Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS
ISSN 0028-7504 · eISSN 1944-7744
NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2026 Xinrui edition); subscription journal; 0 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS is classed under Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Contemporary Literature and Criticism, Poetry Analysis and Criticism and American Political and Social Dynamics, together about 43.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The New York Review was launched during the New York City newspaper strike of 1963, when the magazine’s founding editors, Robert Silvers and Barbara Epstein, alongside Jason Epstein, Robert Lowell, and Elizabeth Hardwick, decided to start a new kind of publication—one in which the most interesting, lively, and qualified minds of the time could write about current books and issues in depth. Readers responded by buying almost every copy and writing thousands of letters to demand that the Review continue. From the beginning, the editors were determined that the Review should be an independent publication; it began life as an editorial voice beholden to no one, and it remains so today. Silvers and Epstein continued as co-editors until her death in 2006, and Silvers served as sole editor until his death in 2017. Since 2019 Emily Greenhouse has edited The New York Review, and it remains the magazine where, across twenty issues each year, the major voices in world literature and thought discuss books and ideas. In addition to the print magazine, the NYR Online publishes thorough and wide-ranging essays about politics national and global, film, art, and the cultural preoccupations of the day.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Contemporary Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities22.5%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities13%
- American Political and Social DynamicsArts and Humanities7.6%
- Autobiographical and Biographical WritingArts and Humanities5.9%
- International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences4.2%
- Biographical and Historical AnalysisArts and Humanities4.2%
- Modernist Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities3.9%
- Middle East Politics and SocietySocial Sciences3.4%
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)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | 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
AHCILetPub
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
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 47OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 1,963Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 558 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
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
- ISSN
- 0028-7504
- Electronic ISSN
- 1944-7744
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS
What CAS zone is NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS is indexed in AHCI.
Is NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS open access, and what is the APC?
NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS 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, Publisher website, 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: .