American literature; a journal of literary history, criticism and bibliography

Duke University Press
Duke University Press
ISSN: 00029831, 15272117

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SCImago
Q1
Impact factor
0.8
SJR
0.239
CiteScore
0.9
Categories
Literature and Literary Theory
Areas
Arts and Humanities
Years of issue
1968-1969, 1981, 1983, 1985-1986, 2000, 2002-2023, 2025
journal names
American literature; a journal of literary history, criticism and bibliography
American Literature
AM LIT
Publications
8 920
Citations
7 785
h-index
32
Publications
243
Citations
2 403
Top-3 organizations
Brown University
Brown University (1 publication)
University of Chicago
University of Chicago (1 publication)
Top-3 countries
USA (2 publications)

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University of Chicago
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