Journal of American Folklore

39.6k citations

3.7k papers · · active since 2016

Impact in

Music top 0.5%
- Music History and Culture
Literature and Literary Theory top 1%
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies

Papers in

Music 391
- Music History and Culture 281
- Diverse Musicological Studies 144
Literature and Literary Theory 1.0k
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies 870

Top scholars: Dell H. Hymes Claude Lévi‐Strauss Alan Dundes Roger D. Abrahams William Bascom Gary Alan Fine Wade Baskin Albert Séchehaye

In The Last Decade

Journal of American Folklore

2.0k papers receiving 17.0k citations

Peers

Journal of American Folklore

Comparison fields: 5 of 224

Music 3.4k Literature and Literary Theory 7.9k Anthropology 6.3k Cultural Studies 3.7k Linguistics and Language 1.9k Geography, Planning and Development 2.0k Visual Arts and Performing Arts 1.7k Archeology 371 Gender Studies 2.8k Language and Linguistics 3.2k Sociology and Political Science 12.5k Philosophy 3.2k Museology 907 Communication 1.7k History 2.3k Religious studies 1.1k Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2.4k Classics 721 Urban Studies 922 Archeology 1.6k Social Psychology 2.6k Health 904 Paleontology 862 Political Science and International Relations 2.8k Space and Planetary Science 139 Demography 1.2k Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 143 Conservation 297 Food Science 1.3k Clinical Psychology 1.4k Human-Computer Interaction 409 General Psychology 87 Education 1.9k General Health Professions 1.5k General Social Sciences 206 Developmental and Educational Psychology 769 Speech and Hearing 358 Marketing 528 History and Philosophy of Science 282 General Arts and Humanities 61 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 555 Developmental Biology 95 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 408 Cognitive Neuroscience 684 Safety Research 268 General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 269 Public Administration 110 Economics and Econometrics 740 Human Factors and Ergonomics 66 Life-span and Life-course Studies 23 Law 264 Medical Terminology 6 Pharmacy 108 Development 92 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 34 Signal Processing 219 Artificial Intelligence 627 Library and Information Sciences 26 Psychiatry and Mental health 211 Applied Psychology 71 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 291 Nature and Landscape Conservation 161 Ecology 335 Architecture 20 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 53 Strategy and Management 189 Global and Planetary Change 260 Computer Science Applications 69 Transportation 80 Plant Science 403 General Decision Sciences 19 Finance 97 Information Systems and Management 73 Business and International Management 21 Genetics 271 Information Systems 206 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 168 Management of Technology and Innovation 64 Atmospheric Science 146 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 214 Geology 43 Research and Theory 6 Management Science and Operations Research 93 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 98 Forestry 28 Health Information Management 28 Theoretical Computer Science 8 Building and Construction 84 Reproductive Medicine 47 Complementary and alternative medicine 44 Management Information Systems 52 Emergency Medical Services 34 Ecological Modeling 23 Nutrition and Dietetics 77 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 90 Occupational Therapy 20 Astronomy and Astrophysics 85 General Energy 5 Rehabilitation 28 Sensory Systems 21 Equine 7 Obstetrics and Gynecology 30 Accounting 47 Earth-Surface Processes 28 Soil Science 37 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 31 Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 18 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 47 Epidemiology 107 Oceanography 40 Infectious Diseases 51 Environmental Chemistry 28 Statistics and Probability 23 Issues, ethics and legal aspects 3 Pathology and Forensic Medicine 43 Pharmacology 20 Anatomy 3 Physiology 55 Geochemistry and Petrology 13 Virology 10 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 8 Health Informatics 3 Geophysics 26 Periodontics 8 Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 12 Computer Networks and Communications 46 Media Technology 17 Toxicology 6 Leadership and Management 2 Aging 3 Industrial relations 1 Neurology 13 Organic Chemistry 46 Insect Science 20 Computational Mathematics 1 Endocrinology 8 Automotive Engineering 19 Modeling and Simulation 7 Agronomy and Crop Science 14 Control and Systems Engineering 32 Molecular Biology 90 Pharmacology 21 Environmental Engineering 19 Aquatic Science 9 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 9 Pollution 14 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 18 Family Practice 2 Computational Theory and Mathematics 20 Small Animals 8 Emergency Medicine 9 Urology 6 Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 8 Horticulture 1 Mechanical Engineering 38 Microbiology 6 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 3 Ocean Engineering 15 Geriatrics and Gerontology 3 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 15 Animal Science and Zoology 9 Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics 3 Analytical Chemistry 7 Biotechnology 6 Biochemistry 5 Dermatology 6 Waste Management and Disposal 6 General Dentistry 1 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 7 Cell Biology 10 Water Science and Technology 8 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 5 Biomaterials 7 Biomedical Engineering 23 Orthodontics 2 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 Oral Surgery 3 Software 2 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 8 Cancer Research 6 Geometry and Topology 4 Catalysis 3 Neurology 6 Transplantation 1 Mechanics of Materials 10 Surgery 15 Oncology 9 Rheumatology 5 Polymers and Plastics 5 Pharmaceutical Science 2 Civil and Structural Engineering 7 General Materials Science 1 Behavioral Neuroscience 1 Hepatology 2 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 15 Otorhinolaryngology 1 Ophthalmology 2 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 Inorganic Chemistry 3 Mathematical Physics 2 Molecular Medicine 1 Genetics 2 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 Computational Mechanics 4 Spectroscopy 3 Biophysics 1 Biochemistry 1 Condensed Matter Physics 2 Electrochemistry 1 Aerospace Engineering 4 Parasitology 1 Clinical Biochemistry 1 Hardware and Architecture 1 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4 Radiation 1 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 1 Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 2 Immunology 2 Applied Mathematics 1 Hematology 1 Materials Chemistry 4 Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1

Music 3.4k
Literature and Literary Theory 7.9k
Anthropology 6.3k
Cultural Studies 3.7k
Linguistics and Language 1.9k

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About Journal of American Folklore

The 3.7k papers published in Journal of American Folklore in the last decades have received a total of 39.6k indexed citations . Papers published in Journal of American Folklore usually cover Music (391 papers), Literature and Literary Theory (1.0k papers), Anthropology (407 papers), Cultural Studies (272 papers) and Museology (107 papers) specifically the topics of Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (870 papers), Music History and Culture (281 papers), Diverse Musicological Studies (144 papers), Culinary Culture and Tourism (129 papers), Philippine History and Culture (115 papers), Media, Gender, and Advertising (105 papers), Latin American and Latino Studies (98 papers) and Archaeology and Natural History (97 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Journal of American Folklore are Dell H. Hymes, Claude Lévi‐Strauss, Alan Dundes, Roger D. Abrahams, William Bascom, Gary Alan Fine, Wade Baskin, Albert Séchehaye, Ferdinand de Saussure and Charles Bally.

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