Journal profile · LITERATURE, AMERICAN
American Literary Scholarship
ISSN 0065-9142 · eISSN 1527-2125 · Duke University Press
American Literary Scholarship: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
American Literary Scholarship is published by Duke University Press and is in Zone 4 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Poetry Analysis and Criticism, American Literature and Humor Studies and American and British Literature Analysis, together about 45.8% 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
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities17.3%
- American Literature and Humor StudiesArts and Humanities16.4%
- American and British Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities12.1%
- American Literature and CultureArts and Humanities7.7%
- American Sports and LiteratureArts and Humanities5.4%
- Literature: history, themes, analysisArts and Humanities4.9%
- American History and CultureBusiness, Management and Accounting4.2%
- Thoreau and American LiteratureComputer Science3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature, American | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
Early warning / risk: Marked as ceased in ESCI on 17 November 2025. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
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
- 0LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 569 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
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
- Duke University Press
- ISSN
- 0065-9142
- Electronic ISSN
- 1527-2125
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about American Literary Scholarship
What CAS zone is American Literary Scholarship in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, American Literary Scholarship is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Literature, American. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index American Literary Scholarship?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, American Literary Scholarship is indexed in Scopus.
Is American Literary Scholarship open access, and what is the APC?
American Literary Scholarship 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: .