Leviathan

Aims & Scope

Leviathan features a bounty of scholarly articles, notes, reviews, and creative writing of a critical, theoretical, cultural, or historical nature on the impressive body of work of American novelist and poet Herman Melville (1819-1891).

Published under the aegis of The Melville Society--one of the oldest single-author societies in the United States--Leviathan includes a regular feature, "Extracts," for sharing Melville Society transactions and programs as well as abstracts of papers delivered at its annual MLA and ALA panels.

Leviathan also regularly publishes special issues, book reviews, interviews, and poems.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.3
2024	0.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.100

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	8

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	30636

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	13

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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.

• From Melville to Eddie Murphy: The Disability Con in American Literature and Film

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Ellen

• Pierre's Blackened Hand

  Citation: 12

  Authors: ROBERT S.

• Captain Babo's Cabin: Stowe, Race and Misreading in "Benito Cereno"

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Ezra F.

• Melville's Milton A Transcription of Melville's Marginalia in His Copy of The Poetical Works of John Milton

  Citation: 4

  Authors: ROBIN, DOUGLAS

• Melville's Ethnic Conscriptions

  Citation: 4

  Authors: TIMOTHY

• The Epistemology of the Wonder-Closet: Melville, Moby-Dick, and the Marvelous

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Chad

• Visualizing Race: Images of Moby-Dick

  Citation: 4

  Authors: ELIZABETH

• Wars for Oil: Moby-Dick,<i>Orientalism, and Cold War Criticism</i>

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Jean-François

• “Thickly Studded Oriental Archipelagoes”: Figuring the Indian and Pacific Oceans in Moby-Dick

  Citation: 3

  Authors: NICHOLAS

• The Life Aquatic of Melville, Cousteau, and Zissou: <i>Narrative at Sea</i>

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Carol

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