Reception: Texts, Readers, Audiences, History

Aims & Scope

Reception: Texts, Readers, Audiences, History is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal published once a year.

It seeks to promote dialog and discussion among scholars engaged in theoretical and practical analyses in several related fields: reader-response criticism and pedagogy, reception study, history of reading and the book, audience and communication studies, institutional studies and histories, as well as interpretive strategies related to feminism, race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and postcolonial studies, focusing mainly but not exclusively on the literature, culture, and media of England and the United States.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.1
2024	0.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.101

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	2

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	30287

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1

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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.

• Fandom Before “Fan”

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Daniel

• The Codex is Always on Crip Time: ADHD(ness) and Reading

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Laura

• Quite an Original Failure:

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Matt

• The White Meme's Burden: Replication and Adaptation in Twenty-First Century White Supremacist Internet Cultures

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Laura

• “The Sole Province of the Public Reader”: Elocutionist Hallie Quinn Brown's Performances of the Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Amy Hobbs

• Americans Read Margaret Atwood’s<i>Surfacing:</i>

  Citation: 2

  Authors:

• Johnson, William A. <i>Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire: A Study of Elite Communities</i>. New York: Oxford UP, 2010.

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Ika

• Still Resisting after All These Years

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Cathy N.

• Teams, Tears, and Testimonials

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Sara K.

• Revolutionary Exceptions: Reception of <i>The Godfather</i> Films in Cuba

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Pedro Noel

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