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Journal of Transnational American Studies
ISSN 1940-0764 · eScholarship Repository · United States
Journal of Transnational American Studies: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 83 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Transnational American Studies is published by eScholarship Repository. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are American Literature and Culture, Latin American and Latino Studies and Asian American and Pacific Histories, together about 37% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Transnational American Studies (JTAS) functions as an open-access, stringently peer-reviewed forum for Americanists in the global academic community, where scholars are increasingly interrogating borders both within and outside the nation and focusing instead on the multiple intersections and exchanges that flow across those borders. Moving beyond disciplinary and geographic boundaries that might confine the field of American Studies, JTAS is a new critical conduit that brings together innovative transnational work from diverse, but often disconnected, sites in the US and abroad. In order to facilitate the broadest possible cultural conversation about transnational American Studies, the journal is available without cost to anyone with access to the Internet. JTAS brings together the vital contributions to transnational American Studies from scholars who focus on a diversity of topics in cultural studies, film and new media, literature, visual arts, performance studies, music, religion, history, politics, and law, as well as dealing with ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality, and class.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Arts and Humanities (all)
Editor-in-chief Johannes GutenbergPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 4%); most named United States 20, Germany 3, Mainland China 1, Japan 1, Canada 1 (27 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- American Literature and CultureArts and Humanities16.5%
- Latin American and Latino StudiesSocial Sciences10.4%
- Asian American and Pacific HistoriesSocial Sciences10.1%
- History, Culture, and DiplomacyArts and Humanities9.2%
- Comparative and World LiteratureArts and Humanities6.4%
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesArts and Humanities4.8%
- Diaspora, migration, transnational identitySocial Sciences4.8%
- Race, History, and American SocietySocial Sciences4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Arts and Humanities | Q4 | 135/175 | 23rd |
| Cultural Studies | Q4 | 1109/1434 | 22nd |
| Communication | Q4 | 497/541 | 8th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.57LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 50OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.01OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 795 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 19 | 117 |
| 2025 | 83 | 83 | 130 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 195 |
| 2023 | 38 | 38 | 220 |
| 2022 | 62 | 62 | 150 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | 174 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
Copyright and licensing: authors retain copyright and grant the journal a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license to publish. Model summary
Authors retain copyright for all content published in the Journal of Transnational American Studies (JTAS). However, authors grant to the journal the right to publish the article under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license and to make available such content, in any format, in perpetuity.
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
- eScholarship Repository
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1940-0764
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Transnational American Studies
How long does peer review take at Journal of Transnational American Studies?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Transnational American Studies based?
Of the 27 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (20), Germany (3) and Mainland China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Transnational American Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Transnational American Studies is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Transnational American Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Transnational American Studies is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .