Journal profile · Multiple
American Speech
ISSN 0003-1283 · eISSN 1527-2133 · Duke University Press
American Speech: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.48; subscription journal; 21 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
American Speech 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 Linguistic Variation and Morphology, Lexicography and Language Studies and Multilingual Education and Policy, together about 44.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
American Speech has been one of the foremost publications in its field since its founding in 1925. The journal is concerned with any aspects of all languages and dialects in North America (as well as associated islands in the Pacific and Atlantic) and in the Caribbean Basin, and the languages that influence them: spoken, signed, or written, modern or historical, Indigenous or introduced, common or rare. The journal is not committed to any particular theoretical framework, and issues often contain contributions that appeal to a readership wider than the linguistic studies community. Regular features include a book review section and a “Miscellany” section devoted to brief essays and notes.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Linguistic Variation and MorphologySocial Sciences20.4%
- Lexicography and Language StudiesArts and Humanities16.4%
- Multilingual Education and PolicySocial Sciences7.7%
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentityArts and Humanities7%
- Phonetics and Phonology ResearchPsychology5.3%
- Linguistics and language evolutionArts and Humanities3.7%
- Spanish Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities3.6%
- Asian American and Pacific HistoriesSocial Sciences3%
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 | Language & Linguistics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Language & Linguistics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Language & Linguistics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIAHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Current ContentsPublisher website
Other: Academic ASAP, Academic OneFile, Academic Search Alumni Edition, Academic Search Complete, Academic Search Elite, Academic Search Premier, America: History and Life, ArticleFirst, Biography Index: Past and Present (H.W. Wilson), Book Review Digest Plus (H.W. Wilson), Book Review Index Plus, Communication & Mass Media Complete, Communication Abstracts, Communication Source, Current Abstracts, Education Research Complete, Education Source, Educator's Reference Complete, Electronic Collections Online, European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH) PLUS, Expanded Academic ASAP, General OneFile, Historical Abstracts (Online), Humanities Abstracts (H.W. Wilson), Humanities Index (Online), Humanities Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (H.W. Wilson), Humanities International Complete, Humanities International Index
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- Impact factor
- 0.48LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.77LetPub ·
- h-index
- 87OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 828OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.46OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 18LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,054 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 21 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024 | 19 | 4 | 20 |
| 2023 | 23 | 6 | 47 |
| 2022 | 30 | 3 | 105 |
| 2021 | 29 | 1 | 104 |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics
- Publication ethics
Authors must review and adhere to Duke University Press's Author Responsibilities, covering originality and AI use, intellectual integrity and property, conflict of interest disclosure, data sharing, and errors and corrections. Model summary
Authors are expected to review Duke University Press’s Author Responsibilities and adhere to all the policies contained therein, including regarding originality and the use of AI, intellectual integrity and property, disclosure of conflict of interest, data sharing, and errors and corrections.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- ISSN
- 0003-1283
- Electronic ISSN
- 1527-2133
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about American Speech
What CAS zone is American Speech in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, American Speech is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Language & Linguistics / Linguistics. 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.
What is the impact factor of American Speech?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.48; CiteScore 1.3, h-index 87.
Which databases index American Speech?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, American Speech is indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is American Speech open access, and what is the APC?
American Speech 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, Publisher website; 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: .