Western American Literature

Journal Title：Western American Literature

Western American Literature is a leading journal in the field of Western American literature research. This journal is renowned for its pioneering research and attention to emerging writers, publishing some of the first papers by now widely acclaimed authors such as D'Arcy McNickle, Wallace Stegner, and Terry Tempest Williams, as well as N Scott Momaday and Rudolf Anaya's critical articles and early influential papers on ecocriticism.

The journal now focuses more extensively on Western culture, with each issue including replicas of Western images - paintings, photographs, film stills, plant and survey drawings, maps, murals - providing cultural background for the articles. In addition to theoretical articles based on cultural geography, New Western history, and environmental writing, recent issues have also included articles on traditional Western writers such as Edward Abbey and John Muir, New Western figures such as Cormac McCarthy, American Indian writers, African American writers and filmmakers, and Hispanic literary restoration projects. The recent special issue focuses on television westerns and the ongoing work of young scholars.

《Western American Literature》是西部美国文学研究领域的领先期刊。该期刊以其开创性的研究和对新兴作家的关注而闻名，发表了一些现在被广泛赞誉的作家如D’Arcy McNickle、Wallace Stegner和Terry Tempest Williams的首批论文，以及N. Scott Momaday和Rudolfo Anaya的批评性文章和生态批评的早期有影响力的论文。

期刊现在更广泛地关注西部文化，每期包括西部图像的复制品——绘画、摄影、电影剧照、植物和调查绘图、地图、壁画——为文章提供文化背景。除了基于文化地理学、新西部历史和环境写作的理论文章外，最近几期还包括对传统西部作家如Edward Abbey和John Muir、新西部人物如Cormac McCarthy、美国印第安作家、非裔美国作家和电影制作者以及西班牙裔文学恢复项目的文章。最近的特刊关注了电视西部片和年轻学者目前正在进行的工作。

Western American Literature由Western Literature Association出版商出版，收稿方向涵盖LITERATURE, AMERICAN全领域，此刊是中等级别的SCI期刊，所以过审相对来讲不是特别难，但是该刊专业认可度不错，仍然是一本值得选择的SCI期刊 。平均审稿速度 ，影响因子指数0.2，该期刊近期没有被列入国际期刊预警名单，广大学者值得一试。