Scimago Journal & Country Rank

American literature; a journal of literary history, criticism and bibliography

Country

United States

Universities and research institutions in United States
Media Ranking in United States

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Duke University Press

H-Index

21

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

00029831, 15272117

Coverage

1968-1969, 1981, 1983, 1985-1986, 2000, 2002-2023

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

am-lit@duke.edu

Scope

American Literature has been regarded since its inception as the preeminent periodical in its field. Each issue contains articles covering the works of several American authors—from colonial to contemporary—as well as an extensive book review section; a “Brief Mention” section offering citations of new editions and reprints, collections, anthologies, and other professional books; and an “Announcements” section that keeps readers up-to-date on prizes, competitions, conferences, grants, and publishing opportunities. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Literature and Literary Theory2001Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2002Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2003Q3
Literature and Literary Theory2004Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2005Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2006Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2007Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2008Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2009Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2010Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2011Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2012Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2013Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2014Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2015Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2016Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2017Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2018Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2019Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2020Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2021Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2022Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2023Q1
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
20010.121
20020.121
20030.101
20040.111
20050.153
20060.155
20070.260
20080.109
20090.250
20100.221
20110.291
20120.180
20130.171
20140.413
20150.322
20160.303
20170.407
20180.184
20190.163
20200.191
20210.220
20220.287
20230.196
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
20001
20010
200229
200325
200430
200526
200625
200724
200825
200925
201024
201126
201226
201327
201425
201525
201624
201728
201830
201927
202029
202120
202230
202339
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20000.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20010.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20020.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20030.233
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20040.309
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20050.298
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20060.291
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20070.453
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20080.333
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20090.360
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20100.444
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20110.429
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20120.520
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20130.455
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20140.515
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20150.769
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20160.680
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20170.663
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20180.500
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20190.430
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20200.422
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20210.316
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20220.604
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20230.500
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20000.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20010.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20020.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20030.233
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20040.315
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20050.298
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20060.296
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20070.370
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20080.200
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20090.419
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20100.338
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20110.432
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20120.427
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20130.368
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20140.418
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20150.744
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20160.571
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20170.405
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20180.364
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20190.366
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20200.471
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20210.209
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20220.579
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20230.481
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20000.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20010.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20020.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20030.241
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20040.315
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20050.164
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20060.393
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20070.216
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20080.163
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20090.224
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20100.360
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20110.327
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20120.280
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.308
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20140.396
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20150.519
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20160.440
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20170.265
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20180.269
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20190.293
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20200.368
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20210.214
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20220.408
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20230.380
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites20000
Self Cites20010
Self Cites20020
Self Cites20030
Self Cites20040
Self Cites20050
Self Cites20062
Self Cites20072
Self Cites20080
Self Cites20091
Self Cites20102
Self Cites20110
Self Cites20122
Self Cites20130
Self Cites20144
Self Cites20151
Self Cites20163
Self Cites20174
Self Cites20181
Self Cites20191
Self Cites20202
Self Cites20211
Self Cites20224
Self Cites20231
Total Cites20000
Total Cites20010
Total Cites20020
Total Cites20037
Total Cites200417
Total Cites200525
Total Cites200624
Total Cites200730
Total Cites200815
Total Cites200931
Total Cites201025
Total Cites201132
Total Cites201232
Total Cites201328
Total Cites201433
Total Cites201558
Total Cites201644
Total Cites201730
Total Cites201828
Total Cites201930
Total Cites202040
Total Cites202118
Total Cites202244
Total Cites202338
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document20000
External Cites per document20010.000
External Cites per document20020.000
External Cites per document20030.233
External Cites per document20040.315
External Cites per document20050.298
External Cites per document20060.272
External Cites per document20070.346
External Cites per document20080.200
External Cites per document20090.405
External Cites per document20100.311
External Cites per document20110.432
External Cites per document20120.400
External Cites per document20130.368
External Cites per document20140.367
External Cites per document20150.731
External Cites per document20160.532
External Cites per document20170.351
External Cites per document20180.351
External Cites per document20190.354
External Cites per document20200.447
External Cites per document20210.198
External Cites per document20220.526
External Cites per document20230.468
Cites per document20000.000
Cites per document20010.000
Cites per document20020.000
Cites per document20030.233
Cites per document20040.315
Cites per document20050.298
Cites per document20060.296
Cites per document20070.370
Cites per document20080.200
Cites per document20090.419
Cites per document20100.338
Cites per document20110.432
Cites per document20120.427
Cites per document20130.368
Cites per document20140.418
Cites per document20150.744
Cites per document20160.571
Cites per document20170.405
Cites per document20180.364
Cites per document20190.366
Cites per document20200.471
Cites per document20210.209
Cites per document20220.579
Cites per document20230.481
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
20000.00
20010
20020.00
20030.00
20040.00
20050.00
20060.00
20070.00
20080.00
20090.00
20100.00
20110.00
20120.00
20130.00
20140.00
20150.00
20160.00
20170.00
20180.00
20190.00
20200.00
20210.00
20223.33
20230.00
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents20000
Non-citable documents20010
Non-citable documents20020
Non-citable documents20031
Non-citable documents20041
Non-citable documents20051
Non-citable documents20061
Non-citable documents20072
Non-citable documents20082
Non-citable documents20091
Non-citable documents20101
Non-citable documents20111
Non-citable documents20122
Non-citable documents20132
Non-citable documents20143
Non-citable documents20152
Non-citable documents20161
Non-citable documents20170
Non-citable documents20180
Non-citable documents20190
Non-citable documents20200
Non-citable documents20210
Non-citable documents20220
Non-citable documents20230
Citable documents20000
Citable documents20011
Citable documents20021
Citable documents200329
Citable documents200453
Citable documents200583
Citable documents200680
Citable documents200779
Citable documents200873
Citable documents200973
Citable documents201073
Citable documents201173
Citable documents201273
Citable documents201374
Citable documents201476
Citable documents201576
Citable documents201676
Citable documents201774
Citable documents201877
Citable documents201982
Citable documents202085
Citable documents202186
Citable documents202276
Citable documents202379
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents20000
Uncited documents20011
Uncited documents20021
Uncited documents200325
Uncited documents200439
Uncited documents200563
Uncited documents200662
Uncited documents200757
Uncited documents200864
Uncited documents200951
Uncited documents201056
Uncited documents201152
Uncited documents201256
Uncited documents201356
Uncited documents201456
Uncited documents201547
Uncited documents201650
Uncited documents201754
Uncited documents201856
Uncited documents201959
Uncited documents202059
Uncited documents202172
Uncited documents202253
Uncited documents202352
Cited documents20000
Cited documents20010
Cited documents20020
Cited documents20035
Cited documents200415
Cited documents200521
Cited documents200619
Cited documents200724
Cited documents200811
Cited documents200923
Cited documents201018
Cited documents201122
Cited documents201219
Cited documents201320
Cited documents201423
Cited documents201531
Cited documents201627
Cited documents201720
Cited documents201821
Cited documents201923
Cited documents202026
Cited documents202114
Cited documents202223
Cited documents202327
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
20000.00
20010.00
200264.29
200352.00
200453.13
200545.83
200661.54
200754.17
200872.00
200933.33
201030.43
201148.00
201248.00
201340.74
201465.38
201552.00
201666.67
201760.00
201851.61
201934.62
202060.61
202157.14
202234.29
202348.65
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

DocumentsYearValue
Overton20000
Overton20010
Overton20021
Overton20030
Overton20040
Overton20050
Overton20060
Overton20070
Overton20080
Overton20091
Overton20100
Overton20110
Overton20125
Overton20130
Overton20141
Overton20150
Overton20161
Overton20172
Overton20180
Overton20190
Overton20200
Overton20210
Overton20220
Overton20230
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evoution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG20185
SDG20197
SDG202013
SDG20216
SDG20225
SDG20233
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