian Review	Taylor and Francis Ltd.	02759527, 25739476	0.198
163	Style	Northern Illinois University, Department of English	394238	0.198
164	Text and Performance Quarterly	Routledge	10462937	0.198
165	World Journal of English Language	Sciedu Press	19250711, 19250703	0.198
166	Chaucer Review	Penn State University Press	15284204, 00092002	0.197
167	Lexis (Peru)	Pontifical Catholic University of Peru	02549239, 22233768	0.196
168	Asian Ethnology	Nanzan University	18826865	0.195
169	Australian Slavonic and East European Studies	University of Queensland Press	8188149	0.195
170	Chasqui	c/o David William Foster, Arizona State University	1458973	0.195
171	Cuadernos de Estudios del Siglo XVIII	Universidad de Oviedo	26970643	0.195
172	Kamchatka	Universitat de Valencia, Faculty of Philology, Translation and Communication	23401869	0.195
173	Genre	University of Oklahoma	166928	0.194
174	Mashriq and Mahjar	North Carolina State University	21694435	0.194
175	RILCE. Revista de Filologia Hispanica	Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Navarra	21740917, 02132370	0.194
176	Russian Review	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd	360341	0.194
177	Acta Linguistica Academica	Akademiai Kiado ZRt.	25598201	0.193
178	Applied Theatre Research	Intellect Ltd.	20493010, 20493029	0.193
179	Classical Quarterly	Cambridge University Press	00098388, 14716844	0.193
180	Eighteenth-Century Fiction	McMaster University	8406286	0.193
181	Studien zur Deutschen Sprache und Literatur	Istanbul University Faculty of Letters	26199890, 13039407	0.193
182	International Journal of African Renaissance Studies	Taylor and Francis Ltd.	17537274, 18186874	0.19
183	Revista de Cancioneros Impresos y Manuscritos	Universidad de Alicante	22547444	0.19
184	Journal of Postcolonial Writing	Routledge	17449863, 17449855	0.189
185	Bellaterra Journal of Teaching and Learning Language and Literature	Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona	20136196	0.188
186	College Composition and Communication	National Council of Teachers of English	0010096X, 19399006	0.188
187	Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies	Taylor and Francis Ltd.	23277416, 23277408	0.188
188	Letras (Peru)	National University of San Marcos. Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences	20715072, 03784878	0.188
189	Literatura y Linguistica	Universidad Catolica Silva Henriquez	7165811	0.188
190	Magazen	Fondazione Universita Ca Foscari	27243923	0.188
191	English Studies in Africa	Routledge	138398	0.187
192	Sartre Studies International	Berghahn Journals	13571559, 15585476	0.187
193	Tydskrif vir Letterkunde	Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Association	0041476X	0.187
194	Comparative Literature	Duke University Press	00104124, 19458517	0.186
195	Comparative Literature: East and West	Informa Healthcare	25723618	0.186
196	Studia Romanistica	University of Ostrava	18036406, 25710265	0.186
197	Filolog (Banja Luka)	Faculty of Philology Banja Luka	22331158, 19865864	0.185
198	Literary Fact	Russian Academy of Sciences-A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature	25422421, 25418297	0.185
199	Revista de Literatura Medieval	Universidad de Alcala de Henares, Departamento de Filologia	11303611	0.185
200	Theory Now	Universidad de Granada	26052822	0.185

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