Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literature, Culture, & Theory

Arizona Quarterly publishes scholarly essays on American literature, culture and theory. It is our mission to subject these categories to debate, argument, interpretation, and contestation via critical readings of primary texts. We accept essays that are grounded in textual, formal, cultural, and theoretical examination of texts and situated with respect to current academic conversations whilst extending the boundaries thereof.

Guidelines for submission:

1. Recommended length is 6,000 to 10,000 words.

2. Follow MLA Handbook, 7th edition.

3. Include URLs for all web citations in the works cited.

4. Format all material—including quotations, notes, references, and poetry—as follows: single-sided, double-spaced, 1-inch margins, 12-point font.

5. Write an abstract (50–150 words) on its own page.

6. Submissions can be either e-mailed or sent as a paper copy:

A. E-mailed copy: Attach as Word (or other word-processing) file with all identifying information removed. Use the body of the e-mail as a cover letter, including complete return address. Send to azqsubmissions@email.arizona.edu with the subject line “Submission: Surname, Short Title.”

B. Paper copy: Enclose cover letter with contact informa­tion, including e-mail address, and one copy of the article with all identifying information removed. Address manuscripts to Lynda Zwinger, Editor, Arizona Quarterly, 1731 E. Second St., University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0014.

7. Photocopies of or low-res illustrations are acceptable for first review, but high-quality TIFF files should accompany the final manuscript. Arizona Quarterly, however, reserves the right to exclude any illustration.

8. Authors are responsible for obtaining copyright permissions.

The Hopkins Press Journals Ethics and Malpractice Statement can be found at the ethics-and-malpractice page.

Peer Review Policy

Arizona Quarterly accepts original works of 6,000-10,000 words not under consideration elsewhere. Qualified submissions are sent out within four weeks of submission for double-blind review to at least two specialists. Criteria for review include but are not limited to: academic quality, relevance to current scholarly debates, style and clarity of writing, suitability to our journal, and conformity to our guidelines. While we try to provide authors with feedback, reader's reports are provided at the reviewers’ and/or editors’ discretion.

Decisions are typically reported between four and six months after the original manuscript is submitted. Authors who receive “revise and resubmit” or “accept with revisions” verdicts are asked to return revised manuscripts within two months, and typically receive a final verdict within one month thereafter. Arizona Quarterly reserves the right to withdraw acceptance at any point in the publication process.

Editor

Lynda Zwinger, University of Arizona

Managing Editor

Daniel Crumbo, University of Arizona

Associate Editors

Edgar A. Dryden, University of Arizona
Patrick O’Donnell, Michigan State University
Donald E. Pease, Dartmouth College
Tenney Nathanson, University of Arizona
Susan White (Film), University of Arizona

Editorial Advisory Board

Dale M. Bauer, Illinois
Charles Bernstein, Pennsylvania
Mitchell Breitwieser, University of California, Berkeley
Gert Buelens, Ghent University
Sharon Cameron, Johns Hopkins University
Michael Davidson, University of Calfornia, San Diego
Colin Dayan, Vanderbilt University
John Dolis, Penn State University
Andy Doolen, Kentucky
John Ernest, Delaware
Larry Evers, University of Arizona
Carlos Gallego, St. Olaf College
Susan M. Griffin, University of Louisville
Dorothy Hale, University of California, Berkeley
Eric Hayot, Penn State University
Paul Hurh, University of Arizona
John T. Irwin, Johns Hopkins University
Gregory Jackson, Rutgers University
Annette Kolodny, University of Arizona
John T. Matthews, Boston University
Alan M. Nadel, Kentucky
Dana D. Nelson, Vanderbilt University
Justus Nieland, Michigan State University
Forrest G. Robinson, University of California, Santa Cruz
Judith Roof, Rice University
John Carlos Rowe, University of Southern California
Neil Schmitz, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Charles Scruggs, University of Arizona
Fred G. See, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Jonathan Stalling, Oklahoma
Eric Sundquist, Johns Hopkins University
William Veeder, Chicago
Robyn Wiegman, Duke University
Heide Ziegler, University of Stuttgart

Abstracting & Indexing Databases

• Clarivate Analytics
  • Emerging Sources Citation Index
  • Web of Science
• De Gruyter Saur
  • Dietrich's Index Philosophicus
  • IBZ - Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur
  • Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlicher Literatur
• EBSCOhost
  • America: History and Life, 3/1/1963-
  • Biography Index: Past and Present (H.W. Wilson), vol.60, no.5, 2004-vol.66, no.1, 2010
  • Book Review Digest Plus (H.W. Wilson), Jun.2003-
  • Chicano Database, v.3, n.2, 1947-v.40, n.2, 1984
  • Current Abstracts, 9/1/2003-
  • Historical Abstracts (Online), 3/1/1966-
  • Humanities Abstracts (H.W. Wilson), 7/15/2003-
  • Humanities Index (Online), 2003/06-
  • Humanities International Complete, 9/1/2003-
  • Humanities International Index, 9/1/2003-
  • Humanities Source, 7/15/2003-
  • Humanities Source Ultimate, 7/15/2003-
  • MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
  • OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson), 7/15/2003-
  • Poetry & Short Story Reference Center, 6/1/1990-
  • RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale)
  • Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies
  • TOC Premier (Table of Contents), 9/1/2003-
• Elsevier BV
  • Scopus, 2016-ongoing
• Gale
  • MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
• OCLC
  • ArticleFirst, vol.48, no.2, 1992-vol.67, no.4, 2011
  • Electronic Collections Online, vol.62, no.1, 2006-vol.67, no.4, 2011
  • Humanities Index (Online), 2003/06-
  • Periodical Abstracts, v.61, n.1, 2005-v.66, n.3, 2010
• ProQuest
  • Literary Journals Index Full Text
  • MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
  • Periodicals Index Online
  • Professional ProQuest Central, 07/01/2004-
  • ProQuest 5000, 07/01/2004-
  • ProQuest Central, 07/01/2004-
  • Research Library, 07/01/2004-
  • RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale

Abstracting & Indexing Sources

• Abstracts of English Studies   (Ceased)  (Print)
• Bibliographic Index   (Ceased)  (Print)
• Chicano Index   (Ceased)  (Print)
• Children's Literature Abstracts   (Ceased)  (Print)
• Index to Book Reviews in the Humanities   (Ceased)  (Print)
• Index to Little Magazines   (Ceased)  (Print)
• MLA Abstracts of Articles in Scholarly Journals   (Ceased)  (Print)
• Roth's American Poetry Annual   (Ceased)  (Print)

Source: Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory.

0.1 (2023)
0.4 (Five-Year Impact Factor)
0.00044 (Eigenfactor™ Score)

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