Extrapolation

Aims & Scope

Extrapolation was founded in 1959 by Thomas D.

Clareson and was the first journal to publish academic work on science fiction and fantasy.

It continues to be a leading, peer-reviewed, international journal in that specialized genre in the literature of popular culture.

It welcomes papers on all areas of speculative fiction and culture, including print, film, television, comic books and video games, and particularly encourages papers which consider popular texts within their larger cultural context.

The journal publishes a wide variety of critical approaches including but not limited to literary criticism, utopian studies, genre criticism, feminist theory, critical race studies, queer theory, and postcolonial theory.

Extrapolation promotes innovative work which considers the place of speculative texts in contemporary culture.

It is interested in promoting dialogue among scholars working within a number of traditions and in encouraging the serious study of popular culture.

Extrapolation is particularly interested in the following areas of study: -Race in science fiction and fantasy- Children's and Young Adult (YA) science fiction and fantasy- Sexualities- Fantastic motifs in mainstream texts- Gender and speculative texts- History of science fiction and fantasy- New weird fiction- Remakes/reboots, rewriting and retrofitting- Pulp science fiction and fantasy- The body in science fiction- Posthumanism- Political science fiction and fantasy- Non-Western science fiction and fantasy- Technoculture

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.1

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.121

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	9

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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.

• The Billion Year Spree:

  Citation: 83

  Authors: Brian

• Introduction

  Citation: 75

  Authors: Grace L.

• "We <i>Are</i> the Walking Dead": Race, Time, and Survival in Zombie Narrative

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Gerry

• History Is What Bites

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Jessica

• The Gothic at Absolute Zero: Poe’s <i>Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym</i>

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Frederick S.

• Batman and Robin in the Nude, Or Class and Its Exceptions

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Matthew Joseph

• Utopia—The Problem of Definition

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Lyman Tower

• A Short Pre-History of Climate Fiction

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Andrew, J. R.

• Considering the Sense of “Fantasy” or “Fantastic Fiction”: An Effusion

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Darko

• Shadows over Lovecraft: Reactionary Fantasy and Immigrant Eugenics

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Bennett

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