Journal of American Folklore

University of Illinois Press
ISSN: 00218715, 15351882
SCImago
Q1
Impact factor
0.5
SJR
0.296
CiteScore
1.5
Categories
Cultural Studies
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Areas
Arts and Humanities
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1987, 2002-2023
Publications
9 643
Citations
11 573
h-index
38
Publications
359
Citations
3 640
Top-3 citing journals
Folklore
Folklore (186 citations)
American Ethnologist
American Ethnologist (138 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington (30 publications)
Ohio State University
Ohio State University (19 publications)
Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University (10 publications)
Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington (19 publications)
Ohio State University
Ohio State University (10 publications)
Utah State University
Utah State University (7 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (282 publications)
United Kingdom (4 publications)
Germany (3 publications)
USA (143 publications)
Canada (3 publications)
United Kingdom (3 publications)

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12 citations, 0.1%
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12 citations, 0.1%
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12 citations, 0.1%
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Taylor & Francis
1843 citations, 15.92%
Wiley
903 citations, 7.8%
SAGE
789 citations, 6.82%
Springer Nature
685 citations, 5.92%
595 citations, 5.14%
Cambridge University Press
568 citations, 4.91%
Elsevier
525 citations, 4.54%
Consortium Erudit
226 citations, 1.95%
Walter de Gruyter
178 citations, 1.54%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
154 citations, 1.33%
Indiana University Press
140 citations, 1.21%
Duke University Press
130 citations, 1.12%
MDPI
125 citations, 1.08%
University of Illinois Press
117 citations, 1.01%
OpenEdition
104 citations, 0.9%
University of Chicago Press
102 citations, 0.88%
Oxford University Press
93 citations, 0.8%
Emerald
87 citations, 0.75%
Institute of archaeology and ethnography SB RAS
57 citations, 0.49%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
55 citations, 0.48%
Annual Reviews
48 citations, 0.41%
IGI Global
42 citations, 0.36%
CAIRN
41 citations, 0.35%
Liverpool University Press
39 citations, 0.34%
Brill
34 citations, 0.29%
American Anthropological Association
30 citations, 0.26%
Intellect
29 citations, 0.25%
Equinox Publishing
28 citations, 0.24%
SciELO
27 citations, 0.23%
25 citations, 0.22%
University of California Press
24 citations, 0.21%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
24 citations, 0.21%
Frontiers Media S.A.
23 citations, 0.2%
22 citations, 0.19%
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society
21 citations, 0.18%
International Council for Traditional Music
21 citations, 0.18%
Societe des Americanistes
20 citations, 0.17%
MIT Press
18 citations, 0.16%
Edinburgh University Press
17 citations, 0.15%
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Akademiai Kiado
15 citations, 0.13%
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
13 citations, 0.11%
Center for Western Studies
13 citations, 0.11%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
13 citations, 0.11%
Kent State University
12 citations, 0.1%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
11 citations, 0.1%
Maisonneuve et Larose
11 citations, 0.1%
EDP Sciences
10 citations, 0.09%
American Psychological Association (APA)
10 citations, 0.09%
AOSIS
10 citations, 0.09%
Geological Society of London
9 citations, 0.08%
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
8 citations, 0.07%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
8 citations, 0.07%
Extra Mural Department of the University College of the West Indies
8 citations, 0.07%
IOP Publishing
8 citations, 0.07%
Ministere de la Culture
8 citations, 0.07%
8 citations, 0.07%
African Studies Association
8 citations, 0.07%
Ethnologia Europaea
8 citations, 0.07%
7 citations, 0.06%
The Russian Academy of Sciences
7 citations, 0.06%
JSTOR
7 citations, 0.06%
JMIR Publications
7 citations, 0.06%
Berghahn Books
7 citations, 0.06%
Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS
7 citations, 0.06%
American Marketing Association
6 citations, 0.05%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
6 citations, 0.05%
The Royal Society
6 citations, 0.05%
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
6 citations, 0.05%
Journal of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study
6 citations, 0.05%
African Journals online
6 citations, 0.05%
Unisa Press
6 citations, 0.05%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
6 citations, 0.05%
Cognizant, LLC
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Masaryk University Press
5 citations, 0.04%
University of Colorado
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SLACK
5 citations, 0.04%
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
4 citations, 0.03%
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Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
4 citations, 0.03%
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Modern Language Association of America (PMLA)
4 citations, 0.03%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
4 citations, 0.03%
Hindawi Limited
4 citations, 0.03%
Canadian Science Publishing
4 citations, 0.03%
Project MUSE
4 citations, 0.03%
Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
4 citations, 0.03%
Scientific Research Publishing
4 citations, 0.03%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
4 citations, 0.03%
F1000 Research
4 citations, 0.03%
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4 citations, 0.03%
Mary Ann Liebert
3 citations, 0.03%
3 citations, 0.03%
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
3 citations, 0.03%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
3 citations, 0.03%
International Association for Bear Research and Management, University of Tennessee
3 citations, 0.03%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
3 citations, 0.03%
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Indiana University Bloomington
30 publications, 0.31%
Ohio State University
19 publications, 0.2%
Pennsylvania State University
10 publications, 0.1%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
9 publications, 0.09%
Utah State University
9 publications, 0.09%
George Mason University
7 publications, 0.07%
University of California, Los Angeles
6 publications, 0.06%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
6 publications, 0.06%
Arkansas State University
6 publications, 0.06%
Binghamton University
6 publications, 0.06%
University of Texas at Austin
5 publications, 0.05%
East Tennessee State University
5 publications, 0.05%
Florida State University
4 publications, 0.04%
University of California, Berkeley
4 publications, 0.04%
University of Arizona
4 publications, 0.04%
Brigham Young University
4 publications, 0.04%
University of Helsinki
3 publications, 0.03%
Syracuse University
3 publications, 0.03%
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
3 publications, 0.03%
Western Kentucky University
3 publications, 0.03%
Middle Tennessee State University
3 publications, 0.03%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2 publications, 0.02%
George Washington University
2 publications, 0.02%
Seoul National University
2 publications, 0.02%
University of California, Davis
2 publications, 0.02%
Western Michigan University
2 publications, 0.02%
Wayne State University
2 publications, 0.02%
Tulane University
2 publications, 0.02%
Dartmouth College
2 publications, 0.02%
Minnesota State University Moorhead
2 publications, 0.02%
East Carolina University
2 publications, 0.02%
Bucknell University
2 publications, 0.02%
University of Tartu
2 publications, 0.02%
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
2 publications, 0.02%
University of Colorado Boulder
2 publications, 0.02%
University of Utah
2 publications, 0.02%
University of Houston
2 publications, 0.02%
Portland State University
2 publications, 0.02%
Nazarbayev University
1 publication, 0.01%
Ege University
1 publication, 0.01%
Beijing Normal University
1 publication, 0.01%
Lund University
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Haifa
1 publication, 0.01%
Humboldt University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Gothenburg
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Zurich
1 publication, 0.01%
Queen Mary University of London
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Oslo
1 publication, 0.01%
King's College London
1 publication, 0.01%
Kanazawa University
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Edinburgh
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Southern California
1 publication, 0.01%
Stony Brook University
1 publication, 0.01%
Griffith University
1 publication, 0.01%
Princeton University
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Iceland
1 publication, 0.01%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 0.01%
Virginia Tech
1 publication, 0.01%
Duke University
1 publication, 0.01%
Gonzaga University
1 publication, 0.01%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.01%
Massachusetts General Hospital
1 publication, 0.01%
Tufts University
1 publication, 0.01%
Northeastern Illinois University
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Central Florida
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1 publication, 0.01%
St. Francis Xavier University
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Michigan–Flint
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Michigan
1 publication, 0.01%
McMaster University
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Minnesota
1 publication, 0.01%
Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn
1 publication, 0.01%
Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Amsterdam
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Graz
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Maryland, College Park
1 publication, 0.01%
Western Carolina University
1 publication, 0.01%
Villanova University
1 publication, 0.01%
SWPS University
1 publication, 0.01%
Baylor University
1 publication, 0.01%
West Chester University
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Pennsylvania
1 publication, 0.01%
Mount Royal University
1 publication, 0.01%
Florida International University
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Kentucky
1 publication, 0.01%
Louisiana State University
1 publication, 0.01%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1 publication, 0.01%
Appalachian State University
1 publication, 0.01%
Fayetteville State University
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Colorado Denver
1 publication, 0.01%
Texas A&M University
1 publication, 0.01%
University of South Alabama
1 publication, 0.01%
Texas State University
1 publication, 0.01%
William & Mary
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Nebraska at Omaha
1 publication, 0.01%
Southern New Hampshire University
1 publication, 0.01%
Lincoln Memorial University
1 publication, 0.01%
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Indiana University Bloomington
19 publications, 5.29%
Ohio State University
10 publications, 2.79%
Utah State University
7 publications, 1.95%
Pennsylvania State University
5 publications, 1.39%
George Mason University
4 publications, 1.11%
University of Texas at Austin
4 publications, 1.11%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
4 publications, 1.11%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4 publications, 1.11%
University of Helsinki
3 publications, 0.84%
Florida State University
3 publications, 0.84%
University of California, Los Angeles
3 publications, 0.84%
Seoul National University
2 publications, 0.56%
University of California, Berkeley
2 publications, 0.56%
University of Arizona
2 publications, 0.56%
Wayne State University
2 publications, 0.56%
Arkansas State University
2 publications, 0.56%
East Carolina University
2 publications, 0.56%
Western Kentucky University
2 publications, 0.56%
University of Tartu
2 publications, 0.56%
Binghamton University
2 publications, 0.56%
East Tennessee State University
2 publications, 0.56%
Portland State University
2 publications, 0.56%
Nazarbayev University
1 publication, 0.28%
Ege University
1 publication, 0.28%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1 publication, 0.28%
University of Haifa
1 publication, 0.28%
Humboldt University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.28%
University of Gothenburg
1 publication, 0.28%
University of Oslo
1 publication, 0.28%
King's College London
1 publication, 0.28%
Kanazawa University
1 publication, 0.28%
University of Edinburgh
1 publication, 0.28%
Stony Brook University
1 publication, 0.28%
George Washington University
1 publication, 0.28%
Princeton University
1 publication, 0.28%
University of Iceland
1 publication, 0.28%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 0.28%
Virginia Tech
1 publication, 0.28%
Gonzaga University
1 publication, 0.28%
Tufts University
1 publication, 0.28%
Northeastern Illinois University
1 publication, 0.28%
University of Central Florida
1 publication, 0.28%
Western Michigan University
1 publication, 0.28%
St. Francis Xavier University
1 publication, 0.28%
University of Michigan
1 publication, 0.28%
Tulane University
1 publication, 0.28%
McMaster University
1 publication, 0.28%
Dartmouth College
1 publication, 0.28%
Minnesota State University Moorhead
1 publication, 0.28%
University of Minnesota
1 publication, 0.28%
University of Graz
1 publication, 0.28%
University of Maryland, College Park
1 publication, 0.28%
Western Carolina University
1 publication, 0.28%
SWPS University
1 publication, 0.28%
Baylor University
1 publication, 0.28%
Mount Royal University
1 publication, 0.28%
University of Colorado Denver
1 publication, 0.28%
University of Colorado Boulder
1 publication, 0.28%
Texas A&M University
1 publication, 0.28%
Brigham Young University
1 publication, 0.28%
Texas State University
1 publication, 0.28%
William & Mary
1 publication, 0.28%
Southern New Hampshire University
1 publication, 0.28%
Middle Tennessee State University
1 publication, 0.28%
Lincoln Memorial University
1 publication, 0.28%
University of Houston
1 publication, 0.28%
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USA
282 publications, 2.92%
United Kingdom, 4, 0.04%
United Kingdom
4 publications, 0.04%
Germany, 3, 0.03%
Germany
3 publications, 0.03%
Israel, 3, 0.03%
Israel
3 publications, 0.03%
Canada, 3, 0.03%
Canada
3 publications, 0.03%
Republic of Korea, 3, 0.03%
Republic of Korea
3 publications, 0.03%
Turkey, 3, 0.03%
Turkey
3 publications, 0.03%
Finland, 3, 0.03%
Finland
3 publications, 0.03%
Estonia, 2, 0.02%
Estonia
2 publications, 0.02%
Poland, 2, 0.02%
Poland
2 publications, 0.02%
Sweden, 2, 0.02%
Sweden
2 publications, 0.02%
France, 1, 0.01%
France
1 publication, 0.01%
Kazakhstan, 1, 0.01%
Kazakhstan
1 publication, 0.01%
China, 1, 0.01%
China
1 publication, 0.01%
Australia, 1, 0.01%
Australia
1 publication, 0.01%
Austria, 1, 0.01%
Austria
1 publication, 0.01%
Iceland, 1, 0.01%
Iceland
1 publication, 0.01%
Italy, 1, 0.01%
Italy
1 publication, 0.01%
Netherlands, 1, 0.01%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.01%
Norway, 1, 0.01%
Norway
1 publication, 0.01%
Croatia, 1, 0.01%
Croatia
1 publication, 0.01%
Montenegro, 1, 0.01%
Montenegro
1 publication, 0.01%
Switzerland, 1, 0.01%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0.01%
Japan, 1, 0.01%
Japan
1 publication, 0.01%
Kosovo, 1, 0.01%
Kosovo
1 publication, 0.01%
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USA, 143, 39.83%
USA
143 publications, 39.83%
United Kingdom, 3, 0.84%
United Kingdom
3 publications, 0.84%
Canada, 3, 0.84%
Canada
3 publications, 0.84%
Turkey, 3, 0.84%
Turkey
3 publications, 0.84%
Finland, 3, 0.84%
Finland
3 publications, 0.84%
Germany, 2, 0.56%
Germany
2 publications, 0.56%
Estonia, 2, 0.56%
Estonia
2 publications, 0.56%
Israel, 2, 0.56%
Israel
2 publications, 0.56%
Poland, 2, 0.56%
Poland
2 publications, 0.56%
Republic of Korea, 2, 0.56%
Republic of Korea
2 publications, 0.56%
France, 1, 0.28%
France
1 publication, 0.28%
Kazakhstan, 1, 0.28%
Kazakhstan
1 publication, 0.28%
Austria, 1, 0.28%
Austria
1 publication, 0.28%
Iceland, 1, 0.28%
Iceland
1 publication, 0.28%
Italy, 1, 0.28%
Italy
1 publication, 0.28%
Norway, 1, 0.28%
Norway
1 publication, 0.28%
Montenegro, 1, 0.28%
Montenegro
1 publication, 0.28%
Sweden, 1, 0.28%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.28%
Japan, 1, 0.28%
Japan
1 publication, 0.28%
Kosovo, 1, 0.28%
Kosovo
1 publication, 0.28%
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