Forum for Modern Language Studies

Aims & Scope

Forum for Modern Language Studies publishes articles on all aspects of literature, language and culture, from the Middle Ages to the present day.

The journal aims to reflect the essential pluralism of research in modern languages and to provide a forum for worldwide scholarly discussion.

It invites articles addressing the following languages: Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

Submissions in comparative literature and theoretical linguistics are also welcomed, as are those dealing with visual art, film and the performing arts.

Each annual volume comprises four issues, two of which are normally special issues addressing topical themes and debates across the journal’s portfolio of languages, literatures and cultures.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.1
2024	0.20

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	27265

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	16

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.120

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	16

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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 Afterlife of Communist Statuary: Hungary's Szoborpark and Lithuania's Grutas Park

  Citation: 36

  Authors: P.

• Shockwaves: The Interrupted Sea-Journeys of Rudyard Kipling and Morgan Robertson

  Citation: 21

  Authors: S.

• Not as Eccentric as it Looks: Anglo-French and French French

  Citation: 21

  Authors: D.

• JAMES DOUGLAS AND BARBOUR'S IDEAL OF KNIGHTHOOD

  Citation: 19

  Authors: ANNE M.

• Returning Remains: Saartjie Baartman, or the "Hottentot Venus" as Transnational Postcolonial Icon

  Citation: 19

  Authors: L.

• WHAT IS TO BE DONE? A FOREWORD, AFTER

  Citation: 16

  Authors: S A

• Post-Soviet Remembrance of the Holocaust and National Memories of the Second World War in Russia, Ukraine and Lithuania

  Citation: 14

  Authors: S.

• The Spectacle of Democracy in the Balloon Plays of the Revolutionary Period

  Citation: 13

  Authors: K.

• MASCULINITIES IN CONTEMPORARY SCOTTISH FICTION

  Citation: 12

  Authors: C.

• Some Kinds of Home: Home, Transnationality and Belonging in Noviolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Oliver, Rodwell, Nonki

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