Comparative American Studies

Aims & Scope

omparative American Studies is an international journal that extends scholarly debates about American Studies beyond the geographical boundaries of the United States, repositioning discussions about American culture within an international comparative framework.

At this time of increasing globalization there is a growing need for American Studies to be re-articulated in a comparative manner: that is to say, first and foremost taking account of interactions between the USA and other parts of the world, whilst also fully attending to multi-ethnic comparisons within the USA.

The special need for developing international comparison is acknowledged in the USA itself as well as throughout Europe and worldwide; indeed, there is increasing academic interest within the American Studies community in the United States in the development of perspectives on this area of study from outside the USA's borders.

The events of September 2001 in New York City and Washington DC have brought home even more sharply how the destiny of the USA must now be understood in relation to global networks rather than simply domestic politics.

View Aims & Scope

---

Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.2
2024	0.10

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	28768

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	8

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.108

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	8

---

---

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

---

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.

---

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.

• Empire's Verticality: The Af/Pak Frontier, Visual Culture, and Racialization from Above

  Citation: 74

  Authors: Keith P

• The multiplicity of Hawaiian sovereignty claims and the struggle for meaningful autonomy

  Citation: 52

  Authors: J. KÄ“haulani

• Worlding American Studies

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Susan, Kirsten Silva, Rob

• Theorizing the hemisphere Inter-Americas work at the intersection of American, Canadian, and Latin American studies

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Claudia, Claire F.

• Ungrounding knowledges offshore Caribbean Studies, disciplinarity and critique

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Bill

• Monumentally Indian: The Photography of Edward Curtis and the Cuzco School of Photography

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Silvia

• Inter-American studies or Imperial American studies?

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Sophia A.

• The tenacious grasp of American exceptionalism A response to Djelal Kadir, 'Defending America against its devotees'

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Amy

• Silk Road nostalgia and imagined global community

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Marie

• 'Going Backwards in Time to Talk about the Present':<i>Man on Wire</i>and Verticality after 9/11

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Ruth

---