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American Book Review

School of Arts and Sciences, University of Houston-Victoria · United States

ISSN0149-9408eISSN2153-4578

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.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.101

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

3,158

Total Citationsi

1,178

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.01

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

American Book Review serves as a platform for critical engagement with contemporary literature, theory, and cultural discourse. It specializes in reviews of published works of fiction, poetry, and literary and cultural criticism from small, regional, university, and avant-garde presses. Its diverse range of publications reflects an interdisciplinary approach, seeking to explore and illuminate the complexities of modern writing and its societal implications.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 146 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,158

Publisher OrgUniversity of Nebraska 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?

School of Arts and Sciences, University of Houston-Victoria

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0149-9408 / 2153-4578

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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

139

2018

147

2019

140

2020

121

2021

168

2022

148

2023

135

2024

154

2025

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

Literature and Literary TheoryQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literature

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Poetry Analysis and CriticismThemes in Literature AnalysisContemporary Literature and CriticismAmerican and British Literature AnalysisLatin American and Latino Studies

Frequently asked questions about American Book Review

Is American Book Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for American Book Review: 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 Book Review?

American Book Review 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 0.01.

Is American Book Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

American Book Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.