| BY PERCENTAGE OF DISTINCTIVE STORIES | ||
| 1. | Harper's Magazine | 80% |
| 2. | Scribner's Magazine | 80% |
| 3. | Century Magazine | 80% |
| 4. | New York Tribune | 73% |
| 5. | Bellman | 72% |
| 6. | Pictorial Review | 62% |
| 7. | Everybody's Magazine | 58% |
| 8. | Reedy's Mirror | 56% |
| 9. | Collier's Weekly | 47% |
| 10. | American Magazine | 46% |
| 11. | Delineator | 39% |
| 12. | Metropolitan Magazine | 37% |
| 13. | Ladies' Home Journal | 33% |
| 14. | Good Housekeeping | 30% |
| 15. | Saturday Evening Post | 21% |
| 16. | Every Week | 21% |
| 17. | Smart Set | 20% |
| 18. | McClure's Magazine | 20% |
| 19. | Sunset Magazine | 19% |
| BY NUMBER OF DISTINCTIVE STORIES | ||
| 1. | Harper's Magazine | 64 |
| 2. | Saturday Evening Post | 62 |
| 3. | Scribner's Magazine | 52 |
| 4. | Collier's Weekly | 51 |
| 5. | Century Magazine | 40 |
| 6. | Bellman | 34 |
| 7. | Everybody's Magazine | 26 |
| 8. | Pictorial Review | 26 |
| 9. | American Magazine | 25 |
| 10. | New York Tribune | 22 |
| 11. | Smart Set | 22 |
| 12. | Reedy's Mirror | 18 |
| 13. | Delineator | 18 |
| 14. | Every Week | 18 |
| 15. | Metropolitan Magazine | 16 |
| 16. | Good Housekeeping | 12 |
| 17. | Ladies' Home Journal | 11 |
| 18. | McClure's Magazine | 9 |
| 19. | Sunset Magazine | 6 |
The following periodicals have published during 1917 ten or more "two-asterisk stories." The list excludes reprints. Periodicals represented in this list during 1915 as well are indicated by an asterisk. Periodicals represented in this list during 1916 are indicated by a dagger.
| 1. | *†Harper's Magazine | 39 |
| 2. | *†Scribner's Magazine | 31 |
| 3. | *†Century Magazine | 29 |
| 4. | *†Saturday Evening Post | 25 |
| 5. | *†Collier's Weekly | 20 |
| 6. | Seven Arts | 19 |
| 7. | †Pictorial Review | 18 |
| 8. | Midland | 17 |
| 9. | *†Bellman | 17 |
| 10. | *†Smart Set | 12 |
| 11. | Atlantic Monthly | 11 |
| 12. | Touchstone | 10 |
The following periodicals have published during 1917 five or more "three-asterisk stories." The list excludes reprints. Periodicals represented in this list during 1915 as well are indicated by an asterisk. Periodicals represented in this list during 1916 are indicated by a dagger.
| 1. | *†Harper's Magazine | 27 |
| 2. | *†Century Magazine | 17 |
| 3. | *†Scribner's Magazine | 16 |
| 4. | Seven Arts | 14 |
| 5. | †Pictorial Review | 14 |
| 6. | Stratford Journal | 9 |
| 7. | *†Saturday Evening Post | 7 |
| 8. | Atlantic Monthly | 5 |
| 9. | *Metropolitan | 5 |
| 10. | Good Housekeeping | 5 |
Ties in the above lists have been decided by taking relative rank in other lists into account.
INDEX OF SHORT STORIES FOR 1917
All short stories published in the following magazines and newspapers during 1917 are indexed.