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Literator

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SCImago
Q1
Impact factor
0.4
SJR
0.293
CiteScore
0.8
Categories
Literature and Literary Theory
Linguistics and Language
Areas
Arts and Humanities
Social Sciences
Years of issue
2014-2025
journal names
Literator
Publications
1 458
Citations
798
h-index
10
Publications
138
Citations
388
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
North-West University
North-West University (181 publications)
University of South Africa
University of South Africa (74 publications)
University of Johannesburg
University of Johannesburg (65 publications)
North-West University
North-West University (18 publications)
Top-3 countries
South Africa (682 publications)
Greece (25 publications)
Italy (23 publications)
South Africa (55 publications)
Greece (1 publication)
Zimbabwe (1 publication)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Literator
72 citations, 9.02%
Journal of Literary Studies
49 citations, 6.14%
South African Journal of African Languages
40 citations, 5.01%
Journal of Commonwealth Literature
22 citations, 2.76%
Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
18 citations, 2.26%
Educational Linguistics
16 citations, 2.01%
Current Writing
15 citations, 1.88%
Language Matters
13 citations, 1.63%
Scrutiny2
9 citations, 1.13%
English Studies in Africa
9 citations, 1.13%
English Academy Review
7 citations, 0.88%
Cogent Arts and Humanities
7 citations, 0.88%
Imbizo
7 citations, 0.88%
Critique - Studies in Contemporary Fiction
6 citations, 0.75%
Reading and Writing (South Africa)
6 citations, 0.75%
Safundi
5 citations, 0.63%
African Identities
5 citations, 0.63%
Etnografica
4 citations, 0.5%
Sociolinguistic Studies
4 citations, 0.5%
Dutch Crossing
4 citations, 0.5%
Critical Arts
4 citations, 0.5%
South African Theatre Journal
4 citations, 0.5%
International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478)
4 citations, 0.5%
Southern African Journal for Folklore Studies
4 citations, 0.5%
Semiotica
3 citations, 0.38%
Information (Switzerland)
3 citations, 0.38%
Language Resources and Evaluation
3 citations, 0.38%
SAGE Open
3 citations, 0.38%
Journal of Postcolonial Writing
3 citations, 0.38%
Communicatio
3 citations, 0.38%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
2 citations, 0.25%
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies
2 citations, 0.25%
Language and Literature
2 citations, 0.25%
South African Journal of Childhood Education
2 citations, 0.25%
Education Sciences
2 citations, 0.25%
Journal de la Societe des Americanistes
2 citations, 0.25%
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde
2 citations, 0.25%
Religions
2 citations, 0.25%
Perspectives: Studies in Translatology
2 citations, 0.25%
South African Journal of Psychology
2 citations, 0.25%
Poetics Today
2 citations, 0.25%
Children's Literature in Education
2 citations, 0.25%
English Text Construction
2 citations, 0.25%
Language Learning Journal
2 citations, 0.25%
Education and Information Technologies
2 citations, 0.25%
African Studies
2 citations, 0.25%
Interventions
2 citations, 0.25%
Verbum et Ecclesia
2 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Black Studies
2 citations, 0.25%
Muziki
2 citations, 0.25%
South African Historical Journal
2 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Southern African Studies
2 citations, 0.25%
Africa Education Review
2 citations, 0.25%
SSRN Electronic Journal
2 citations, 0.25%
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
2 citations, 0.25%
Journal of the African Literature Association
2 citations, 0.25%
Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies
2 citations, 0.25%
SA Journal of Information Management
2 citations, 0.25%
Transformation in Higher Education
2 citations, 0.25%
ReS Futurae
2 citations, 0.25%
Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2 citations, 0.25%
Brésil(s)
2 citations, 0.25%
Anuário Antropológico
2 citations, 0.25%
Enhancing Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research with Technology
2 citations, 0.25%
Functional Categories in Three Atlantic Creoles
2 citations, 0.25%
Optimizing Online English Language Learning and Teaching
2 citations, 0.25%
Nomina Africana Journal of African Onomastics
2 citations, 0.25%
Quarterly Review of Film and Video
1 citation, 0.13%
Film International
1 citation, 0.13%
Journal of Design, Business and Society
1 citation, 0.13%
Revista brasileira de enfermagem
1 citation, 0.13%
International Journal of Cultural Studies
1 citation, 0.13%
The South African journal of communication disorders. Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings
1 citation, 0.13%
Prose Studies
1 citation, 0.13%
Itinerario
1 citation, 0.13%
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
1 citation, 0.13%
Sexualities
1 citation, 0.13%
Law and Humanities
1 citation, 0.13%
Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica
1 citation, 0.13%
Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa
1 citation, 0.13%
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
1 citation, 0.13%
European Journal of English Studies
1 citation, 0.13%
African Studies Review
1 citation, 0.13%
Gender Studies
1 citation, 0.13%
International Journal of Management Education
1 citation, 0.13%
Translation and Interpreting Studies
1 citation, 0.13%
Environmental Education Research
1 citation, 0.13%
Palgrave Communications
1 citation, 0.13%
Language Policy
1 citation, 0.13%
LIT Literature Interpretation Theory
1 citation, 0.13%
Journal of Germanic Linguistics
1 citation, 0.13%
Translation Spaces(Netherland)
1 citation, 0.13%
Linguistics Vanguard
1 citation, 0.13%
Computer Speech and Language
1 citation, 0.13%
Interdisciplinary Science Reviews
1 citation, 0.13%
Social Enterprise Journal
1 citation, 0.13%
Wasafiri
1 citation, 0.13%
Language Learning
1 citation, 0.13%
Western Journal of Communication
1 citation, 0.13%
International Journal of Cultural Property
1 citation, 0.13%
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Taylor & Francis
235 citations, 29.45%
AOSIS
96 citations, 12.03%
SAGE
37 citations, 4.64%
Springer Nature
36 citations, 4.51%
Cambridge University Press
30 citations, 3.76%
Walter de Gruyter
24 citations, 3.01%
Unisa Press
24 citations, 3.01%
Oxford University Press
14 citations, 1.75%
IGI Global
13 citations, 1.63%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
12 citations, 1.5%
Wiley
10 citations, 1.25%
MDPI
9 citations, 1.13%
OpenEdition
9 citations, 1.13%
National Inquiry Services Center (NISC)
8 citations, 1%
Elsevier
5 citations, 0.63%
4 citations, 0.5%
Equinox Publishing
4 citations, 0.5%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
4 citations, 0.5%
Edinburgh University Press
3 citations, 0.38%
Duke University Press
3 citations, 0.38%
MIT Press
2 citations, 0.25%
Societe des Americanistes
2 citations, 0.25%
African Journals online
2 citations, 0.25%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
2 citations, 0.25%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
2 citations, 0.25%
Intellect
2 citations, 0.25%
Emerald
1 citation, 0.13%
EDP Sciences
1 citation, 0.13%
Liverpool University Press
1 citation, 0.13%
Brill
1 citation, 0.13%
Frontiers Media S.A.
1 citation, 0.13%
Associacao Brasileira de Enfermagem
1 citation, 0.13%
University of Illinois Press
1 citation, 0.13%
1 citation, 0.13%
1 citation, 0.13%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
1 citation, 0.13%
IOP Publishing
1 citation, 0.13%
Kemerovo State University
1 citation, 0.13%
1 citation, 0.13%
Journal of Ayn Rand Studies Foundation
1 citation, 0.13%
Hindawi Limited
1 citation, 0.13%
PERSEE Program
1 citation, 0.13%
Infra-M Academic Publishing House
1 citation, 0.13%
Tambov State University - G.R. Derzhavin
1 citation, 0.13%
Ubiquity Press
1 citation, 0.13%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
1 citation, 0.13%
F1000 Research
1 citation, 0.13%
Academy Publication
1 citation, 0.13%
Berghahn Books
1 citation, 0.13%
Research Square Platform LLC
1 citation, 0.13%
Hacettepe Universitesi Edebiyat Fakultesi Dergisi
1 citation, 0.13%
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Publishing organizations

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North-West University
181 publications, 12.41%
University of South Africa
74 publications, 5.08%
University of Johannesburg
65 publications, 4.46%
Stellenbosch University
39 publications, 2.67%
University of Pretoria
37 publications, 2.54%
University of the Free State
29 publications, 1.99%
University of Zululand
25 publications, 1.71%
University of the Witwatersrand
21 publications, 1.44%
University of Cape Town
15 publications, 1.03%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
15 publications, 1.03%
University of Fort Hare
14 publications, 0.96%
Tshwane University of Technology
12 publications, 0.82%
University of the Western Cape
8 publications, 0.55%
University of Limpopo
8 publications, 0.55%
University of Antwerp
6 publications, 0.41%
Radboud University Nijmegen
5 publications, 0.34%
Rhodes University
5 publications, 0.34%
Utrecht University
4 publications, 0.27%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
3 publications, 0.21%
Leiden University
3 publications, 0.21%
Ghent University
2 publications, 0.14%
Durban University of Technology
2 publications, 0.14%
University of Venda
2 publications, 0.14%
Nelson Mandela University
2 publications, 0.14%
University of Amsterdam
2 publications, 0.14%
Midlands State University
2 publications, 0.14%
Great Zimbabwe University
2 publications, 0.14%
Al-Balqa Applied University
1 publication, 0.07%
East China Normal University
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Auckland
1 publication, 0.07%
Stanford University
1 publication, 0.07%
National Research Foundation
1 publication, 0.07%
Princeton University
1 publication, 0.07%
Central University of Technology Free State
1 publication, 0.07%
Vaal University of Technology
1 publication, 0.07%
Ohio State University
1 publication, 0.07%
Kosin University
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Botswana
1 publication, 0.07%
University of British Columbia
1 publication, 0.07%
Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn
1 publication, 0.07%
Hamburg University
1 publication, 0.07%
Tilburg University
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Rostock
1 publication, 0.07%
Paderborn University
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Klagenfurt
1 publication, 0.07%
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Memphis
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Zimbabwe
1 publication, 0.07%
Mzuzu University
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Malawi
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Namibia
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Rzeszów
1 publication, 0.07%
Masaryk University
1 publication, 0.07%
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Publishing organizations in 5 years

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North-West University
18 publications, 13.04%
Tshwane University of Technology
10 publications, 7.25%
University of the Witwatersrand
5 publications, 3.62%
University of Fort Hare
5 publications, 3.62%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
4 publications, 2.9%
University of South Africa
4 publications, 2.9%
University of Zululand
4 publications, 2.9%
University of the Free State
3 publications, 2.17%
Durban University of Technology
2 publications, 1.45%
University of Limpopo
2 publications, 1.45%
Al-Balqa Applied University
1 publication, 0.72%
University of Cape Town
1 publication, 0.72%
Stellenbosch University
1 publication, 0.72%
University of Pretoria
1 publication, 0.72%
University of Johannesburg
1 publication, 0.72%
Leiden University
1 publication, 0.72%
Great Zimbabwe University
1 publication, 0.72%
University of Rzeszów
1 publication, 0.72%
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South Africa, 682, 46.78%
South Africa
682 publications, 46.78%
Greece, 25, 1.71%
Greece
25 publications, 1.71%
Italy, 23, 1.58%
Italy
23 publications, 1.58%
Netherlands, 18, 1.23%
Netherlands
18 publications, 1.23%
Belgium, 12, 0.82%
Belgium
12 publications, 0.82%
USA, 9, 0.62%
USA
9 publications, 0.62%
Germany, 6, 0.41%
Germany
6 publications, 0.41%
Iraq, 6, 0.41%
Iraq
6 publications, 0.41%
Brazil, 5, 0.34%
Brazil
5 publications, 0.34%
Namibia, 5, 0.34%
Namibia
5 publications, 0.34%
Poland, 3, 0.21%
Poland
3 publications, 0.21%
Zimbabwe, 2, 0.14%
Zimbabwe
2 publications, 0.14%
Malawi, 2, 0.14%
Malawi
2 publications, 0.14%
New Zealand, 2, 0.14%
New Zealand
2 publications, 0.14%
China, 1, 0.07%
China
1 publication, 0.07%
Austria, 1, 0.07%
Austria
1 publication, 0.07%
Botswana, 1, 0.07%
Botswana
1 publication, 0.07%
United Kingdom, 1, 0.07%
United Kingdom
1 publication, 0.07%
Jordan, 1, 0.07%
Jordan
1 publication, 0.07%
Canada, 1, 0.07%
Canada
1 publication, 0.07%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.07%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.07%
Thailand, 1, 0.07%
Thailand
1 publication, 0.07%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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South Africa, 55, 39.86%
South Africa
55 publications, 39.86%
Greece, 1, 0.72%
Greece
1 publication, 0.72%
Zimbabwe, 1, 0.72%
Zimbabwe
1 publication, 0.72%
Jordan, 1, 0.72%
Jordan
1 publication, 0.72%
Iraq, 1, 0.72%
Iraq
1 publication, 0.72%
Netherlands, 1, 0.72%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.72%
Poland, 1, 0.72%
Poland
1 publication, 0.72%
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