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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
1 466
Citations
849
h-index
10
Publications
146
Citations
424
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
North-West University
North-West University (185 publications)
University of South Africa
University of South Africa (76 publications)
University of Johannesburg
University of Johannesburg (66 publications)
North-West University
North-West University (21 publications)
Top-3 countries
South Africa (687 publications)
Greece (26 publications)
Italy (23 publications)
South Africa (56 publications)
Greece (2 publications)
Zimbabwe (1 publication)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Literator
75 citations, 8.83%
Journal of Literary Studies
50 citations, 5.89%
South African Journal of African Languages
42 citations, 4.95%
Journal of Commonwealth Literature
22 citations, 2.59%
Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
19 citations, 2.24%
Educational Linguistics
16 citations, 1.88%
Current Writing
15 citations, 1.77%
Language Matters
14 citations, 1.65%
English Studies in Africa
10 citations, 1.18%
Scrutiny2
9 citations, 1.06%
Imbizo
8 citations, 0.94%
English Academy Review
7 citations, 0.82%
African Identities
7 citations, 0.82%
Cogent Arts and Humanities
7 citations, 0.82%
Critique - Studies in Contemporary Fiction
6 citations, 0.71%
Reading and Writing (South Africa)
6 citations, 0.71%
Safundi
5 citations, 0.59%
International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478)
5 citations, 0.59%
Southern African Journal for Folklore Studies
5 citations, 0.59%
Etnografica
4 citations, 0.47%
Sociolinguistic Studies
4 citations, 0.47%
SAGE Open
4 citations, 0.47%
Dutch Crossing
4 citations, 0.47%
Critical Arts
4 citations, 0.47%
South African Theatre Journal
4 citations, 0.47%
Semiotica
3 citations, 0.35%
Information (Switzerland)
3 citations, 0.35%
Language Resources and Evaluation
3 citations, 0.35%
Verbum et Ecclesia
3 citations, 0.35%
Journal of Postcolonial Writing
3 citations, 0.35%
Communicatio
3 citations, 0.35%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
2 citations, 0.24%
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies
2 citations, 0.24%
Language and Literature
2 citations, 0.24%
South African Journal of Childhood Education
2 citations, 0.24%
Education Sciences
2 citations, 0.24%
Continuum
2 citations, 0.24%
Journal de la Societe des Americanistes
2 citations, 0.24%
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde
2 citations, 0.24%
Religions
2 citations, 0.24%
Perspectives: Studies in Translatology
2 citations, 0.24%
South African Journal of Psychology
2 citations, 0.24%
Poetics Today
2 citations, 0.24%
Children's Literature in Education
2 citations, 0.24%
English Text Construction
2 citations, 0.24%
Language Learning Journal
2 citations, 0.24%
Education and Information Technologies
2 citations, 0.24%
African Studies
2 citations, 0.24%
Interventions
2 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Black Studies
2 citations, 0.24%
Muziki
2 citations, 0.24%
South African Historical Journal
2 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Southern African Studies
2 citations, 0.24%
Africa Education Review
2 citations, 0.24%
SSRN Electronic Journal
2 citations, 0.24%
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
2 citations, 0.24%
Journal of the African Literature Association
2 citations, 0.24%
Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies
2 citations, 0.24%
SA Journal of Information Management
2 citations, 0.24%
Transformation in Higher Education
2 citations, 0.24%
ReS Futurae
2 citations, 0.24%
Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2 citations, 0.24%
Brésil(s)
2 citations, 0.24%
Anuário Antropológico
2 citations, 0.24%
Enhancing Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research with Technology
2 citations, 0.24%
Functional Categories in Three Atlantic Creoles
2 citations, 0.24%
African Histories and Modernities
2 citations, 0.24%
Optimizing Online English Language Learning and Teaching
2 citations, 0.24%
Nomina Africana Journal of African Onomastics
2 citations, 0.24%
Quarterly Review of Film and Video
1 citation, 0.12%
Film International
1 citation, 0.12%
Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
1 citation, 0.12%
Journal of Design, Business and Society
1 citation, 0.12%
Revista brasileira de enfermagem
1 citation, 0.12%
International Journal of Cultural Studies
1 citation, 0.12%
The South African journal of communication disorders. Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings
1 citation, 0.12%
Prose Studies
1 citation, 0.12%
Itinerario
1 citation, 0.12%
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
1 citation, 0.12%
Sexualities
1 citation, 0.12%
Law and Humanities
1 citation, 0.12%
Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica
1 citation, 0.12%
Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa
1 citation, 0.12%
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
1 citation, 0.12%
European Journal of English Studies
1 citation, 0.12%
African Studies Review
1 citation, 0.12%
Gender Studies
1 citation, 0.12%
International Journal of Management Education
1 citation, 0.12%
Translation and Interpreting Studies
1 citation, 0.12%
Environmental Education Research
1 citation, 0.12%
Palgrave Communications
1 citation, 0.12%
Language Policy
1 citation, 0.12%
Journalism Practice
1 citation, 0.12%
Multicultural Shakespeare
1 citation, 0.12%
LIT Literature Interpretation Theory
1 citation, 0.12%
Journal of Germanic Linguistics
1 citation, 0.12%
Translation Spaces(Netherland)
1 citation, 0.12%
Linguistics Vanguard
1 citation, 0.12%
Frontiers in Education
1 citation, 0.12%
Computer Speech and Language
1 citation, 0.12%
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Taylor & Francis
246 citations, 28.98%
AOSIS
101 citations, 11.9%
Springer Nature
41 citations, 4.83%
SAGE
40 citations, 4.71%
Cambridge University Press
30 citations, 3.53%
Walter de Gruyter
28 citations, 3.3%
Unisa Press
26 citations, 3.06%
Oxford University Press
14 citations, 1.65%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
13 citations, 1.53%
IGI Global
13 citations, 1.53%
Wiley
10 citations, 1.18%
MDPI
10 citations, 1.18%
OpenEdition
9 citations, 1.06%
National Inquiry Services Center (NISC)
8 citations, 0.94%
Elsevier
5 citations, 0.59%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
5 citations, 0.59%
4 citations, 0.47%
Equinox Publishing
4 citations, 0.47%
Edinburgh University Press
3 citations, 0.35%
Duke University Press
3 citations, 0.35%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
3 citations, 0.35%
Frontiers Media S.A.
2 citations, 0.24%
MIT Press
2 citations, 0.24%
Societe des Americanistes
2 citations, 0.24%
African Journals online
2 citations, 0.24%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
2 citations, 0.24%
PERSEE Program
2 citations, 0.24%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
2 citations, 0.24%
Intellect
2 citations, 0.24%
Emerald
1 citation, 0.12%
EDP Sciences
1 citation, 0.12%
Liverpool University Press
1 citation, 0.12%
Brill
1 citation, 0.12%
Associacao Brasileira de Enfermagem
1 citation, 0.12%
University of Illinois Press
1 citation, 0.12%
1 citation, 0.12%
1 citation, 0.12%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
1 citation, 0.12%
IOP Publishing
1 citation, 0.12%
Kemerovo State University
1 citation, 0.12%
1 citation, 0.12%
Journal of Ayn Rand Studies Foundation
1 citation, 0.12%
Hindawi Limited
1 citation, 0.12%
Infra-M Academic Publishing House
1 citation, 0.12%
Tambov State University - G.R. Derzhavin
1 citation, 0.12%
Ubiquity Press
1 citation, 0.12%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
1 citation, 0.12%
F1000 Research
1 citation, 0.12%
Ankara University - Faculty of Language and History-Geography
1 citation, 0.12%
Academy Publication
1 citation, 0.12%
Berghahn Books
1 citation, 0.12%
Research Square Platform LLC
1 citation, 0.12%
Hacettepe Universitesi Edebiyat Fakultesi Dergisi
1 citation, 0.12%
Innovative Scholars and Researchers Alliance
1 citation, 0.12%
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North-West University
185 publications, 12.62%
University of South Africa
76 publications, 5.18%
University of Johannesburg
66 publications, 4.5%
Stellenbosch University
39 publications, 2.66%
University of Pretoria
39 publications, 2.66%
University of the Free State
29 publications, 1.98%
University of Zululand
26 publications, 1.77%
University of the Witwatersrand
21 publications, 1.43%
University of Cape Town
15 publications, 1.02%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
15 publications, 1.02%
Tshwane University of Technology
14 publications, 0.95%
University of Fort Hare
14 publications, 0.95%
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, 0.2%
Leiden University
3 publications, 0.2%
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
21 publications, 14.38%
Tshwane University of Technology
12 publications, 8.22%
University of the Witwatersrand
5 publications, 3.42%
University of South Africa
5 publications, 3.42%
University of Zululand
5 publications, 3.42%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
4 publications, 2.74%
University of Fort Hare
4 publications, 2.74%
University of Pretoria
3 publications, 2.05%
University of the Free State
3 publications, 2.05%
University of Johannesburg
2 publications, 1.37%
Durban University of Technology
2 publications, 1.37%
Al-Balqa Applied University
1 publication, 0.68%
University of Cape Town
1 publication, 0.68%
Stellenbosch University
1 publication, 0.68%
University of Limpopo
1 publication, 0.68%
Leiden University
1 publication, 0.68%
Great Zimbabwe University
1 publication, 0.68%
University of Rzeszów
1 publication, 0.68%
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Publishing countries

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South Africa, 687, 46.86%
South Africa
687 publications, 46.86%
Greece, 26, 1.77%
Greece
26 publications, 1.77%
Italy, 23, 1.57%
Italy
23 publications, 1.57%
Netherlands, 18, 1.23%
Netherlands
18 publications, 1.23%
Belgium, 12, 0.82%
Belgium
12 publications, 0.82%
USA, 9, 0.61%
USA
9 publications, 0.61%
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, 0.2%
Poland
3 publications, 0.2%
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, 56, 38.36%
South Africa
56 publications, 38.36%
Greece, 2, 1.37%
Greece
2 publications, 1.37%
Zimbabwe, 1, 0.68%
Zimbabwe
1 publication, 0.68%
Jordan, 1, 0.68%
Jordan
1 publication, 0.68%
Iraq, 1, 0.68%
Iraq
1 publication, 0.68%
Netherlands, 1, 0.68%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.68%
Poland, 1, 0.68%
Poland
1 publication, 0.68%
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