American Journal of Philology

American Journal of Philology
DisciplinePhilology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byJoseph Farrell
Publication details
History1880–present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
0.5 (2022)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Am. J. Philol.
Indexing
ISSN0002-9475 (print)
1086-3168 (web)
JSTOR00029475
OCLC no.33891035
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The American Journal of Philology is a quarterly academic journal established in 1880 by the classical scholar Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve and published by the Johns Hopkins University Press.[1][2] It covers the field of philology, and related areas of classical literature, linguistics, history, philosophy, and cultural studies.[3] In 2003, the journal received the award for Best Single Issue from the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers.[4] The current editor-in-chief is Joseph Farrell (University of Pennsylvania).[3] According to Journal Citation Reports, this journal has a 2022 impact factor of 0.5 [5] The journal runs an annual prize for "the best article of the year", the Gildersleeve Prize.

Editors-in-chief

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Since its inception, the previous editors-in-chief have been:

  • Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve (1880 - 1919)
  • C.W.E. Miller (1920 - 1934)
  • Benjamin Dean Meritt (1934 - 1935, 1943 - 1946)
  • Tenney Frank (1936 - 1939)
  • Harold Cherniss (1940 - 1942)
  • Henry T. Rowell (1946 - 1971)
  • Georg Luck
  • Barbara Gold
  • David H. J. Larmour
  • Joseph Farrell (current)

Abstracting and indexing

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This journal is indexed by the following services:[6]

References

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  1. ^ Rowell, Henry T. (1954). "Seventy-Five Years of the American Journal of Philology". The American Journal of Philology. 75 (4): 337–358. doi:10.2307/292421. ISSN 0002-9475. JSTOR 292421.
  2. ^ Kennedy, George A. (1980). "Gildersleeve, the Journal, and Philology in America". The American Journal of Philology. 101 (1): 1–11. doi:10.2307/294166. ISSN 0002-9475. JSTOR 294166.
  3. ^ a b "American Journal of Philology | JHU Press". www.press.jhu.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  4. ^ "2003 Award Winners". PROSE Awards. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  5. ^ Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science. Clarivate September 21, 2023.
  6. ^ American Journal of Philology. Abstracting & Indexing Databases {scroll down). 2023.
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