Publications of the English Goethe Society

Aims & Scope

The English Goethe Society is the oldest learned society devoted to German Studies in the United Kingdom.

It was founded in 1886 in order to promote the study of Goethe's work, and its scope was subsequently expanded to other authors and periods of German literature.

Whilst concentrating on the German Classical Age, the Society's interests include German literature and thought of the later nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The Publications of the English Goethe Society (PEGS) publishes the revised lectures and prize winning essays that are first presented to its members.

The Society tries to ensure that its programme not only represents the work of established scholars, but also provides an opportunity for younger scholars, including postgraduates, to address a scholarly audience.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	<0.1
2024	0.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.106

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	4

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	28943

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	3

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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.

• Herder, Goethe, and the Natural ‘Type’

  Citation: 18

  Authors: H. B.

• Friedrich Max Müller: The Career and Intellectual Trajectory of a German Philologist in Victorian Britain

  Citation: 6

  Authors: John R., Angus

• <i>Faust, Part One</i>and France: Stapfer’s Translation, Delacroix’s Lithographs, Goethe’s Responses

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Robert

• Comparative Mythology as a Transnational Enterprise: Friedrich Max Müller’s Scholarly Identity through the Lens of Angelo De Gubernatis’s Correspondence

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Pascale

• II. Herder and the Scottish Historical School

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Roy

• Lessing and the Search for Truth

  Citation: 4

  Authors: H. B.

• II. The Concept of the Aesthetic State in the Work of Schiller and Novalis

  Citation: 4

  Authors: H. S.

• Friedrich Max Müller on Religion and Myth

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Robert A.

• VI. Bild-Symbole in Der Deutschen Novelle

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Benno von

• Chinese Novels, Scholarly Errors and Goethe’s Concept of World Literature

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Leslie

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