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African American Review

Johns Hopkins University Press · United States

ISSN1062-4783eISSN1945-6182

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.105

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

2,861

Total Citationsi

40,495

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Literature, American; Literature and Literary Theory; Visual Arts and Performing Arts; Cultural Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 63 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications2,861

Publisher OrgSaint Louis University

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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?

1062-4783 / 1945-6182

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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

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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

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ3

Cultural StudiesQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literature, American

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesLiterature and Literary TheoryVisual Arts and Performing Arts

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Race, History, and American SocietyAmerican and British Literature AnalysisLatin American and Latino StudiesMusic History and CulturePoetry Analysis and Criticism

Frequently asked questions about African American Review

Is African American Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for African American 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 African American Review?

African American 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.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of African American Review?