Journal of American Folklore

34.0k citations
3.6k papers · indexed · active since 1950
Topics
Folklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesMusic History and CultureDiverse Musicological Studies

In The Last Decade

Journal of American Folklore

2.0k papers receiving 15.4k citations

Peers

Journal of American Folklore
Comparison fields: 5 of 217
  • Sociology and Political Science 10.9k
  • Literature and Literary Theory 6.8k
  • Anthropology 5.5k
  • Cultural Studies 3.2k
  • Music 2.9k
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About Journal of American Folklore

The 3.6k papers published in Journal of American Folklore in the last decades have received a total of 34.0k indexed citations . Papers published in Journal of American Folklore usually cover Music (378 papers), Literature and Literary Theory (1.0k papers) and Anthropology (399 papers) specifically the topics of Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (859 papers), Music History and Culture (274 papers) and Diverse Musicological Studies (136 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Journal of American Folklore are Dell Hymes, Claude Lévi‐Strauss, Roger D. Abrahams, Alan Dundes, William Bascom, Gary Alan Fine, Sarah Johnson, Keith H. Basso, Lila Abu‐Lughod and Albert Séchehaye.

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