MELUS

MELUS is published by Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States and is in Zone 3 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Latin American and Latino Studies, Race, History, and American Society and Asian American and Pacific Histories, together about 38.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

MELUS: Multiethnic Literature of the United States MELUS, a prestigious and rigorous journal in the field of multiethnic literature of the United States, has been a vital resource for scholarship and teaching for more than fifty years. Published quarterly, MELUS illuminates the national, international, and transnational contexts of US ethnic literature. Articles in MELUS also engage art forms such as graphic narratives and other visual texts, digital media, film, and music. By including interviews with well-established authors such as Maxine Hong Kingston and Richard Rodriguez, as well as more recent writers such as Jericho Brown and Carmen Maria Machado, MELUS plays a pivotal role in the field of US ethnic literature and is an indispensable resource for scholars, teachers, and students. The journal is sponsored by the Society for the Study of the Multiethnic Literature of the United States. Founded in 1973, the society endeavors to expand the definition of American literature through the study and teaching of Latina/o/x American, Native American, African American, Asian American, Pacific Islander, and ethnically specific Euro-American literary works, their authors, and their cultural contexts. Disclaimer Statements of fact and opinion in the articles in MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States are those of the respective authors and contributors and not of the Journal, The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States, or Oxford University Press, unless otherwise expressly indicated. Neither Oxford University Press, The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States, nor the Journal make any representation, express or implied, in respect of the accuracy of the material in the Journal and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Readers should make their own evaluation as to the appropriateness or otherwise of the information included.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): LITERATURE, AMERICAN

Editor-in-chief Gary TottenPublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 32, Spain 1, Israel 1 (34 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

AHCIScopusLetPub

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Impact

CiteScore 2026-06

0.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.16LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.01LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

52OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

500OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.06OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

7.96%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

27LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Submission fee

No submission fee

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Publisher

Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States

ISSN

0163-755X

Electronic ISSN

1946-3170

Society / sponsor

Society for the Study of the Multiethnic Literature of the United States

Latest issue on the website

Volume 51, Issue 1 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website