| Periodicals (Oct.-Sept.) | No. of Stories Published | No. of Distinctive Stories Published | Percentage of Distinctive Stories Published |
| | | * | ** | *** | * | ** | *** |
| Atlantic Monthly | 19 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 95 | 78 | 58 |
| Century | 43 | 36 | 25 | 12 | 84 | 56 | 28 |
| Collier's Weekly | 97 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 8 | 4 |
| Cosmopolitan | 75 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 4 |
| Dial (including translations) | 19 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 100 | 78 | 58 |
| Everybody's Magazine (including translations) | 75 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 0 |
| Harper's Magazine | 57 | 43 | 32 | 15 | 75 | 56 | 26 |
| Hearst's Magazine (including translations) | 76 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 8 | 5 |
| McCall's Magazine (including translations) | 41 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 7 |
| McClure's Magazine (including translations) | 53 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 45 | 30 | 25 |
| Metropolitan | 78 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 15 | 8 |
| Midland | 13 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 85 | 85 | 62 |
| Munsey's Magazine | 83 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 2 |
| New York Tribune (including translations) | 48 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 63 | 11 | 2 |
| Pagan (including translations) | 21 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Pictorial Review | 46 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 65 | 61 | 54 |
| Red Book Magazine | 117 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 2 |
| Reedy's Mirror (including translations) | 30 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 53 | 27 | 13 |
| Romance | 89 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 1 |
| Scribner's Magazine | 51 | 36 | 23 | 10 | 72 | 46 | 20 |
| Smart Set (including translations) | 127 | 51 | 25 | 14 | 40 | 20 | 11 |
The following tables indicate the rank, during the period between October, 1919, and September, 1920, inclusive, by number and percentage of distinctive stories published, of the twenty-one periodicals coming within the scope of my examination which have published an average of 15 per cent in stories of distinction. The lists exclude reprints, but not translations.
By Percentage of Distinctive Stories
| 1. Dial (including translations) | 100% |
| 2. Atlantic Monthly | 95% |
| 3. Midland | 85% |
| 4. Century | 84% |
| 5. Harper's Magazine | 75% |
| 6. Scribner's Magazine | 72% |
| 7. Pictorial Review | 65% |
| 8. New York Tribune (including translations) | 63% |
| 9. Reedy's Mirror (including translations) | 53% |
| 10. Pagan (including translations) | 50% |
| 11. McClure's Magazine (including translations) | 45% |
| 12. Smart Set (including translations) | 40% |
| 13. McCall's Magazine (including translations) | 37% |
| 14. Everybody's Magazine (including translations) | 31% |
| 15. Romance | 26% |
| 16. Metropolitan | 26% |
| 17. Collier's Weekly | 25% |
| 18. Cosmopolitan | 23% |
| 19. Hearst's Magazine (including translations) | 22% |
| 20. Munsey's Magazine | 17% |
| 21. Red Book Magazine | 15% |
By Number of Distinctive Stories
| 1. Smart Set (including translations) | 51 |
| 2. Harper's Magazine | 43 |
| 3. Century | 36 |
| 4. Scribner's Magazine | 36 |
| 5. New York Tribune (including translations) | 31 |
| 6. Pictorial Review | 30 |
| 7. McClure's Magazine (including translations) | 24 |
| 8. Collier's Weekly | 24 |
| 9. Everybody's Magazine (including translations) | 23 |
| 10. Romance | 23 |
| 11. Metropolitan | 20 |
| 12. Dial (including translations) | 19 |
| 13. Atlantic Monthly | 18 |
| 14. Cosmopolitan | 17 |
| 15. Hearst's Magazine (including translations) | 17 |
| 16. Red Book Magazine | 17 |
| 17. Reedy's Mirror (including translations) | 16 |
| 18. McCall's Magazine (including translations) | 15 |
| 19. Munsey's Magazine | 14 |
| 20. Midland | 11 |
| 21. Pagan (including translations) | 10 |
The following periodicals have published during the same period ten or more "two-asterisk stories." The list excludes reprints, but not translations. Periodicals represented in this list during 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918 and 1919 are represented by the prefixed letters a, b, c, d, and e respectively.
| 1. | abcde | Harper's Magazine | 32 |
| 2. | bcde | Pictorial Review | 28 |
| 3. | abcde | Century | 25 |
| 4. | abcde | Smart Set (including translations) | 25 |
| 5. | abcde | Scribner's Magazine | 23 |
| 6. | | McClure's Magazine (including translations) | 16 |
| 7. | | Dial (including translations) | 15 |
| 8. | cde | Atlantic Monthly | 15 |
| 9. | be | Metropolitan | 12 |
| 10. | c | Midland | 11 |
The following periodicals have published during the same period five or more "three-asterisk stories." The list excludes reprints, but not translations. The same signs are used as prefixes as in the previous list.
| 1. | acde | Pictorial Review | 25 |
| 2. | abcde | Harper's Magazine | 15 |
| 3. | de | Smart Set (including translations) | 14 |
| 4. | | McClure's Magazine (including translations) | 13 |
| 5. | abcde | Century | 12 |
| 6. | | Dial (including translations) | 11 |
| 7. | cde | Atlantic Monthly | 11 |
| 8. | abcde | Scribner's Magazine | 10 |
| 9. | ae | Midland | 8 |
| 10. | ace | Metropolitan | 6 |
| 11. | be | Pagan (including translations) | 6 |