''The Explicator'' is a peer-reviewed, quarterly journal of

literary criticism A genre of arts criticism, literary criticism or literary studies is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical analysis of literature's ...

. It began publication in October 1942 and is now both printed and available in an electronic version.

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acquired the journal from

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in 2009, and now it is owned by

Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in the United Kingdom that publishes books and academic journals. Its parts include Taylor & Francis, CRC Press, Routledge, F1000 (publisher), F1000 Research and Dovepress. It i ...

. Issues often include between 25 and 30 articles on works of literature, "ranging from ancient Greek and Roman times to our own, from throughout the world." According to a library guide, "As the title of the journal suggests, the focus is on explication, or close readings, of the works. As such, the articles tend to use less jargon and are easier to understand than some other articles in literature studies." Editor-in-Chief Leonard Neidorf, ''Shenzhen University, China'' Managing Editor Na Xu, ''Nanjing University, China'' Nana Jin, ''Shenzhen University, China'' Associate Editors William Baker, ''Northern Illinois University, USA'' Florence Bourgne, ''Sorbonne Université, France'' Jonathan Chua, ''Ateneo de Manila University, The Philippines'' Jayda Coons, ''University of Tennessee, USA'' Emma Depledge, ''Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland'' Darren Freebury-Jones, ''Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, UK'' M.A.R. Habib, ''Rutgers University, USA'' Magda Hasabelnaby , ''Ain Shams University, Egypt'' Ning He, ''Nanjing University, China'' Jessica Hemming, ''Corpus Christi College, Canada'' Carole Hough, ''Glasgow University, UK'' Sandro Jung, ''Fudan University, China'' Klaudia Lee, ''City University of Hong Kong, China'' Francis Leneghan, ''University of Oxford, UK'' Rafael J. Pascual, ''Universidad de Granada, Spain'' Ingo Peters, ''Chulalongkorn University, Thailand'' Chitra Sankaran, ''National University of Singapore, Singapore'' Matthew Sussman, ''University of Sydney, Australia'' Ato Quayson, ''Stanford University, USA'' Susan J. Wolfson, ''Princeton University, USA'' The Explicator is abstracted/indexed in: Clarivate Analytics: Arts & Humanities Citation Index® and Current Contents/Arts & Humanities®Dietrich's Index Philosophicus; EBSCOhost Online Research Databases; Elsevier: Scopus; Gale Cengage: Academic ASAP, Academic OneFile, Expanded Academic ASAP, General OneFile, General Reference Center, General Reference Center Gold, General Reference Centre International, InfoTrac Custom, InfoTrac Student Edition, Shakespeare Collection, Student Resource Center: College Edition; H.W. Wilson: Book Review Digest Plus, Humanities Abstracts, Humanities Full Text, Humanities Index, Humanities Index Retrospective, Wilson OmniFile: Full Text Mega Edition; Wilson OmniFile: Full Text Select; International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (IBZ); MLA International Bibliography; OCLC: ArticleFirst, Arts and Humanities Search, Periodical Abstracts; ProQuest: Humanities Module, ProQuest Central, ProQuest Research Library, ProQuest Research Library Core.

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* Literary magazines published in the United States Academic journals established in 1942 Quarterly journals 1942 establishments in the United States {{US-lit-mag-stub