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Early American Studies

University of Pennsylvania Press · United States · Est. 2003

ISSN1543-4273eISSN1559-0895

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.117

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.696

Total Worksi

576

Total Citationsi

2,295

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: History; Literature and Literary Theory; Cultural Studies; Music; Philosophy; Religious Studies; Visual Arts and Performing Arts.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

Annual Volume~ 20 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications576

Publisher OrgUniversity of Pennsylvania Press

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Pennsylvania Press

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1543-4273 / 1559-0895

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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 TheoryQ2

Cultural StudiesQ3

HistoryQ3

MusicQ3

PhilosophyQ3

Religious StudiesQ3

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyHistoryCultural StudiesReligious StudiesMusicLiterature and Literary TheoryVisual Arts and Performing Arts

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

American Constitutional Law and PoliticsAmerican History and CultureColonialism, slavery, and tradeHistorical Economic and Social StudiesAmerican Environmental and Regional HistoryLiterature: history, themes, analysisCaribbean history, culture, and politicsRace, History, and American SocietyHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisArchaeology and Natural History

Frequently asked questions about Early American Studies

Is Early American Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Early American Studies: 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 Early American Studies?

Early American Studies 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 0.07.

Is Early American Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Early American Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Early American Studies?