Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
American imago
ISSN 0065-860X · eISSN 1085-7931 · Johns Hopkins University Press
American imago: CAS Zone 4 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 32 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
American imago is published by Johns Hopkins University Press and is in Zone 4 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications, Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology and Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics, together about 42.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology25.1%
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in PsychologyPsychology8.7%
- Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and PoliticsPsychology8.6%
- Themes in Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities7.2%
- Psychoanalysis and Social CritiqueSocial Sciences5.8%
- Philosophy, Ethics, and ExistentialismArts and Humanities3.6%
- Contemporary Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities3.5%
- Memory, Trauma, and CommemorationPsychology3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 94OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.26OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 22LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,060 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 32 | 17 | 4 |
| 2024 | 33 | 1 | 15 |
| 2023 | 42 | 2 | 52 |
| 2022 | 44 | 0 | 23 |
| 2021 | 41 | 0 | 58 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- ISSN
- 0065-860X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1085-7931
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about American imago
What CAS zone is American imago in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, American imago is in Zone 4 of Psychology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index American imago?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, American imago is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is American imago open access, and what is the APC?
American imago is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .