Symposium - Quarterly Journal in Modern Literatures

Aims & Scope

Symposium is a quarterly journal of criticism in modern literatures originating in languages other than English.

Founded in 1946, the journal is housed in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at Syracuse University.

Scholars of literature will find research on authors, themes, periods, genres, works, and theory, often through comparative or interdisciplinary studies.

The journal publishes unsolicited essays as well as periodic special issues.

Most issues include reviews of recent critical monographs in modern literatures.

Although primarily in English, issues can include discussions of works in the original language.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.1
2024	0.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.101

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	6

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	30398

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2

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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.

• We Refugees

  Citation: 85

  Authors: Giorgio

• The Politics of Abjection In<i>P.A.R.G.O.: Los Pecados Permitidos</i>By Waddys Jaquez

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Camilla

• Golem! The Making of a Modern Myth

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Lewis

• "Se Vende Colombia, Un País De Delirio": El Mercado Literario Global Y La Narrativa Colombiana Reciente

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Alejandro

• A Plague of Silence: Social Hygiene and the Purification of the Nation in Camus's<i>La Peste</i>

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Giuliana

• Calderón and the Stage-Censor in the Seventeenth Century a Provisional Study

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Edward M.

• Surrealism, Ethnography, and the Animal-Human

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Katharine

• Le Trauma et le témoignage dans<i>Le Livre d'Emma</i>de Marie-Célie Agnant

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Maria

• Nietzsche's Theory of Rhetoric

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Paul De

• An Introduction to the Ideology of the Baroque in Spain

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Stephen

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