Green Letters: Studies in Ecocriticism explores the relationship between literary, artistic and popular culture and the various conceptions of the environment articulated by scientific ecology, philosophy, sociology and literary and cultural theory. We publish academic articles that seek to illuminate divergences and convergences among representations and rhetorics of nature – understood as potentially including wild, rural, urban and virtual spaces – within the context of global environmental crisis.
As the journal of ASLE-UKI (the UK-Ireland branch of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment), our approach reflects the politically-engaged ecocritical tradition, inspired by Cultural Studies, on this side of the Atlantic. Since the journal was founded in 2000, Green Letters has published work consistent with our position as the only ecocritical print periodical in Europe. This encompasses close reading of cultural artefacts and sophisticated theoretical approaches reflective of British, Irish or European culture or British, Irish or European philosophical approaches and theories. Within these parameters, however, we warmly welcome work from scholars working in any country.
Green Letters is published three times yearly, with two themed editions and one unthemed. Recent themes have included eco-musicology, Victorian ecology, pre-Modern literature, ecophenomenology and the sacred, animal studies, and global and postcolonial ecocriticism. These themed editions allow us to anticipate developments in ecocriticism and produce coherent collections of new work, and are generally guest edited by experts in their respective fields. The unthemed editions allow for less prescriptive and potentially more innovative contributions to ecocritical discourse. Academic articles are supplemented by reviews of new ecocritical publications and, at times, major conferences and other events. Supported by an internationally recognised advisory board, this peer-reviewed journal aims to maintain a contemporaneous and wide-ranging perspective on natural, social and cultural ecologies and their systemic interrelationships.
Peer review policy
Articles in this journal are subject to double-anonymized peer review by at least two referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
46K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.813 (2023) SNIP
0.161 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
43 days avg. from submission to first
decision
38% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Alexandra Campbell - University of Glasgow, UK Samantha Walton - Bath Spa University, UK
Reviews Editor Sue Edney - University of Bristol, UK
Editorial Board Lucy Bell - University of Surrey, UK Mandy Bloomfield - University of Plymouth, UK Terry Gifford - Bath Spa University, UK David Ingram - Brunel University, UK Adeline Johns-Putra - Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University, China/UK Michael Niblett - University of Warwick
Advisory Board Stacy Alaimo- University of Texas at Arlington, USA Timothy Clark - Durham University, UK Michael P. Cohen- Southern Utah University, USA Laurence Coupe- Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Sharae Deckard- University College Dublin, Ireland Sid Dobrin - University of Florida, USA Claudia Egerer - Stockholm University, Sweden Leslie Van Gelder- Walden University, USA Greg Garrard - The University of British Columbia, Canada Ursula Heise- Stanford University, USA Chen Hong - Shanghai Normal University, China Graham Huggan - University of Leeds, UK Serenella Iovino - University of North Carolina, USA Adrian Ivakhiv- University of Vermont, USA Adeline Johns-Putra - Monash University, Malaysia Richard Kerridge- Bath Spa University, UK Anthony Lioi - The Juillard School, USA Robert Macfarlane- University of Cambridge, UK Timo Maran - University of Tartu, Estonia Sylvia Mayer- University of Bayreuth, Germany Joseph W. Meeker- Union Institute and University, USA Kate Rigby- Bath Spa University, UK Stephen Rosendale - Northern Arizona University, USA Gillian Rudd- University of Liverpool, UK Martin Ryle - Sussex University, UK Catriona Sandilands - York University, Canada Harriet Tarlo - Sheffield Hallam University, UK Karen Thornber - Harvard University, USA Louise Westling- University of Oregon, USA Masami Yuki - Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/Indexed in: Scopus.
Open access
Green Letters is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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