Scimago Journal & Country Rank

Contemporary Literature

Country

United States

Universities and research institutions in United States
Media Ranking in United States

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

University of Wisconsin Press

University of Wisconsin, Madison in Scimago Institutions Rankings

H-Index

19

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

00107484, 15489949

Coverage

2002-2023

Information

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Scope

Contemporary Literature publishes scholarly essays on contemporary writing in English, interviews with established and emerging authors, and reviews of recent critical books in the field. The journal welcomes articles on multiple genres, including poetry, the novel, drama, creative nonfiction, new media and digital literature, and graphic narrative. Contemporary Literature published the first articles on Thomas Pynchon and Susan Howe and the first interviews with Margaret Drabble and Don DeLillo; it also helped to introduce Kazuo Ishiguro, Eavan Boland, and J. M. Coetzee to American readers. As a forum for discussing issues animating the range of contemporary literary studies, Contemporary Literature features the full diversity of critical practices. The editors seek articles that frame their analysis of texts within larger literary historical, theoretical, or cultural debates. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Literature and Literary Theory2003Q3
Literature and Literary Theory2004Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2005Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2006Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2007Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2008Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2009Q4
Literature and Literary Theory2010Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2011Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2012Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2013Q3
Literature and Literary Theory2014Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2015Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2016Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2017Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2018Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2019Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2020Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2021Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2022Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2023Q2
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
20030.101
20040.111
20050.111
20060.136
20070.111
20080.141
20090.100
20100.111
20110.109
20120.117
20130.105
20140.233
20150.238
20160.152
20170.133
20180.128
20190.153
20200.168
20210.120
20220.133
20230.135
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
200224
200318
200422
200522
200619
200719
200824
200924
201024
201129
201231
201322
201427
201522
201617
201718
201812
20199
202014
202121
202220
202312
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20020.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20030.125
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20040.119
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20050.109
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20060.198
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20070.259
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20080.366
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20090.286
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20100.267
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20110.451
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20120.366
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20130.306
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20140.387
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20150.624
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20160.480
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20170.364
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20180.238
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20190.203
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20200.411
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20210.340
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20220.107
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20230.219
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20020.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20030.125
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20040.119
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20050.109
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20060.242
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20070.206
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20080.350
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20090.194
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20100.149
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20110.389
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20120.195
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20130.250
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20140.378
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20150.600
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20160.324
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20170.409
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20180.263
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20190.149
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20200.462
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20210.114
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20220.068
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20230.182
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20020.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20030.125
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20040.119
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20050.075
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20060.273
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20070.146
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20080.342
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20090.116
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20100.146
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20110.146
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20120.151
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.100
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20140.151
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20150.224
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20160.306
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20170.462
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20180.114
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20190.167
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20200.190
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20210.130
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20220.086
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20230.171
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites20020
Self Cites20030
Self Cites20041
Self Cites20051
Self Cites20061
Self Cites20071
Self Cites20083
Self Cites20090
Self Cites20101
Self Cites20111
Self Cites20121
Self Cites20131
Self Cites20141
Self Cites20151
Self Cites20160
Self Cites20172
Self Cites20181
Self Cites20190
Self Cites20200
Self Cites20210
Self Cites20220
Self Cites20231
Total Cites20020
Total Cites20033
Total Cites20045
Total Cites20057
Total Cites200615
Total Cites200713
Total Cites200821
Total Cites200912
Total Cites201010
Total Cites201128
Total Cites201215
Total Cites201321
Total Cites201431
Total Cites201548
Total Cites201623
Total Cites201727
Total Cites201815
Total Cites20197
Total Cites202018
Total Cites20214
Total Cites20223
Total Cites202310
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document20020
External Cites per document20030.125
External Cites per document20040.095
External Cites per document20050.094
External Cites per document20060.226
External Cites per document20070.190
External Cites per document20080.300
External Cites per document20090.194
External Cites per document20100.134
External Cites per document20110.375
External Cites per document20120.182
External Cites per document20130.238
External Cites per document20140.366
External Cites per document20150.588
External Cites per document20160.324
External Cites per document20170.379
External Cites per document20180.246
External Cites per document20190.149
External Cites per document20200.462
External Cites per document20210.114
External Cites per document20220.068
External Cites per document20230.164
Cites per document20020.000
Cites per document20030.125
Cites per document20040.119
Cites per document20050.109
Cites per document20060.242
Cites per document20070.206
Cites per document20080.350
Cites per document20090.194
Cites per document20100.149
Cites per document20110.389
Cites per document20120.195
Cites per document20130.250
Cites per document20140.378
Cites per document20150.600
Cites per document20160.324
Cites per document20170.409
Cites per document20180.263
Cites per document20190.149
Cites per document20200.462
Cites per document20210.114
Cites per document20220.068
Cites per document20230.182
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
20020.00
20030.00
200418.18
200518.18
20065.26
200715.79
200812.50
20090.00
20100.00
20110.00
20120.00
20130.00
20140.00
20150.00
20160.00
20170.00
20180.00
20190.00
20200.00
20210.00
20220.00
20230.00
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents20020
Non-citable documents20031
Non-citable documents20041
Non-citable documents20055
Non-citable documents20068
Non-citable documents200712
Non-citable documents200812
Non-citable documents200913
Non-citable documents201013
Non-citable documents201113
Non-citable documents201211
Non-citable documents201311
Non-citable documents201410
Non-citable documents20159
Non-citable documents20168
Non-citable documents20178
Non-citable documents20188
Non-citable documents20195
Non-citable documents20203
Non-citable documents20214
Non-citable documents20226
Non-citable documents20237
Citable documents20020
Citable documents200323
Citable documents200441
Citable documents200559
Citable documents200654
Citable documents200751
Citable documents200848
Citable documents200949
Citable documents201054
Citable documents201159
Citable documents201266
Citable documents201373
Citable documents201472
Citable documents201571
Citable documents201663
Citable documents201758
Citable documents201849
Citable documents201942
Citable documents202036
Citable documents202131
Citable documents202238
Citable documents202348
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents20020
Uncited documents200321
Uncited documents200437
Uncited documents200558
Uncited documents200650
Uncited documents200753
Uncited documents200843
Uncited documents200954
Uncited documents201059
Uncited documents201153
Uncited documents201263
Uncited documents201367
Uncited documents201464
Uncited documents201557
Uncited documents201657
Uncited documents201752
Uncited documents201847
Uncited documents201941
Uncited documents202028
Uncited documents202131
Uncited documents202241
Uncited documents202346
Cited documents20020
Cited documents20033
Cited documents20045
Cited documents20056
Cited documents200612
Cited documents200710
Cited documents200817
Cited documents20098
Cited documents20108
Cited documents201119
Cited documents201214
Cited documents201317
Cited documents201418
Cited documents201523
Cited documents201614
Cited documents201714
Cited documents201810
Cited documents20196
Cited documents202011
Cited documents20214
Cited documents20223
Cited documents20239
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
200221.74
200344.44
200427.78
200561.11
200625.00
200742.86
200826.32
200925.00
201055.00
201161.54
201240.00
201357.89
201444.00
201536.84
201642.86
201762.50
201825.00
201962.50
202050.00
202150.00
202231.58
202345.45
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

DocumentsYearValue
Overton20020
Overton20030
Overton20040
Overton20050
Overton20060
Overton20070
Overton20080
Overton20090
Overton20100
Overton20110
Overton20120
Overton20130
Overton20140
Overton20150
Overton20160
Overton20170
Overton20180
Overton20190
Overton20200
Overton20210
Overton20220
Overton20230
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evoution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG20180
SDG20190
SDG20200
SDG20210
SDG20221
SDG20230
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