Scimago Journal & Country Rank

Life Writing

Country

United Kingdom

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

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Routledge

H-Index

14

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

14484528, 17512964

Coverage

2004-2023

Information

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Scope

Life Writing is one of the leading journals in the field of biography and autobiography, and publishes scholarly articles, critically informed creative personal essays, and book reviews. We have a special interest in interdisciplinary approaches, cross-cultural experience, and non-Anglophone contexts, though our themes have ranged widely, such as: illness and disability, philosophy and autobiography, the 'limits' of life writing, South African life narrative, women and ageing, and more. We make sure that work entrusted to us receives expert and sensitive reviewing, and prioritise handling it with speed and efficiency. 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 Theory2005Q3
Literature and Literary Theory2006Q3
Literature and Literary Theory2007Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2008Q4
Literature and Literary Theory2009Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2010Q3
Literature and Literary Theory2011Q3
Literature and Literary Theory2012Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2013Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2014Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2015Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2016Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2017Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2018Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2019Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2020Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2021Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2022Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2023Q1
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
20050.101
20060.100
20070.118
20080.100
20090.174
20100.101
20110.101
20120.123
20130.135
20140.143
20150.149
20160.138
20170.135
20180.245
20190.186
20200.121
20210.222
20220.231
20230.206
Total Documents

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

YearDocuments
200422
200519
200615
200723
200816
200924
201030
201132
201233
201328
201430
201529
201629
201740
201838
201937
202037
202143
202232
202354
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)20040.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20050.136
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20060.024
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20070.089
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20080.076
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20090.082
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20100.090
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20110.129
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20120.176
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20130.176
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20140.220
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20150.366
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20160.200
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20170.190
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20180.297
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20190.441
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20200.271
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20210.362
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20220.342
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20230.517
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20040.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20050.136
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20060.024
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20070.089
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20080.088
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20090.074
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20100.095
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20110.129
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20120.151
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20130.179
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20140.204
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20150.286
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20160.172
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20170.205
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20180.306
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20190.430
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20200.287
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20210.375
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20220.350
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20230.598
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20040.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20050.136
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20060.024
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20070.088
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20080.053
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20090.051
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20100.100
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20110.130
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20120.194
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.108
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20140.131
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20150.293
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20160.203
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20170.276
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20180.203
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20190.397
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20200.267
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20210.311
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20220.300
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20230.573
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 Cites20040
Self Cites20051
Self Cites20060
Self Cites20070
Self Cites20081
Self Cites20090
Self Cites20100
Self Cites20110
Self Cites20121
Self Cites20131
Self Cites20144
Self Cites20154
Self Cites20162
Self Cites20173
Self Cites20185
Self Cites20197
Self Cites20203
Self Cites20215
Self Cites20222
Self Cites202327
Total Cites20040
Total Cites20053
Total Cites20061
Total Cites20075
Total Cites20085
Total Cites20094
Total Cites20106
Total Cites20119
Total Cites201213
Total Cites201317
Total Cites201419
Total Cites201526
Total Cites201615
Total Cites201718
Total Cites201830
Total Cites201946
Total Cites202033
Total Cites202142
Total Cites202241
Total Cites202367
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 document20040
External Cites per document20050.091
External Cites per document20060.024
External Cites per document20070.089
External Cites per document20080.070
External Cites per document20090.074
External Cites per document20100.095
External Cites per document20110.129
External Cites per document20120.140
External Cites per document20130.168
External Cites per document20140.161
External Cites per document20150.242
External Cites per document20160.149
External Cites per document20170.170
External Cites per document20180.255
External Cites per document20190.364
External Cites per document20200.261
External Cites per document20210.330
External Cites per document20220.333
External Cites per document20230.357
Cites per document20040.000
Cites per document20050.136
Cites per document20060.024
Cites per document20070.089
Cites per document20080.088
Cites per document20090.074
Cites per document20100.095
Cites per document20110.129
Cites per document20120.151
Cites per document20130.179
Cites per document20140.204
Cites per document20150.286
Cites per document20160.172
Cites per document20170.205
Cites per document20180.306
Cites per document20190.430
Cites per document20200.287
Cites per document20210.375
Cites per document20220.350
Cites per document20230.598
% 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
20040.00
20050.00
20060.00
20070.00
20080.00
20090.00
20100.00
20110.00
20120.00
20130.00
20140.00
20153.45
20163.45
20170.00
20185.26
20192.70
202010.81
20212.33
202212.50
20235.56
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 documents20040
Non-citable documents20052
Non-citable documents20063
Non-citable documents20073
Non-citable documents20083
Non-citable documents20093
Non-citable documents20105
Non-citable documents201115
Non-citable documents201217
Non-citable documents201318
Non-citable documents20148
Non-citable documents20158
Non-citable documents20168
Non-citable documents20177
Non-citable documents20188
Non-citable documents20198
Non-citable documents202010
Non-citable documents202110
Non-citable documents202210
Non-citable documents202311
Citable documents20040
Citable documents200520
Citable documents200638
Citable documents200753
Citable documents200854
Citable documents200951
Citable documents201058
Citable documents201155
Citable documents201269
Citable documents201377
Citable documents201485
Citable documents201583
Citable documents201679
Citable documents201781
Citable documents201890
Citable documents201999
Citable documents2020105
Citable documents2021102
Citable documents2022107
Citable documents2023101
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 documents20040
Uncited documents200519
Uncited documents200640
Uncited documents200751
Uncited documents200853
Uncited documents200950
Uncited documents201057
Uncited documents201162
Uncited documents201275
Uncited documents201385
Uncited documents201478
Uncited documents201570
Uncited documents201672
Uncited documents201775
Uncited documents201874
Uncited documents201980
Uncited documents202090
Uncited documents202183
Uncited documents202284
Uncited documents202376
Cited documents20040
Cited documents20053
Cited documents20061
Cited documents20075
Cited documents20084
Cited documents20094
Cited documents20106
Cited documents20118
Cited documents201211
Cited documents201310
Cited documents201415
Cited documents201521
Cited documents201615
Cited documents201713
Cited documents201824
Cited documents201927
Cited documents202025
Cited documents202129
Cited documents202233
Cited documents202336
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
200466.67
200568.42
200666.67
200761.90
200887.50
200973.08
201066.67
201176.67
201270.97
201380.00
201465.38
201555.56
201664.29
201777.14
201864.10
201978.57
202078.13
202180.95
202261.76
202371.43
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

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

DocumentsYearValue
Overton20040
Overton20050
Overton20060
Overton20070
Overton20080
Overton20090
Overton20101
Overton20110
Overton20120
Overton20130
Overton20140
Overton20150
Overton20162
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
SDG20186
SDG20199
SDG20203
SDG202112
SDG20229
SDG202314
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