Erudition and the Republic of Letters

Aims & Scope

Erudition and the Republic of Letters is a peer-reviewed journal devoted primarily to the history of scholarship, intellectual history, and to the respublica literaria broadly conceived.

It encapsulates multifarious aspects of higher learning as well as the manner in which such knowledge transcends confessional and geopolitical boundaries.

This seems to be a propitious time for such an enterprise, as there exists a lively, and mostly young, community of scholars who carry out excellent and exciting work.

Erudition and the Republic of Letters will establish itself quickly as the premier venue of its kind, and cater to the needs and aspirations of this community, while exhibiting the viability of the subject matter to students.

The journal’s policy would be to not impose arbitrary word limit, but allow the content of the essay to determine length.

Also, it would encourage publication of scholarly articles as well as editions of texts, reviews etc. — from the late Middle Ages to the end of the Nineteenth Century.

Erudition and the Republic of Letters may occasionally publish a primary source but it is devoted primarily to interpretative essays and reviews.

By publishing such works, it aims to expand the available scholarly resources, and further invigorate the scholarly community.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.1
2024	0.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.101

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	6

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	30001

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	3

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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 and Social Sciences, 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.

• Antiquarianism: A Reinterpretation

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Kelsey

• Christianity’s Jewish Origins Rediscovered: The Roles of Comparison in Early Modern Ecclesiastical Scholarship

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Anthony

• J.G.A. Pocock’s Barbarism and Religion

  Citation: 4

  Authors: B.W.

• Richard Haydocke’s Oneirologia: A Manuscript Treatise on Sleep and Dreams, including the ‘Arguments’ of King James i

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Alexander

• Afterlives of the Republic of Letters: Learned Journals and Scholarly Community in the Early Nineteenth Century

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Floris

• Vanitas vanitatum et super omnia vanitas: The Astronomer Heinrich Selder and A Newly Discovered Fourteenth-Century Critique of Astrology

  Citation: 3

  Authors: C. P. E.

• Iamblichus, Ficino and Schleiermacher on the Sources of Religious Knowledge

  Citation: 3

  Authors: James

• From Paris to Moscow via Leipzig (1749–1787): Translational Metamorphoses of Buffon’s Histoire naturelle

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Stéphane

• Richard Simon and the Remaking of Seventeenth-Century Biblical Criticism

  Citation: 3

  Authors: T.

• Edmund Gibson’s 1695 Britannia and Late-Seventeenth-Century British Antiquarian Scholarship

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Thomas

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