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American Literary Scholarship

Duke University Press · United States

ISSN0065-9142
SJR Q4Scopus / SJR
5
/ 100
High Risk
Score Breakdown
Scopus Q4+5
Total5
Journal Impact Factor
Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗
SJR Score
0.101
H-Index
2
CiteScore
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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
Total Works
568
Total Citations
49
2yr Mean Citedness
0.00
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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

American Literary Scholarship focuses on scholarship concerning American literature across various periods and genres. It covers research on authors such as Mark Twain, Melville, Pound and Eliot, Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Whitman, Dickinson, Wharton, Cather, Hawthorne, and Henry James. The journal also addresses specific literary periods like literature to 1800, early-19th-century literature, late-19th-century literature, and fiction and poetry from the 1900s to the present.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
Q4
SJR Rank
Bottom 25%

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary Language
1st Year Published
Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year
StatusActive
Total Publications568
Publisher OrgDuke University Press
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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription
Peer Review
Review Time
Acceptance Rate
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

5/12 · 42%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Duke University Press
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0065-9142
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
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?
N/A

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Times cited
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Literature and Literary TheoryQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Poetry Analysis and CriticismAmerican Literature and Humor StudiesAmerican and British Literature AnalysisAmerican Literature and CultureAmerican Sports and Literature
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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref