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American Literary Realism

University of Illinois Press · United States · Est. 2007

ISSN1940-5103
SJR Q2WOS A&HCIScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.12
H-Indexi
16
Total Worksi
685
Total Citationsi
1,087
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.04
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Literature, American; Literature and Literary Theory.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2007
Annual Volume~ 34 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications685
Publisher OrgUniversity of Illinois 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

5/11 · 45%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
University of Illinois Press
Does the journal have a website?
No URL
Is the ISSN verified?
1940-5103
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
20
17
2019
37
104
2020
19
5
2021
23
8
2022
26
5
2023
36
4
2024
40
1
2025
14
0
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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literature, American

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

American Literature and Humor StudiesAmerican and British Literature AnalysisAmerican Sports and LiteratureAmerican History and CultureAmerican Literature and CulturePoetry Analysis and CriticismLiterature: history, themes, analysisLiterature, Film, and Journalism AnalysisRace, History, and American SocietyModern American Literature Studies

Frequently asked questions about American Literary Realism

Is American Literary Realism a predatory journal?

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

American Literary Realism 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 Realism indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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

What is the aims and scope of American Literary Realism?

Subject areas: Literature, American; Literature and Literary Theory.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref