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Early American Literature

University of North Carolina Press · United States

ISSN0012-8163eISSN1534-147X
SJR Q3WOS A&HCIScopus / 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.

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.106
H-Indexi
27
SNIPi
0.512
Total Worksi
1,649
Total Citationsi
3,645
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.07
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Literature, American; Literature and Literary Theory.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published
Annual Volume~ 74 articles / year
StatusActive
Total Publications1,649
Publisher OrgUniversity of North Carolina Press
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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

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
University of North Carolina Press
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0012-8163 / 1534-147X
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
83
50
2019
91
50
2020
93
67
2021
106
69
2022
82
37
2023
72
12
2024
69
1
2025
43
0
2026

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.

Literature and Literary TheoryQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literature, American

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

American Constitutional Law and PoliticsLiterature: history, themes, analysisColonialism, slavery, and tradeLatin American and Latino StudiesAmerican History and Culture

Frequently asked questions about Early American Literature

Is Early American Literature a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Early American Literature: 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 Early American Literature?

Early American Literature 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.07.

Is Early American Literature indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Early American Literature is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Early American Literature?

Subject areas: Literature, American; Literature and Literary Theory.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref