Journal profile · LITERATURE, AMERICAN
Mark Twain Annual
ISSN 1553-0981 · eISSN 1756-2597 · Penn State University Press
Mark Twain Annual: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 9 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from November 2012 (Volume 10, Issue 1): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Mark Twain Annual is published by Penn State 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 American Literature and Humor Studies, American Sports and Literature and American and British Literature Analysis, together about 80.4% 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
- American Literature and Humor StudiesArts and Humanities35.5%
- American Sports and LiteratureArts and Humanities23.7%
- American and British Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities21.2%
- Literature, Film, and Journalism AnalysisArts and Humanities3.9%
- American History and CultureBusiness, Management and Accounting2.3%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities1.3%
- Literature: history, themes, analysisArts and Humanities1.3%
- Race, History, and American SocietySocial Sciences1%
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)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature, American | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.43OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 6LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 564 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 12 | 0 | 9 |
| 2023 | 16 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 16 | 0 | 15 |
| 2021 | 16 | 0 | 6 |
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
- Penn State University Press
- ISSN
- 1553-0981
- Electronic ISSN
- 1756-2597
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10, Issue 1 (November 2012)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Mark Twain Annual
What CAS zone is Mark Twain Annual in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Mark Twain Annual is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Literature, American. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Mark Twain Annual?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Mark Twain Annual is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Mark Twain Annual open access, and what is the APC?
Mark Twain Annual 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .