MELUS

Aims & Scope

MELUS , a prestigious and rigorous journal in the field of multi-ethnic literature of the United States, has been a vital resource for scholarship and teaching for more than forty years.

Published quarterly, MELUS illuminates the national, international, and transnational contexts of US ethnic literature.

Articles in MELUS also engage newly emerging art forms such as graphic narrative and internet blogs, as well as multi-ethnic film, history, and culture.

By including interviews with well-established authors such as Maxine Hong Kingston and Richard Rodriguez, as well as more recent writers such as Cynthia Kadohata and Diana Abu-Jaber, MELUS plays a pivotal role in the field of US Ethnic Literature and is an indispensable resource for students, teachers, and scholars.

The journal is sponsored by the Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States.

Founded in 1973, the society endeavors to expand the definition of American literature through the study and teaching of Latina/o American, Native American, African American, Asian and Pacific American, and ethnically specific Euro-American literary works, their authors, and their cultural contexts.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.3
2024	0.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.130

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	12

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	26316

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	22

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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 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.

• Culinary Nostalgia: Authenticity, Nationalism, and Diaspora

  Citation: 59

  Authors: A.

• "When Black Women start Going on Prozac": Race, Gender, and Mental Illness in Meri Nana-Ama Danquah's Willow Weep for Me

  Citation: 54

  Authors: A.

• Editors' Introduction: Race, Ethnicity, Disability, and Literature: Intersections and, Interventions

  Citation: 51

  Authors: J. C., C.

• In the Contact Zone: Code-switching Strategies by Latinola Writers

  Citation: 50

  Authors: L.

• Introduction: Alien/Asian: Imaging the Racialized Future

  Citation: 46

  Authors: S. H.

• Towards a National Indian Literature: Cultural Authenticity in Nationalism

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Simon J.

• Multiethnic Japan and the Monoethnic Myth

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Stephen

• Rewriting the American Self: Race, Gender, and Identity in the Autobiographies of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Kimberly

• Melancholia as Resistance in Contemporary African American Literature

  Citation: 27

  Authors: E.

• Writing Nature: Silko and Native Americans as Nature Writers

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Lee

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