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American Scholar

Phi Beta Kappa Society · United States

ISSN0003-0937eISSN2162-2892

SJR Q4✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (AHCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

Find the journal’s official page ↗Open the official JCR record on Clarivate ↗

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.1

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

158

Total Citationsi

585

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The American Scholar is a quarterly magazine that publishes essays, fiction, poetry, and articles. Its content covers public affairs, literature, science, history, and culture.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on the publisher page

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 1 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications158

Publisher OrgPhi Beta Kappa Society

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Phi Beta Kappa Society

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0003-0937 / 2162-2892

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2011

2012

2014

2015

2018

2019

2020

2021

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Cultural StudiesQ4

HistoryQ4

Literature and Literary TheoryQ4

Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceHistoryCultural StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Academic and Historical Perspectives in PsychologyAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsEducator Training and Historical PedagogyLibrary Science and AdministrationThemes in Literature AnalysisRace, History, and American SocietyEducation Systems and PolicyDiverse Education Studies and ReformsEducational Leadership and PracticesAcademic Freedom and Politics

Frequently asked questions about American Scholar

Is American Scholar a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for American Scholar: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of American Scholar?

American Scholar is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.

Is American Scholar indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

American Scholar is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.