American Literary History

Aims & Scope

Recent Americanist scholarship has generated some of the most forceful responses to questions about literary history and theory.

Yet too many of the most provocative essays have been scattered among a wide variety of narrowly focused publications.

Covering the study of US literature from its origins through the present, American Literary History provides a much-needed forum for the various, often competing voices of contemporary literary inquiry.

Along with an annual special issue, the journal features essay-reviews, commentaries, and critical exchanges.

It welcomes articles on historical and theoretical problems as well as writers and works.

Inter-disciplinary studies from related fields are also invited.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.3
2024	0.60

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	19829

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	72

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.224

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
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• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Romancing the Empire: The Embodiment of American Masculinity in the Popular Historical Novel of the 1890s

  Citation: 143

  Authors: Amy

• What We Know That We Don't Know: Remapping American Literary Studies

  Citation: 120

  Authors: Carolyn

• What Is Sentimentality?

  Citation: 115

  Authors: J.

• Citizenship, Knowledge, and the Limits of Humanity

  Citation: 105

  Authors: W. D.

• Historical Fantasy, Speculative Realism, and Postrace Aesthetics in Contemporary American Fiction

  Citation: 83

  Authors: R.

• Disability in Theory: From Social Constructionism to the New Realism of the Body

  Citation: 78

  Authors: T.

• After Man

  Citation: 78

  Authors: A. G.

• What Are the Novels of the Anthropocene? American Fiction in Geological Time

  Citation: 67

  Authors: Kate

• Deep Time: American Literature and World History

  Citation: 66

  Authors: W. C.

• What is Your Heart For?: Affect and Internationalism in the Evangelical Public Sphere

  Citation: 63

  Authors: M.

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