Irish University Review

Aims & Scope

The Irish University Review was founded in 1970 at University College Dublin as a journal of Irish literary criticism.

Since then, it has become the leading global journal of Irish literary studies.

It is affiliated to the International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures (IASIL), whose members receive the journal as a benefit of association membership.

In its early years, the journal published short literary works (poetry, short stories, one-act plays) as well as literary critical essays.

Increasingly, however, the journal specialised in defining and expanding the scope of Irish literary studies.

The journal has no prescriptive agenda about the subject or methodology of the literary criticism it publishes, other than insisting upon the highest standards of academic scholarship through a rigorous screening and peer review process.

It welcomes submissions on all aspects of Irish literature in the English language, particularly submissions which expand the range of authors and texts to receive critical treatment, and which challenge the prevailing trends and assumptions of the field.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.111

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	12

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	0.10

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	28313

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	19

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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.

• The Meaning of ‘Moving On’: From Trauma to the History and Memory of Emotions in ‘Post-Conflict’ Northern Ireland

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Graham

• On Being Precarious

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Deirdre

• Queering Ireland, In the Archives

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Ed

• Reflecting Realities in Twenty-First-Century Irish Children's and Young Adult Literature

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Patricia

• <i>The Land of Spices</i>, the Enigmatic Signifier, and the Stylistic Invention of Lesbian (In)Visibility

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Margot, Joseph

• Writing from the Margins: Re-framing Teresa Deevy’s Archive and her Correspondence with James Cheasty c.1952–1962

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Kate, Úna

• Spectral Histories: The Queer Temporalities of Emma Donoghue's <i>Slammerkin</i>

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Maria

• Beyond a Capitalist Atlantic: Fish, Fuel, and the Collapse of Cheap Nature in Ireland, Newfoundland, and Nigeria

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Michael

• ‘Albert Nobbs’, <i>Ladies and Gentlemen</i>, and Quare Irish Female Erotohistories

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Charlotte

• ‘The well-known, old, but still unbeaten track’: Women Poets and Irish Periodical Culture in the Mid-Twentieth Century

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Anne

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