Studies in American Humor

Aims & Scope

Welcome to the home of Studies in American Humor, the journal of the American Humor Studies Association.

Founded by the American Humor Studies Association in 1974 and published continuously since 1982, StAH specializes in humanistic research on humor in America (loosely defined) because the universal human capacity for humor is always expressed within the specific contexts of time, place, and audience that research methods in the humanities strive to address.

Such methods now extend well beyond the literary and film analyses that once formed the core of American humor scholarship to a wide range of critical, biographical, historical, theoretical, archival, ethnographic, and digital studies of humor in performance and public life as well as in print and other media.

StAH’s expanded editorial board of specialists marks that growth.

On behalf of the editorial board, I invite scholars across the humanities to submit their best work on topics in American humor and join us in advancing knowledge in the field.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.124

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	5

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	26888

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	15

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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, Psychology 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.

• “Deplorable” Satire: Alt-Right Memes, White Genocide Tweets, and Redpilling Normies

  Citation: 103

  Authors: Viveca S.

• Hannah Gadsby: On the Limits of Satire

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Rebecca

• The Quantum Paradox of Truthiness: Satire, Activism, and the Postmodern Condition

  Citation: 17

  Authors: James E.

• Black Women's Satire as (Black) Postmodern Performance

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Jessyka

• A Sense of Humor for Civic Life: Toward a Strong Defense of Humor

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Jonathan P.

• Standing Upright Podcasting, Performance, and Alternative Comedy

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Vince M.

• “To Soften the Heart”: George Saunders, Postmodern Satire, and Empathy

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Layne

• Can I Live? Contemporary Black Satire and the State of Postmodern Double Consciousness

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Lisa

• An Ethics of Complicit Criticism for Postmodern Satire

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Jonathan P.

• Pious Policymaking: The Participatory Satires of Stephen Colbert

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Marcus

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