American Literary Realism

Aims & Scope

For over forty-five years, American Literary Realism has brought readers critical essays on American literature from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The whole panorama of great authors from this key transition period in American literary history, including Henry James, Edith Wharton, Mark Twain, and many others, is discussed in articles, book reviews, critical essays, bibliographies, documents, and notes on all related topics.

Each issue is also a valuable bibliographic resource.

Recent issues have included essays on Jack London and Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.3

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	29338

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	6

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.103

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, 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.

• Suicide and the New England Conscience: Notes on Edith Wharton, Robinson, and Frost

  Citation: 18

  Authors: George

• Whohoo!!! Joan of Arc!!!!!

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Susan K.

• Stereo Rivalry in James’ “The Jolly Corner”

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Mark

• Honeybees and Discontented Workers: A Critique of Labor in Louisa May Alcott

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Sarah T.

• Bring the Bodies Up: Excavating <i>Washington Square</i>

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Barry

• Performing Ownership: Dickens, Twain, and Copyright on the Transatlantic Stage

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Amanda

• The Democratic Reconfiguration of History in Mark Twain’s <i>Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc</i>

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Delphine

• Cigarettes, Tea, Cards, and Chloral: Addictive Habits and Consumer Culture in <i>The House of Mirth</i>

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Meredith

• Mary E. Wilkins Freeman’s First Published Story

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Philip B.

• A Healthy Play of Mind: Art and the Brain in Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Christopher

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