Journal profile · LITERATURE, AMERICAN
American Literary History
ISSN 0896-7148 · eISSN 1468-4365 · Oxford University Press
American Literary History: CAS Zone 2 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,605; 199 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
American Literary History is published by Oxford University Press and is in Zone 2 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Race, History, and American Society, American History and Culture and Latin American and Latino Studies, together about 27.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): LITERATURE, AMERICAN
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Race, History, and American SocietySocial Sciences11.8%
- American History and CultureBusiness, Management and Accounting8.2%
- Latin American and Latino StudiesSocial Sciences7.6%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities7.5%
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences6.7%
- American and British Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities6.6%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5.7%
- Literature: history, themes, analysisArts and Humanities5.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Literature, American | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Literature, American | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Literature Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Literature, American | Zone 1 |
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
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.05LetPub ·
- h-index
- 60OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 498OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.05OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 6.41%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 43LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,772 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 51 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 199 | 34 | 6 |
| 2024 | 172 | 25 | 16 |
| 2023 | 258 | 167 | 79 |
| 2022 | 245 | 17 | 44 |
| 2021 | 105 | 5 | 338 |
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,605 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Oxford University Press
- ISSN
- 0896-7148
- Electronic ISSN
- 1468-4365
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about American Literary History
What CAS zone is American Literary History in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, American Literary History is in Zone 2 of Literature, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Literature, American. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index American Literary History?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, American Literary History is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is American Literary History open access, and what is the APC?
American Literary History is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,605.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .