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Journal of American Culture

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States · Est. 1984

ISSN1542-7331eISSN1542-734X

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.111

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.484

Total Worksi

3,215

Total Citationsi

10,550

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.03

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Humanities, Multidisciplinary; History; Literature and Literary Theory; Visual Arts and Performing Arts; Cultural Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1984

Frequency3x/year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,215

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

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?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1542-7331 / 1542-734X

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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

115

2019

102

2020

2021

117

2022

125

2023

2024

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.

HistoryQ3

Literature and Literary TheoryQ3

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ3

Cultural StudiesQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

HistoryCultural StudiesLiterature and Literary TheoryVisual Arts and Performing Arts

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cinema and Media StudiesAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsLatin American and Latino StudiesAmerican History and CultureMedia, Gender, and AdvertisingMusic History and CultureRace, History, and American SocietyGothic Literature and Media AnalysisAmerican Environmental and Regional HistoryHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Journal of American Culture

Is Journal of American Culture a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of American Culture: 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 Journal of American Culture?

Journal of American Culture 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 0.03.

Is Journal of American Culture indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of American Culture is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of American Culture?