Journal profile · LITERATURE
BIOGRAPHY-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY QUARTERLY
ISSN 0162-4962 · eISSN 1529-1456 · University of Hawaii Press
BIOGRAPHY-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY QUARTERLY: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BIOGRAPHY-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY QUARTERLY is published by University of Hawaii 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 Autobiographical and Biographical Writing, Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis and Human auditory perception and evaluation, together about 26% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
For over forty years, Biography has been an important forum for well-considered biographical scholarship. It features stimulating articles that explore the theoretical, generic, historical, and cultural dimensions of life writing; and the integration of literature, history, the arts, and the social sciences as they relate to biography. Each issue also offers insightful reviews, concise excerpts of reviews published elsewhere, an annual bibliography of works about biography, and listings of upcoming events, calls for papers, and news from the field.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LITERATURE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Autobiographical and Biographical WritingArts and Humanities11%
- Oral History, Memory, Narrative AnalysisArts and Humanities9.6%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5.4%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.3%
- American Sports and LiteratureArts and Humanities4.8%
- American and British Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities4.7%
- Historical Psychiatry and Medical PracticesPsychology4.5%
- Latin American and Latino StudiesSocial Sciences4.2%
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 | 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)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature | Zone 4 |
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
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 37OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 202OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.61%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,836 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 89 | 7 | 9 |
| 2022 | 56 | 5 | 36 |
| 2021 | 52 | 4 | 30 |
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 websitePeer review
- Peer review A FEW WORDS ABOUT PEER REVIEW
Peer review is an essential part of the university press mission of advancing and disseminating scholarship. It is the process through which university press editors commission formal evaluations from respected experts on the contribution to scholarship, teaching, and public debate of a work being considered for publication. These formal evaluations provide constructive feedback that enables an au…
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
- University of Hawaii Press
- ISSN
- 0162-4962
- Electronic ISSN
- 1529-1456
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BIOGRAPHY-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY QUARTERLY
What CAS zone is BIOGRAPHY-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY QUARTERLY in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, BIOGRAPHY-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY QUARTERLY is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index BIOGRAPHY-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY QUARTERLY?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BIOGRAPHY-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY QUARTERLY is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is BIOGRAPHY-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY QUARTERLY open access, and what is the APC?
BIOGRAPHY-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY QUARTERLY 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: .