Duke University Press Journals: Indexing, Impact Factor and APC

In shortDuke University Press publishes 51 journals that are in Scopus or Web of Science in our data: 40 in Scopus, 36 in SCIE, SSCI or AHCI and 9 in ESCI. 4 are fully open access. Its highest impact factor* is Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law (4.46).
51journals
40in Scopus
36SCIE, SSCI, AHCI
9ESCI
4fully open access

Duke University Press journals list

Sorted by impact factor*. Open a journal for its review time, funders, fee waivers, official website and guide for authors.

#JournalImpact factor*IndexingOpen accessSubject
1Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law4.46SCIE, SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionHealth Care Sciences & Services
2Duke Mathematical Journal3.24SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionMathematics
3South Atlantic Quarterly1.37SSCI, AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionCultural Studies
4Environmental Humanities1.36ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Fully OA, no APC listedHumanities, Multidisciplinary
5Critical Times1.36ScopusFully OA, no APC listed
6The Philosophical Review1.35AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionPhilosophy
7differences1.28SSCI, AHCI, JCR 2024SubscriptionCultural Studies
8Modern Language Quarterly1.14AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionLiterature
9Common Knowledge1.13AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionHumanities, Multidisciplinary
10Poetics Today1.09AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionLiterature
11Genre0.94ScopusSubscription
12Kyoto journal of mathematics0.88SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionMathematics
13East Asian Science Technology and Society An International Journal0.83SSCI, AHCI, JCR 2024SubscriptionArea Studies
14GLQ A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies0.79SSCI, JCR 2024SubscriptionSocial Sciences, Interdisciplinary
15New German Critique0.78AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionLiterary Theory & Criticism
16Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East0.70ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionArea Studies
17Agricultural History0.68SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionHistory
18Radical History Review0.66AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionHistory
19Social Text0.64ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionCultural Studies
20Hispanic American Historical Review0.63SSCI, AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionHistory
21boundary 20.61SSCI, AHCISubscriptionCultural Studies
22History of Political Economy0.59SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionEconomics
23Illinois Journal of Mathematics0.59ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionMathematics, Applied
24TSQ Transgender Studies Quarterly0.58ESCI, JCR 2024SubscriptionSocial Sciences, Interdisciplinary
25liquid blackness0.58ScopusFully OA, no APC listed
26Camera Obscura Feminism Culture and Media Studies0.50AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionFilm, Radio, Television
27American Speech0.48SSCI, AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionLanguage & Linguistics
28Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic0.43SCIE, AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionLogic
29Labor Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas0.40ESCI, JCR 2024SubscriptionIndustrial Relations & Labor
30Qui Parle0.40ScopusSubscription
31Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies0.39AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Fully OA, no APC listedAsian Studies
32Comparative Literature0.32AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionLiterature
33Public Culture0.31SSCI, AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionAnthropology
34positions asia critique0.31AHCI, JCR 2024SubscriptionAsian Studies
35English Language Notes0.27AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionLiterature
36American Literature0.25AHCI, JCR 2024SubscriptionLiterature, American
37Ethnohistory0.22SSCI, AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionAnthropology
38French Historical Studies0.19AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionHistory
39Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies0.16AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionMedieval & Renaissance Studies
40Theater0.16AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionTheater
41Twentieth Century Literature0.14AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionLiterature
42Prism0.14ESCI, JCR 2024Hybrid / some OAAsian Studies
43Minnesota Review0.13AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionLiterary Reviews
44Small Axe A Caribbean Journal of Criticism0.09AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionHumanities, Multidisciplinary
45Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art0.06ESCI, JCR 2024SubscriptionArt
46Eighteenth-Century Life0.06AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionLiterature
47Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture0.05AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionAsian Studies
48NOVEL A Forum on Fiction0.04AHCI, JCR 2024SubscriptionLiterature
49American Literary Scholarshipn/aESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024SubscriptionLiterature, American
50Mediterranean Quarterlyn/aScopusSubscription
51Seminars in Cerebrovascular Diseases and Stroken/aScopusSubscription

*Impact factor calculated from OpenAlex open data (2-year citedness), not the official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Indexing from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR lists used on ScholarsColab. Not finding a journal? Search the journal directory.

Is Duke University Press Scopus indexed?

Indexes such as Scopus and Web of Science list journals one by one, so a publisher is never indexed as a whole. For Duke University Press:

IndexJournalsShare
Scopus40 78%
Web of Science: SCIE, SSCI or AHCI36 71%
Web of Science: ESCI9 18%
Journal Citation Reports 202444 86%
DOAJ (fully open access)4 8%

Always confirm the journal itself on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before you submit; each journal page links to them.

Subjects Duke University Press publishes in

Subject categories of its journals, with the number of journals in each. Choose one to filter the list above.

Literature 10Cultural Studies 5Asian Studies 5History 5Mathematics 4Humanities, Multidisciplinary 3Literary Reviews 2Philosophy 2Area Studies 2History & Philosophy Of Science 2Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary 2Anthropology 2Literature, American 2Health Care Sciences & Services 1Health Policy & Services 1Medicine, Legal 1Women'S Studies 1Literary Theory & Criticism 1Economics 1History Of Social Sciences 1Mathematics, Applied 1Film, Radio, Television 1Language & Linguistics 1Linguistics 1

Duke University Press open access journals and APC

4 of its 51 journals are fully open access in DOAJ. 4 list no article fee in DOAJ.

Fully open access journalImpact factor*APC
Environmental Humanities1.36None listed
Critical Times1.36None listed
liquid blackness0.58None listed
Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies0.39None listed

The 4 fully open access journals with the highest impact factor*. APC from DOAJ; the journal's own page states the current fee.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Duke University Press Scopus indexed?

Scopus indexes journals one by one, not publishers. Of the 51 Duke University Press journals in our data, 40 (78%) are in the Scopus list. Check the exact journal in the table, and confirm on the Scopus source list before you submit.

Are Duke University Press journals in Web of Science (SCIE)?

36 of its 51 journals are in the Science, Social Sciences or Arts & Humanities Citation Index (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI) and 9 in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI). Only journals in SCIE, SSCI or AHCI get an official Journal Impact Factor from Clarivate.

Which Duke University Press journal has the highest impact factor?

By the impact factor* calculated from OpenAlex open data, Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law is the highest, at 4.46. This is not the official Clarivate value; check Journal Citation Reports for that.

Does Duke University Press have open access journals?

4 of its journals are fully open access and listed in DOAJ, and 4 list no article fee. Many of its other journals are hybrid: publishing is free unless you choose open access for your article.

Can I get an APC waiver from Duke University Press?

Waivers depend on the journal and on the countries of all authors. The free APC waiver checker on ScholarsColab tests a journal or publisher against your author team.

Other publishers

Elsevier 3,748Taylor & Francis 2,968Springer Nature 2,774Wiley 1,960SAGE Publishing 1,230De Gruyter 557Oxford University Press 494Cambridge University Press 463Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott) 382Emerald Publishing 380IEEE 333BioMed Central (BMC) 332MDPI 286Brill 286Inderscience 256Hindawi 246Medknow 216Bentham Science 190Pleiades Publishing 182Karger 174
Source and method. Journals and their publisher, impact factor*, open access status and APC come from OpenAlex open data and DOAJ (journal_metrics.csv, updated 2026-10-17); only journals in at least one of the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI or Scopus lists are counted. Imprints and spelling variants of the same publisher are combined. ScholarsColab is not affiliated with Duke University Press.