Scimago Journal & Country Rank

Explicator

Country

United States

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

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Routledge

H-Index

7

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

00144940, 1939926X

Coverage

1975-1980, 1982-1983, 1985, 1987-2023

Information

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Scope

Concentrating on works that are frequently anthologized and studied in college classrooms, The Explicator , with its yearly index of titles, is a must for college and university libraries and teachers of literature. Text-based criticism thrives in The Explicator . One of few in its class, the journal publishes concise notes on passages of prose and poetry. Each issue contains between 25 and 30 notes on works of literature, ranging from ancient Greek and Roman times to our own, from throughout the world. Students rely on The Explicator for insight into works they are studying. 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
Education2003Q4
Education2004Q4
Education2005Q4
Education2006Q4
Education2007Q4
Education2008Q4
Education2009Q4
Education2010Q4
Education2011Q4
Education2012Q4
Education2013Q4
Education2014Q4
Education2015Q4
Education2016Q4
Education2017Q4
Education2018Q4
Education2019Q4
Education2020Q4
Education2021Q4
Education2022Q4
Education2023Q4
Literature and Literary Theory2003Q4
Literature and Literary Theory2004Q4
Literature and Literary Theory2005Q4
Literature and Literary Theory2006Q4
Literature and Literary Theory2007Q4
Literature and Literary Theory2008Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2009Q4
Literature and Literary Theory2010Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2011Q4
Literature and Literary Theory2012Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2013Q4
Literature and Literary Theory2014Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2015Q4
Literature and Literary Theory2016Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2017Q4
Literature and Literary Theory2018Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2019Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2020Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2021Q4
Literature and Literary Theory2022Q3
Literature and Literary Theory2023Q3
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
20030.100
20040.100
20050.100
20060.100
20070.100
20080.110
20090.100
20100.128
20110.100
20120.110
20130.100
20140.124
20150.100
20160.139
20170.100
20180.114
20190.110
20200.111
20210.100
20220.103
20230.106
Total Documents

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

YearDocuments
199989
200086
200161
2002102
2003102
200476
2005101
200696
200793
200888
200988
201053
201150
201284
201379
201479
201574
201668
201770
201865
201931
202042
202140
202235
202322
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)19990.020
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20000.003
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20010.009
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20020.026
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20030.021
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20040.014
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20050.006
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20060.016
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20070.016
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20080.019
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20090.011
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20100.036
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20110.025
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20120.039
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20130.047
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20140.038
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20150.021
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20160.066
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20170.023
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20180.045
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20190.022
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20200.047
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20210.072
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20220.067
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20230.081
Cites / Doc. (3 years)19990.020
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20000.004
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20010.012
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20020.030
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20030.016
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20040.015
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20050.007
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20060.014
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20070.015
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20080.024
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20090.004
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20100.041
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20110.031
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20120.021
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20130.043
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20140.028
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20150.021
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20160.078
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20170.027
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20180.033
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20190.030
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20200.042
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20210.051
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20220.071
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20230.060
Cites / Doc. (2 years)19990.019
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20000.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20010.011
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20020.027
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20030.018
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20040.010
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20050.006
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20060.017
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20070.005
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20080.021
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20090.006
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20100.023
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20110.021
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20120.010
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.037
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20140.031
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20150.025
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20160.059
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20170.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20180.014
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20190.030
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20200.073
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20210.041
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20220.073
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20230.040
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 Cites19993
Self Cites20001
Self Cites20013
Self Cites20027
Self Cites20031
Self Cites20042
Self Cites20051
Self Cites20062
Self Cites20072
Self Cites20081
Self Cites20091
Self Cites20102
Self Cites20111
Self Cites20122
Self Cites20131
Self Cites20142
Self Cites20151
Self Cites20164
Self Cites20171
Self Cites20181
Self Cites20193
Self Cites20201
Self Cites20210
Self Cites20221
Self Cites20230
Total Cites19995
Total Cites20001
Total Cites20013
Total Cites20027
Total Cites20034
Total Cites20044
Total Cites20052
Total Cites20064
Total Cites20074
Total Cites20087
Total Cites20091
Total Cites201011
Total Cites20117
Total Cites20124
Total Cites20138
Total Cites20146
Total Cites20155
Total Cites201618
Total Cites20176
Total Cites20187
Total Cites20196
Total Cites20207
Total Cites20217
Total Cites20228
Total Cites20237
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 document19990.008
External Cites per document20000.000
External Cites per document20010.000
External Cites per document20020.000
External Cites per document20030.012
External Cites per document20040.008
External Cites per document20050.004
External Cites per document20060.007
External Cites per document20070.007
External Cites per document20080.021
External Cites per document20090.000
External Cites per document20100.033
External Cites per document20110.026
External Cites per document20120.010
External Cites per document20130.037
External Cites per document20140.019
External Cites per document20150.017
External Cites per document20160.060
External Cites per document20170.023
External Cites per document20180.028
External Cites per document20190.015
External Cites per document20200.036
External Cites per document20210.051
External Cites per document20220.062
External Cites per document20230.060
Cites per document19990.020
Cites per document20000.004
Cites per document20010.012
Cites per document20020.030
Cites per document20030.016
Cites per document20040.015
Cites per document20050.007
Cites per document20060.014
Cites per document20070.015
Cites per document20080.024
Cites per document20090.004
Cites per document20100.041
Cites per document20110.031
Cites per document20120.021
Cites per document20130.043
Cites per document20140.028
Cites per document20150.021
Cites per document20160.078
Cites per document20170.027
Cites per document20180.033
Cites per document20190.030
Cites per document20200.042
Cites per document20210.051
Cites per document20220.071
Cites per document20230.060
% 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
19990.00
20000.00
20010.00
20020.00
20030.00
20040.00
20050.00
20060.00
20070.00
20080.00
20090.00
20100.00
20110.00
20120.00
20130.00
20140.00
20150.00
20160.00
20170.00
20180.00
20193.23
20200.00
20210.00
20222.86
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 documents199923
Non-citable documents200045
Non-citable documents200166
Non-citable documents200256
Non-citable documents200335
Non-citable documents200413
Non-citable documents20052
Non-citable documents20062
Non-citable documents20073
Non-citable documents20082
Non-citable documents20092
Non-citable documents20101
Non-citable documents20111
Non-citable documents20121
Non-citable documents20131
Non-citable documents20142
Non-citable documents20152
Non-citable documents20162
Non-citable documents20171
Non-citable documents201813
Non-citable documents201913
Non-citable documents202013
Non-citable documents20210
Non-citable documents20220
Non-citable documents20230
Citable documents1999232
Citable documents2000203
Citable documents2001181
Citable documents2002180
Citable documents2003214
Citable documents2004252
Citable documents2005278
Citable documents2006277
Citable documents2007270
Citable documents2008288
Citable documents2009275
Citable documents2010268
Citable documents2011228
Citable documents2012190
Citable documents2013186
Citable documents2014211
Citable documents2015240
Citable documents2016230
Citable documents2017220
Citable documents2018199
Citable documents2019190
Citable documents2020153
Citable documents2021138
Citable documents2022113
Citable documents2023117
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 documents1999250
Uncited documents2000247
Uncited documents2001244
Uncited documents2002231
Uncited documents2003245
Uncited documents2004261
Uncited documents2005278
Uncited documents2006275
Uncited documents2007269
Uncited documents2008283
Uncited documents2009276
Uncited documents2010258
Uncited documents2011224
Uncited documents2012187
Uncited documents2013179
Uncited documents2014207
Uncited documents2015237
Uncited documents2016215
Uncited documents2017217
Uncited documents2018205
Uncited documents2019197
Uncited documents2020159
Uncited documents2021131
Uncited documents2022105
Uncited documents2023110
Cited documents19995
Cited documents20001
Cited documents20013
Cited documents20025
Cited documents20034
Cited documents20044
Cited documents20052
Cited documents20064
Cited documents20074
Cited documents20087
Cited documents20091
Cited documents201011
Cited documents20115
Cited documents20124
Cited documents20138
Cited documents20146
Cited documents20155
Cited documents201617
Cited documents20174
Cited documents20187
Cited documents20196
Cited documents20207
Cited documents20217
Cited documents20228
Cited documents20237
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
199918.75
200025.45
200122.22
200229.55
200335.11
200427.03
200532.10
200636.25
200730.38
200832.50
200939.29
201024.44
201118.75
201228.05
201340.85
201429.17
201539.19
201636.92
201734.62
201845.00
201936.67
202034.15
202135.56
202222.22
202340.91
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

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

DocumentsYearValue
Overton19990
Overton20000
Overton20010
Overton20020
Overton20030
Overton20040
Overton20050
Overton20060
Overton20070
Overton20080
Overton20090
Overton20100
Overton20110
Overton20120
Overton20130
Overton20140
Overton20150
Overton20160
Overton20170
Overton20180
Overton20190
Overton20200
Overton20211
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
SDG20188
SDG20193
SDG20204
SDG20211
SDG20221
SDG20232
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