World Literature Studies

Aims & Scope

World Literature Studies is a scholarly journal published quarterly by Institute of World Literature, Slovak Academy of Sciences.

It publishes original, peer-reviewed scholarly articles and book reviews in the areas of general and comparative literature studies and translatology.

It was formerly known (1992—2008) as Slovak Review of World Literature Research.

The journal’s languages are Slovak, Czech, English and German.

Abstracts appear in English.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.1
2024	0.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.350

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	7

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	15141

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	29

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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.

• Translation and creativity in the 21st century

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Susan, Lawrence, Jan, Ivana

• Human, super-human, anti-human: The posthuman deep future in evolutionary science fiction

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Mariusz

• Transculturality in literature: A phenomenon as old as it is current

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Wolfgang

• Confluences: On the possibility of describing a transcultural history of (micro)literature – the Upper Silesian perspective

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Karolina

• Transformations in the perception of Russian literature after February 24, 2022

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Ivan

• Reception of literature generated by artificial neural networks

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Zuzana, Karel

• The problems with delimiting the notion of transculturality in literary studies

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Katarzyna

• The concept of world literature in Czech and Slovak comparative literary studies

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Miloš

• On the concept of world literature

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Anders

• Toward a bioethical perspective for posthumanist aesthetics: Bioart as an example

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Bogumiła

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