Literature and Literary Theory · 97 journals indexed
Best open-access journals for Literature and Literary Theory
The top Literature and Literary Theory journals open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile then cites/paper, drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
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- 2Letras (Lima)0.6 cites/paper · Q1 · National University of San MarcosOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 4Hipogrifo Revista de literatura y cultural del Siglo de Oro0.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Instituto de Estudios Auriseculares (IDEA)Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 5Signa Revista de la Asociación Española de Semiótica0.2 cites/paper · Q1 · National University of Distance EducationOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
- 6Anuario de Estudios Filológicos0.1 cites/paper · Q1 · University of ExtremaduraOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 7Revista chilena de literatura0.1 cites/paper · Q1 · University of ChileOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 9Castilla Estudios de Literatura0.1 cites/paper · Q1 · University of ValladolidOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 10Revista Iberoamericana0.0 cites/paper · Q1 · University Library System, University of PittsburghOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
- 11European Journal of American Studies0.7 cites/paper · Q2 · European Association for American StudiesOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 12Türk Kültürü ve HACI BEKTAŞ VELİ Araştırma Dergisi0.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Gazi UniversityOpen AccessScopusTR-Dizin
- 13Miscelánea A Journal of English and American Studies0.2 cites/paper · Q2 · University of ZaragozaOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 14Revista de Literatura0.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Spanish National Research CouncilOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 16CLCWeb Comparative Literature and Culture0.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Purdue University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 17Acta Poética0.3 cites/paper · Q3 · National Autonomous University of MexicoOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 18Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica (NRFH)0.1 cites/paper · Q3 · El Colegio de MéxicoOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 19Boletín de la Real Academia Española/Boletín de la Real Academia Española1.3 cites/paper · Q4 · Royal Spanish AcademyOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
- 20American Studies in Scandinavia0.3 cites/paper · Q4 · University Press of Southern DenmarkOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 21Humanities0.3 cites/paper · Q4 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 22Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens0.3 cites/paper · Q4 · Presses Universitaires de la MéditerranéeOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 25Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos0.0 cites/paper · Q4 · Asociación Canadiense de HispanistasOpen AccessScopus
- 26Revista musical chilena0.0 cites/paper · Q4 · University of ChileOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 28Dix-huitième siècle0.0 cites/paper · Q4 · Société française d'étude du XVIIIe siècleOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
- 29E-rea0.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Monde Anglophone (LERMA)Open AccessDOAJ
- 30International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartileOpen Access
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- 32Epos Revista de filología0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · National University of Distance EducationOpen Access
- 33Shanlax International Journal of Arts Science and Humanities0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartileOpen Access
- 34Studies in 20th & 21st century literature0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · New Prairie PressOpen AccessDOAJ
- 35Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · University of Costa RicaOpen AccessDOAJ
- 36Anales de la Universidad de Chile0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · University of ChileOpen Access
- 37O Eixo e a Roda Revista de Literatura Brasileira0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Federal University of Minas GeraisOpen AccessDOAJWeb of Science
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- 39Via Atlântica0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Universidade de São Paulo - FM/USPOpen AccessDOAJWeb of Science
- 40Revista da Anpoll0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Letras e LinguísticaOpen AccessWeb of Science
“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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