Journal of Beckett Studies

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Beckett Studies has been the journal of record for the established and expanding field of Beckett studies for forty years.

Founded by Beckett's biographer James Knowlson and well-known Beckett critic John Pilling in 1976, the journal covers topics such as corporeality, disability, politics, psychology, aethetics, gender, translations, modernism and more.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.4
2024	0.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.111

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	10

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	28320

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	11

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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.

• ‘What Is the Word’: Beckett's Aphasic Modernism

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Laura

• Notes on Beckett

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Theodor W.

• ‘A Stirring Beyond Coming and Going’: Beckett and Tourette's

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Ulrika

• ‘this… this… thing’: The<i>Endgame</i>Project, Corporeal Difference, and the Ethics of Witnessing

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Patrick

• The Turd in the Rath: Antiquarians, the Ordnance Survey, and Beckett's Irish Landscapes

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Cóilín

• Univocity, Exhaustion and Failing Better: Reading Beckett with Disability Studies

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Yael

• Samuel Beckett and Performance Art

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Derval

• ‘Ill buttoned’ : Comparing the representation of objects in Samuel Beckett's<i>Ill Seen Ill Said</i>and Gertrude Stein's<i>Tender Buttons</i>

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Georgina

• Stuck in Translation: Beckett and Borges on Dante

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Sam

• Beckett’s <i>mirlitonnades</i>: A Manuscript Study

  Citation: 5

  Authors: David

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