274 Literature and Literary Theory journals (Arts and Humanities) in ORBIT Tier 2 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 2: second quarter of Arts and Humanities by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences | 2456-7620 | 513 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | India |
| Journal of Arts and Linguistics Studies | 2959-0957 | 326 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Pakistan |
| The Voice of Creative Research | 2582-5526 | 164 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | India |
| Uluslararası Dil Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi | 2667-4262 | 123 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Türkiye |
| English Studies | 0013-838X | 120 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| International Journal of English Language Education and Literature Studies (IJEEL) | 2583-3812 | 106 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| ISLE Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment | 1076-0962 | 104 | 2 | ≈ ₹2,24,253 to publish | No | No | |
| Hispania | 0018-2133 | 101 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Modern fiction studies | 0026-7724 | 81 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Shakespeare | 1745-0918 | 80 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal Of Language Literature And Culture | 2582-9823 | 78 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Fórum Linguístico | 1415-8698 | 76 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| CDELT Occasional Papers in the Development of English Education | 1110-2721 | 74 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Egypt |
| Ilha do Desterro A Journal of English Language Literatures in English and Cultural Studies | 0101-4846 | 73 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Sanat ve Tasarım Dergisi | 1308-2264 | 72 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Türkiye |
| TEXT | 1327-9556 | 72 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Australia |
| Forum for Modern Language Studies | 0015-8518 | 69 | 2 | ≈ ₹3,58,150 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Linha D Água | 0103-3638 | 69 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Cuadernos LIRICO | 2262-8339 | 68 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |
| Entretextos | 1519-5392 | 66 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| International Journal of Language Linguistics Literature and Culture | 2583-6560 | 66 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Revista de Estudos de Cultura | 2446-7189 | 66 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Folklore | 0015-587X | 64 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Revista Linguagem em Foco | 2176-7955 | 64 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Minnesota Review | 0026-5667 | 61 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Orbis Litterarum | 0105-7510 | 61 | 2 | ≈ ₹2,79,353 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| The ESPecialist | 0102-7077 | 59 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| SubStance | 0049-2426 | 57 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Scripta | 1516-4039 | 56 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları/Journal of Language and Literature Studies | 1308-5069 | 55 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Ecozon European Journal of Literature Culture and Environment | 2171-9594 | 55 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| New Literaria | 2582-7375 | 55 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Revista (Con)Textos Linguísticos | 1982-291X | 55 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Revista Brasileira de Alfabetização | 2446-8576 | 54 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Journal of Modern Literature | 0022-281X | 53 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| International Research in Children s Literature | 1755-6198 | 52 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Revista Austral de Ciencias Sociales | 0717-3202 | 52 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Chile |
| HİKMET-Akademik Edebiyat Dergisi (Journal Of Academic Literature) | 2458-8636 | 51 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Türkiye |
| Neohelicon | 0324-4652 | 51 | 2 | ≈ ₹3,16,921 to publish | No | No | Hungary |
| New Literary History | 0028-6087 | 51 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Symbolon | 1582-327X | 51 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Romania |
| Sanat Yazıları | 1300-6665 | 50 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Acta Scientiarum Language and Culture | 1983-4675 | 49 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Brumal Revista de Investigación sobre lo Fantástico | 2014-7910 | 49 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| symplokē | 1069-0697 | 49 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Signa Revista de la Asociación Española de Semiótica | 1133-3634 | 48 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Spain |
| Women s Writing | 0969-9082 | 48 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Bulletin Hispanique | 0007-4640 | 47 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | France |
| Divan Edebiyatı Araştırmaları Dergisi | 1308-6553 | 47 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Türkiye |
| Boletín de Literatura Oral | 2173-0695 | 46 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| ELH | 0013-8304 | 46 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Études britanniques contemporaines | 1168-4917 | 46 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |
| Oxford German Studies | 0078-7191 | 46 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Signo | 0101-1812 | 46 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| The ICFAI Journal of English Studies | 0973-3728 | 45 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | India |
| 452ºF Revista de Teoría de la literatura y Literatura Comparada | 2013-3294 | 44 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Digital humanities quarterly | 1938-4122 | 44 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Oxford Literary Review | 0305-1498 | 44 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Abuja Journal of Humanities | 1117-8116 | 43 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Nigeria |
| Journal of European Studies | 0047-2441 | 43 | 2 | ≈ ₹3,51,599 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Shanlax International Journal of English | 2320-2645 | 43 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | India |
| Eski Türk Edebiyatı Araştırmaları Dergisi [Journal Of Old Turkish Literature Researches] | 2651-3013 | 42 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Journal of Critical Studies in language and literature | 2732-4605 | 42 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United Kingdom |
| The German Quarterly | 0016-8831 | 42 | 2 | ≈ ₹2,79,353 to publish | No | No | United States |
| Todas as letras/Revista Todas as Letras | 1517-1000 | 42 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Dergisi / Journal of Turkish Language and Literature | 1015-2091 | 42 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Uluslararası İletişim ve Sanat Dergisi | 2757-6000 | 42 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Türkiye |
| América sin nombre | 1577-3442 | 41 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Cadernos de Pós-Graduação em Letras | 1809-4163 | 41 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Kulturwissenschaftliche Zeitschrift | 2451-1765 | 41 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Poland |
| Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica | 0377-628X | 41 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Costa Rica |
| Contemporary Literature | 0010-7484 | 40 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries Publications | 2704-1441 | 40 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Norway |
| Exilium Revista de Estudos da Contemporaneidade | 2675-6188 | 40 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies | 1463-6204 | 40 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Litera:dil,edebiyat ve kültür araştırmaları dergisi | 1304-0057 | 40 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Hispanic Review | 0018-2176 | 39 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| International Journal Of English and Studies | 2581-8333 | 39 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Journal of World Literature | 2405-6472 | 39 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| Littera Turca Journal of Turkish Language and Literature | 2149-892X | 39 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Türkiye |
| Nineteenth Century Contexts | 0890-5495 | 39 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Achta Scientiarum Human Social Science | 1679-7361 | 38 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Anuário de Literatura | 1414-5235 | 38 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Barnboken | 0347-772X | 38 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Sweden |
| Caderno Seminal | 1414-4298 | 38 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Fólio | 1808-3099 | 38 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| JANUS Estudios sobre el Siglo de Oro | 2254-7290 | 38 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Theory Now Journal of Literature Critique and Thought | 2605-2822 | 38 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Comparative Critical Studies | 1744-1854 | 37 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Edebî Eleştiri Dergisi | 2602-4616 | 37 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Türkiye |
| Neue Romantikforschung | 2730-6399 | 37 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Scandinavian Studies | 0036-5637 | 37 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Simbiótica Revista Eletrônica | 2316-1620 | 37 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Zeitschrift für Germanistik | 0323-7982 | 37 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Switzerland |
| English Language and Literature Studies | 1925-4768 | 36 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Canada |
| Estudios filológicos | 0071-1713 | 36 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Chile |
| Literature, critique, and empire today. | 3033-3962 | 36 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Partial Answers Journal of Literature and the History of Ideas | 1565-3668 | 36 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Resonancias: Revista de investigación musical | 0717-3474 | 36 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Canadian Journal of Language and Literature Studies | 2564-2979 | 35 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Canada |
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