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Studies in American Fiction

Johns Hopkins University Press · United States

ISSN0091-8083eISSN2158-5806

SJR Q2✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.12

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,163

Total Citationsi

6,135

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Studies in American Fiction publishes reviews and articles on American fiction from the North American colonial past to the United States' globalized present. The journal aims to explore and critically analyze diverse narratives and literary forms that shape American literature, particularly focusing on intersections between literature and cultural, social, and ecological themes across different historical contexts.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 17 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,163

Publisher OrgJohns Hopkins University 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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Johns Hopkins University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0091-8083 / 2158-5806

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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

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Citations received

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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 TheoryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literature, American

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

American and British Literature AnalysisAmerican Literature and CulturePoetry Analysis and CriticismLiterature: history, themes, analysisAmerican Literature and Humor Studies

Frequently asked questions about Studies in American Fiction

Is Studies in American Fiction a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Studies in American Fiction: 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 Studies in American Fiction?

Studies in American Fiction 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 0.14.

Is Studies in American Fiction indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Studies in American Fiction is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.