Short Fiction in Theory and Practice

Aims & Scope

Short Fiction in Theory & Practice is an interdisciplinary journal celebrating the current resurgence in short-story writing and research.

Looking at short fiction from a practice-based perspective, it explores the poetics of short-story writing, adaptation, translation and the place of the short story in global culture.

All submissions are peer-reviewed.

Contributions are welcome from individuals who do not consider themselves academics, and may take the form of personal commentaries, reflections, interviews and reviews, as well as conventional essays.

We are pleased to consider proposals from those publishing or promoting the short story, as well as from short-story writers.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.117

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	2

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	27561

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	5

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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

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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.

• The short story cycle: Broadening the perspective

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Elke

• Walking with shadows: Writing trauma, short fiction and Jungian psychoanalysis

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Rachel

• Online versus Print: The reputation of literary fiction magazines

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Laura

• Down the road from Winesburg: The spatiotemporal aesthetics of the short story sequence in Donald Ray Pollock’s Knockemstiff and Laura Hendrie’s Stygo

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Robert M.

• You give me fever: Health, happiness and the inherent vitality of the short story

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Kirsty

• Ghost texts in Alice Munro’s stories

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Corinne

• Crossings

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Moy

• The abcanny politics of landscape in Lucy Wood’s Diving Belles

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Paul

• Women’s relational autonomy and the short story cycle: <i>Olive Kitteridge</i> by Elizabeth Strout

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Helena

• ‘The great unhappiness of another’: Writers and readers in three stories by Alice Munro

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Stephen

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