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African American Review

Johns Hopkins University Press · United States

ISSN1062-4783eISSN1945-6182

SJR Q4✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q4+5

Total5

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.101

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Works

2,861

Total Citations

40,495

2yr Mean Citedness

0.00

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal explores themes of Black identity, art, and resistance across literature and film, with a particular focus on the complexities of Black modernism, Afrofuturism, and the reimagining of community through care and kinship.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Bottom 25%

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 57 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications2,861

Publisher OrgSaint Louis University

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

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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

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6/12 · 50%

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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?

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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2018

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2025

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.

Cultural StudiesQ4

Literature and Literary TheoryQ4

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ4

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