verified SJR 0,269 · Q1 • database Scopus / SJR & Web of Science indexed

United States · American Folklore Society

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Journal of American Folklore

Journal of American Folklore is a journal indexed in SJR in Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) and Cultural Studies with an H index of 26. It has an SJR impact factor of 0,269 and it has a best quartile of Q1. It has an SJR impact factor of 0,269.

ISSN: 0021-8715

Publisher: American Folklore Society

Category: Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Indexation: verifiedScopus / SJR verifiedWeb of Science

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SJR Impact Factor trending_up

0,269 Q1

H-index 26

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41%

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SJR Impact

0,269

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Docs (year)

Docs 3y

Total refs

1224

Cites 3y

Citable 3y

Cites/Doc 2y

0.58

Ref/Doc

33.08

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Best articles by citations

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Formulaic Composition in the Blues: A View from the Field

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Euphemism, Parody, Insult, and Innuendo: Rhetoric and Ethnic Identity at the Mexican Periphery

Epics, Music, and Shamans in Central Asia and Southern Siberia

Electronic Hybridity: The Persistent Processes of the Vernacular Web

Constituting Folklore: A Case for Critical Folklore Studies

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Charles M. Russell: The Storyteller's Art

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Journal of American Folklore has an SJR of 0,269 (best quartile Q1) in the CountryOfPapers database.

Immediate OA APC is not available (NPD).

The acceptance rate recorded for Journal of American Folklore is 41%.

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