Early Modern French Studies (formerly Seventeenth-Century French Studies) publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed, original articles in English and French on a broad range of literary, cultural, methodological, and theoretical topics relating to the study of early modern France. The journal has expanded its historical scope and now covers work on the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. Within this period of French literary and cultural history, the journal particularly welcomes work that relates to the term 'early modern', as well as work that interrogates it. It continues to publish special issues devoted to particular topics (such as the highly successful 2014 special issue on the cultural history of fans) as well as individual submissions.
EMFS brings to its readership the work of both established figures and young researchers, and has historically provided a unique forum for the strong UK tradition of scholarship in the field. The journal is the official publication of the Society for Early Modern French Studies and was first published in 1979. Since then, the journal’s increasingly broad and inclusive stance has widened to include the full range of early modern artistic, musical, philosophical, scientific, political, and material concerns. Interdisciplinary in its interests and international in its scope, the journal continues to encourage contributions from throughout the UK, the US, France, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey, and the Republic of Ireland, among others.
Journal metrics
Usage
16K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.2 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
0.2 (2023) 5 year IF
0.1 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
0.000 (2023) SNIP
0.101 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
23 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
95% 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.
Susan Broomhall (Australian Catholic University, Australia) Marie-Luce Demonet (Université François-Rabelais de Tours, France) Delphine Denis (Université Paris-Sorbonne, France) Ji Gao (Peking University, China) Sylvaine Guyot (New York University, USA) John O’Brien (Durham University, UK) Lewis Seifert (Brown University, USA) Katie Scott (The Courtauld Institute of Art, UK) Wes Williams (University of Oxford, UK) Thomas Wynn (Durham University, UK
Abstracting and indexing
Early Modern French Studies is included in the following services:
America: History and Life
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Current Abstracts
European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH PLUS)
Genamics JournalSeek
Historical Abstracts
International Bibliography of Periodicals Literature (IBZ)
Linguistics and Language Behaviour Abstracts
Modern Language Association Bibliography
Periodicals Index Online
TOC Premier
Open access
Early Modern French Studies 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.
The Society is interdisciplinary and international, with a broad-based international membership. Originally founded as the Society for Seventeenth-Century French Studies, it now welcomes scholars working in all fields of French studies from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. It offers Research Bursaries to support members’ research projects, and Conference Bursaries for members who are working on a doctoral thesis.
As well as its journal, the Society has held an international conference every year since 1978, sometimes in conjunction with other French and North American societies. Recent conferences have been held in Paris (2012: Paris III, Sorbonne Nouvelle, and Paris VII Diderot), Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (2013), Durham Castle (2014, 2017), the University of St Andrews (2015), Wadham College, Oxford (2016), Peterhouse, Cambridge (2018), Trinity College, Oxford (2023), and the University of Exeter (2024).
If you are interested in becoming a member or wish to learn full details of recent and forthcoming events, and of all the Society’s activities, please see under the relevant headings on the Society’s website ( https://www.semfs.org.uk/).
Subscription
If you would like to join the Society for Early Modern French Studies, please make your payment via one of the methods detailed below, and email Joanna Barker, Treasurer & Membership Secretary, at [email protected] giving the following information: Name: Institution: Postal address: E-mail address: Membership subscriptions are due on 1st September for the following financial year. Rates are £40 with a 50% discount for postgraduates. Methods of payment: • Standing order or direct bank transfer (For security reasons, our bank details will be made available to individual members upon request. Please email the Membership Secretary if you wish to pay by this method.) •Paypal (Postgraduates should click on the blue Paypal icon to get the discount). If you are not able to pay by one of the above methods, or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Membership Secretary.
Print ISSN:
2056-3035
Online ISSN:
2056-3043
2 issues per year
Currently known as:
Early Modern French Studies
(2015 - current)
Formerly known as
Seventeenth-Century French Studies
(1984 - 2014)
Seventeenth-Century French Studies Newsletter
(1979 - 1983)
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