302 Literature and Literary Theory journals (Arts and Humanities) in ORBIT Tier 4 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 4: bottom 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books./Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books | 0008-9036 | 673 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Opernwelt | 0030-3690 | 511 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Studi Francesi | 0039-2944 | 407 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Italy |
| Theater heute | 0040-5507 | 394 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Germany |
| Bodhi International Journal of Research in Humanities Arts and Science | 2456-5571 | 329 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | India |
| World Literature Today | 0196-3570 | 327 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| The French review | 0016-111X | 282 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| International Journal online of Humanities | 2395-5155 | 246 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | India |
| French Studies | 0016-1128 | 239 | 4 | ≈ ₹3,00,738 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Geostrategy | 2664-4975 | 220 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Ploughshares | 0048-4474 | 182 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Anthropos | 0257-9774 | 178 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Germany |
| American book review/The American book review | 0149-9408 | 154 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| The Modern Language Review | 0026-7937 | 151 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Cuaderna Vía | 2472-7237 | 128 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| Prairie schooner | 0032-6682 | 123 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| New England review | 1053-1297 | 118 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Palimpsesto | 1677-7557 | 108 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Réforme Humanisme Renaissance | 1771-1347 | 103 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | France |
| THE WORLD OF CULTURE | 2221-7584 | 98 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Azerbaijan |
| The Hopkins review/Hopkins review | 1939-6589 | 97 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Tesis (Lima) | 1995-6967 | 96 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Peru |
| Transatlantica | 1765-2766 | 94 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |
| Arbitrium | 0723-2977 | 87 | 4 | ≈ ₹2,61,243 to publish | No | No | Germany |
| Sprache im technischen Zeitalter | 0038-8475 | 85 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Treasury of Persian Language and Literature | 3060-7930 | 82 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Iran |
| Christianity & Literature | 0148-3331 | 80 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Revista Decifrar | 2318-2229 | 80 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Dalhousie French Studies | 0711-8813 | 77 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Canada |
| Scripta Jurnal Ilmiah Mahasiswa | 2656-9809 | 77 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Journal of Austrian studies | 2165-669X | 74 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Çédille | 1699-4949 | 72 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Paradiqma | 3104-4603 | 72 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Literary ecologies | 2941-4210 | 70 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Revista Cerrados | 0104-3927 | 70 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Revue française d’études américaines | 0397-7870 | 69 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | France |
| Revista Desassossego | 2175-3180 | 68 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| AZERBAIJAN LITERATURE STUDIES | 2663-4406 | 66 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| FronteiraZ Revista do Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Literatura e Crítica Literária | 1983-4373 | 66 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Western American literature | 0043-3462 | 63 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Creative Research in English Literature and Culture | 3108-0812 | 61 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| MOARA – Revista Eletrônica do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras ISSN 0104-0944 | 0104-0944 | 61 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Revista Leitura | 0103-6858 | 61 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Edition transcript | 2626-580X | 60 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Revista PHILIA | Filosofia Literatura & Arte | 2596-0911 | 59 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| The North Dakota quarterly | 0029-277X | 59 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| The Sewanee review | 0037-3052 | 58 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Fênix Revista de História e Estudos Culturais | 1807-6971 | 56 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Manuscrítica Revista de Crítica Genética | 1415-4498 | 53 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Acta Iassyensia Comparationis | 1584-6628 | 52 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Romania |
| Revista de Literatura, História e Memória | 1809-5313 | 52 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| The Scriblerian and the Kit-Cats | 0036-9640 | 50 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Thewis | 2748-1417 | 50 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Erothanatos. | 2457-0265 | 49 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | II |
| Manuscripts Do not Burn | 2410-5600 | 49 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Archiv digital/Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen | 0003-8970 | 48 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Germany |
| Diciottesimo Secolo | 2531-4165 | 48 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Italy |
| Ost-West-Express | 1865-5858 | 48 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Journal of The Scientific Mysticism and Literature | 3062-2085 | 47 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Revista Graphos | 1516-1536 | 47 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Études Germaniques | 0014-2115 | 46 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | France |
| Interfaces | 2179-0027 | 46 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Letras | 1519-3985 | 46 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| LitCult A Journal of Literary and Cultural Discourse | 3049-1266 | 46 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Literatura e Sociedade | 1413-2982 | 46 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Modern Studies in English Language & Literature | 1738-7620 | 46 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | South Korea |
| Estudos de Literatura Brasileira Contemporânea | 1518-0158 | 45 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| French forum | 0098-9355 | 45 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Opiniães | 2177-3815 | 44 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| ADAU-nun ELMİ ƏSƏRLƏRİ | 2310-4104 | 43 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Italies | 1275-7519 | 43 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |
| Sitientibus | 0101-8841 | 43 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Fourth Genre Explorations in Nonfiction | 1522-3868 | 42 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Literary Writing and Evaluation | 3078-8129 | 42 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Revista Tempo Espaço Linguagem (TEL) | 2177-6644 | 42 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Arquivo Maaravi Revista Digital de Estudos Judaicos da UFMG | 1982-3053 | 40 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Literary Imagination | 1523-9012 | 40 | 4 | ≈ ₹2,94,187 to publish | No | No | United States |
| Letras Femeninas | 0277-4356 | 39 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| SAPIENS - Revista de divulgação Científica | 2596-156X | 39 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Cadernos de Literatura em Tradução | 1981-2558 | 38 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| desleituras Literatura Filosofia Cinema e outras artes | 2764-006X | 38 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Brazil |
| Nizami Studies - Scientific Works | 3006-2403 | 38 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Revista de Estudos Acadêmicos de Letras | 2358-8403 | 38 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Revista Investigações | 0104-1320 | 38 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Victorian periodicals review | 0709-4698 | 38 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Canada |
| Poetika izm | 2663-2926 | 37 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | |
| Studies on Oral Folk Literature of Azerbaijan | 2309-7922 | 37 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| GenderScripts | 2751-2029 | 36 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Journal of Inklings Studies | 2045-8797 | 36 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Nau Literária | 1981-4526 | 36 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| RUS (São Paulo) | 2317-4765 | 36 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Bulletin of the Comediantes | 0007-5108 | 35 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Cuadernos de Estudios del Siglo XVIII | 1131-9879 | 35 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Spain |
| Early Theatre | 1206-9078 | 35 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Canada |
| NAUS | 2184-3058 | 35 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Portugal |
| Nouvelles de l estampe | 0029-4888 | 35 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | France |
| Berliner Debatte Initial | 0863-4564 | 34 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Études françaises | 0014-2085 | 34 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Canada |
| Études littéraires | 0014-214X | 34 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Canada |
| Luso-Brazilian Review | 0024-7413 | 34 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
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