Modern Chinese Literature and Culture

Aims & Scope

Modern Chinese Literature and Culture (ISSN # 1520-9857), formerly Modern Chinese Literature (1984-1998), is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal devoted to the culture of modern and contemporary China, with “China” understood not in the narrow, political sense.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.2
2024	0.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.171

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	10

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	23030

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	13

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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.

• Rhythm Revolution: How Music “Modernized” China (1903–1937)

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Xiangjun

• The Overbearing CEO: Cinderella Fantasy and Chinese-style Neoliberal Femininity

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Geng

• Steampunk, Zombie Apocalypse, and Homoerotic Romance: Re-writing Revolution-Plus-Love in Contemporary China

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Zhange

• Poetic Approach and Yi-ness: Poets and Ethnic Identity Construction in China

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Qiu

• Redefining Borders in Contemporary Chinese Theater: Paper Tiger Theater Studio Performing Kafka’s “The Great Wall”

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Andreea

• Abstract Painting: The Formation of New Aesthetics in Post-Mao China

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Yiqing

• Exclamation Points and Elliptical Hope: Reading <i>Wild Grass</i> against Modern Chinese Punctuation Reform

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Xiaoyu

• “Distant Reading” and the Pull of Literary Abstraction in New Culture China

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Anatoly

• The Feeling of <i>Ling</i> (the Numinous): Human-Animal Relations in Three Sinophone Short Stories

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Jannis Jizhou

• Wrestling with Tradition: Early Chinese Suffragettes and the Modern Remodeling of the Shrew Trope

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Shu

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