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American Literary History

Oxford University Press · United States

ISSN1468-4365

SJR Q2✓ 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.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.139

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

2,687

Total Citationsi

18,722

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.04

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Literature, American; History; Literature and Literary Theory; Cultural Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,687

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind peer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND 4.0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1468-4365

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind peer review

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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?

Yes

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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

223

2019

127

2020

105

331

2021

245

2022

258

2023

172

2024

199

2025

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.

HistoryQ2

Literature and Literary TheoryQ2

Cultural StudiesQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literature, American

Scopus Categories

HistoryCultural StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Race, History, and American SocietyAmerican History and CultureLatin American and Latino StudiesPoetry Analysis and CriticismAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsAmerican and British Literature AnalysisHuman auditory perception and evaluationLiterature: history, themes, analysisAsian American and Pacific HistoriesLegal Cases and Commentary

Frequently asked questions about American Literary History

Is American Literary History a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for American Literary History: 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 Literary History?

American Literary History 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 0.04.

Is American Literary History indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

American Literary History is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of American Literary History?