Contemporary Literature

Aims & Scope

Contemporary Literature publishes scholarly essays on contemporary writing in English, interviews with established and emerging authors, and reviews of recent critical books in the field.

The journal welcomes articles on multiple genres, including poetry, the novel, drama, creative nonfiction, new media and digital literature, and graphic narrative.

Contemporary Literature published the first articles on Thomas Pynchon and Susan Howe and the first interviews with Margaret Drabble and Don DeLillo; it also helped to introduce Kazuo Ishiguro, Eavan Boland, and J.

M.

Coetzee to American readers.

As a forum for discussing issues animating the range of contemporary literary studies, Contemporary Literature features the full diversity of critical practices.

The editors seek articles that frame their analysis of texts within larger literary historical, theoretical, or cultural debates.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.2
2024	0.10

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	25217

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.141

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	22

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Excremental Postcolonialism

  Citation: 70

  Authors: Joshua D.

• Frantz Fanon's Radio: Solidarity, Diaspora, and the Tactics of Listening

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Ian

• Bruises, Roses: Masochism and the Writing of Kathy Acker

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Arthur F.

• Hystery, Herstory, History: "Imagining the Real" in Thomas's "The White Hotel"

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Mary F.

• Power and Repetition: Philosophies of (Literary) History in Octavia E. Butler's "Kindred"

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Christine

• Trauma and Literary Theory

  Citation: 29

  Authors: James, Cathy, Dominick, Kali

• The Conglomerate Era: Publishing, Authorship, and Literary Form, 1965–2007

  Citation: 27

  Authors: DAN N.

• An Interview with Italo Calvino

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Gregory L., Italo

• Polylogue

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Julia, Carl R., Ann

• An Interview with Toni Morrison

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Toni, Nellie

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