English Studies in Africa

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SCImago
Q1
Impact factor
0.5
SJR
0.187
CiteScore
0.9
Categories
Literature and Literary Theory
Areas
Arts and Humanities
Years of issue
1958-2025
journal names
English Studies in Africa
ENGL STUD AFR
Publications
1 105
Citations
1 318
h-index
15
Publications
126
Citations
514
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town (20 publications)
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University (19 publications)
Rhodes University
Rhodes University (2 publications)
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University (2 publications)
Top-3 countries
South Africa (166 publications)
USA (24 publications)
United Kingdom (12 publications)
South Africa (13 publications)
Nigeria (2 publications)
United Kingdom (2 publications)
Top-1 researchers by articles count

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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English Studies in Africa
131 citations, 9.94%
Journal of Commonwealth Literature
57 citations, 4.32%
Journal of Literary Studies
56 citations, 4.25%
Current Writing
44 citations, 3.34%
Safundi
36 citations, 2.73%
Scrutiny2
30 citations, 2.28%
Social Dynamics
28 citations, 2.12%
English Academy Review
27 citations, 2.05%
Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies
26 citations, 1.97%
Journal of Postcolonial Writing
16 citations, 1.21%
Literature, Critique, and Empire Today
14 citations, 1.06%
Interventions
12 citations, 0.91%
Critique - Studies in Contemporary Fiction
11 citations, 0.83%
Literator
10 citations, 0.76%
African Studies
9 citations, 0.68%
ANQ - Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews
9 citations, 0.68%
Imbizo
9 citations, 0.68%
Studies in Mobilities, Literature, and Culture
8 citations, 0.61%
Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
7 citations, 0.53%
Comparative Literature
7 citations, 0.53%
Critical Arts
7 citations, 0.53%
Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry
6 citations, 0.46%
TESOL Quarterly
6 citations, 0.46%
South African Theatre Journal
6 citations, 0.46%
Literature Compass
5 citations, 0.38%
English Studies
5 citations, 0.38%
Twentieth Century Literature
5 citations, 0.38%
Atlantic Studies : Global Currents
5 citations, 0.38%
Language, Culture and Curriculum
5 citations, 0.38%
Cogent Arts and Humanities
4 citations, 0.3%
Research in African Literatures
4 citations, 0.3%
Journal of African Cinemas
4 citations, 0.3%
Journal of the African Literature Association
4 citations, 0.3%
Modernism in the Peripheral Metropolis
4 citations, 0.3%
European Journal of English Studies
3 citations, 0.23%
African Studies Review
3 citations, 0.23%
English in Education
3 citations, 0.23%
System
3 citations, 0.23%
African Identities
3 citations, 0.23%
Neophilologus
3 citations, 0.23%
Education as Change
3 citations, 0.23%
Journal of African Cultural Studies
3 citations, 0.23%
South African Journal of African Languages
3 citations, 0.23%
Language Matters
3 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Visual Literacy
3 citations, 0.23%
A Current Bibliography on African Affairs
3 citations, 0.23%
Werkwinkel
3 citations, 0.23%
Text and Talk
2 citations, 0.15%
International Journal of Educational Development
2 citations, 0.15%
Economic History Review
2 citations, 0.15%
Language and Education
2 citations, 0.15%
Frontiers in Psychology
2 citations, 0.15%
Nishinihon Journal of Dermatology
2 citations, 0.15%
Journal of African Media Studies
2 citations, 0.15%
LIT Literature Interpretation Theory
2 citations, 0.15%
Canadian Modern Language Review
2 citations, 0.15%
Modern and Contemporary France
2 citations, 0.15%
Crossings
2 citations, 0.15%
Race Ethnicity and Education
2 citations, 0.15%
English Language Notes
2 citations, 0.15%
Wasafiri
2 citations, 0.15%
International Journal of African Renaissance Studies
2 citations, 0.15%
Victorian Literature and Culture
2 citations, 0.15%
Journal not defined
2 citations, 0.15%
Interdisciplinary Literary Studies
2 citations, 0.15%
Medical Humanities
2 citations, 0.15%
Parallax
2 citations, 0.15%
Discourse and Society
2 citations, 0.15%
World Englishes
2 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Contemporary African Studies
2 citations, 0.15%
BMJ Global Health
2 citations, 0.15%
Classroom Discourse
2 citations, 0.15%
South African Historical Journal
2 citations, 0.15%
Orbis Litterarum
2 citations, 0.15%
Discourse
2 citations, 0.15%
Matatu
2 citations, 0.15%
Cultural Studies
2 citations, 0.15%
Social Identities
2 citations, 0.15%
Voice and Speech Review
2 citations, 0.15%
Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education
2 citations, 0.15%
South Asian Review
2 citations, 0.15%
School Leadership Effects Revisited
2 citations, 0.15%
Second International Handbook of Mathematics Education
2 citations, 0.15%
Monsoon
2 citations, 0.15%
E-rea
2 citations, 0.15%
Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2 citations, 0.15%
Itinéraires
2 citations, 0.15%
Children’s Literature, Culture, and Cognition
2 citations, 0.15%
Palgrave Studies in Life Writing
2 citations, 0.15%
Handbook of Education Systems in South Asia
2 citations, 0.15%
Irish University Review
1 citation, 0.08%
Queensland Review
1 citation, 0.08%
Computers and Composition
1 citation, 0.08%
Quarterly Review of Film and Video
1 citation, 0.08%
English Teaching
1 citation, 0.08%
Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies
1 citation, 0.08%
Applied Linguistics Review
1 citation, 0.08%
International Journal of Cultural Studies
1 citation, 0.08%
Comparative Studies in Society and History
1 citation, 0.08%
Prose Studies
1 citation, 0.08%
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Citing publishers

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Taylor & Francis
572 citations, 43.4%
SAGE
92 citations, 6.98%
Cambridge University Press
54 citations, 4.1%
Springer Nature
51 citations, 3.87%
Oxford University Press
48 citations, 3.64%
Wiley
38 citations, 2.88%
Unisa Press
29 citations, 2.2%
Duke University Press
19 citations, 1.44%
Walter de Gruyter
14 citations, 1.06%
Elsevier
11 citations, 0.83%
AOSIS
11 citations, 0.83%
OpenEdition
10 citations, 0.76%
Intellect
9 citations, 0.68%
IGI Global
8 citations, 0.61%
Indiana University Press
6 citations, 0.46%
Hofstra University Press
5 citations, 0.38%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
4 citations, 0.3%
BMJ
4 citations, 0.3%
Emerald
3 citations, 0.23%
Liverpool University Press
3 citations, 0.23%
Brill
3 citations, 0.23%
MDPI
3 citations, 0.23%
Frontiers Media S.A.
3 citations, 0.23%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
3 citations, 0.23%
The Pennsylvania State University Press
3 citations, 0.23%
National Inquiry Services Center (NISC)
3 citations, 0.23%
Kyushu University
2 citations, 0.15%
University of Colorado
2 citations, 0.15%
Edinburgh University Press
1 citation, 0.08%
EDP Sciences
1 citation, 0.08%
1 citation, 0.08%
Selcuk University
1 citation, 0.08%
University of Chicago Press
1 citation, 0.08%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1 citation, 0.08%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
1 citation, 0.08%
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
1 citation, 0.08%
1 citation, 0.08%
Open Library of Humanities
1 citation, 0.08%
Brazilian Anthropology Association
1 citation, 0.08%
Ustav svetovej literatury SAV
1 citation, 0.08%
University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies (ULICES)
1 citation, 0.08%
The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE)
1 citation, 0.08%
African Journals online
1 citation, 0.08%
Australian Reading Association
1 citation, 0.08%
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
1 citation, 0.08%
Modern Language Association of America (PMLA)
1 citation, 0.08%
Hindawi Limited
1 citation, 0.08%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
1 citation, 0.08%
American Psychological Association (APA)
1 citation, 0.08%
JSTOR
1 citation, 0.08%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
1 citation, 0.08%
SciELO
1 citation, 0.08%
Japan Society of Colour Material
1 citation, 0.08%
CAIRN
1 citation, 0.08%
Consortium Erudit
1 citation, 0.08%
IntechOpen
1 citation, 0.08%
Berghahn Books
1 citation, 0.08%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
1 citation, 0.08%
RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Arastirmalari Dergisi
1 citation, 0.08%
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University of the Witwatersrand
80 publications, 7.24%
University of Cape Town
20 publications, 1.81%
Stellenbosch University
19 publications, 1.72%
Rhodes University
13 publications, 1.18%
University of Johannesburg
8 publications, 0.72%
University of Zululand
7 publications, 0.63%
University of Pretoria
5 publications, 0.45%
University of South Africa
5 publications, 0.45%
University of the Western Cape
5 publications, 0.45%
Uppsala University
3 publications, 0.27%
University of Nigeria
3 publications, 0.27%
University of Waterloo
3 publications, 0.27%
University of Warwick
2 publications, 0.18%
University of Glasgow
2 publications, 0.18%
North-West University
2 publications, 0.18%
University of Michigan
2 publications, 0.18%
Florida International University
2 publications, 0.18%
University of Namibia
2 publications, 0.18%
Kharazmi University
1 publication, 0.09%
Duzce University
1 publication, 0.09%
Allameh Tabataba'i University
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Tübingen
1 publication, 0.09%
Namik Kemal University
1 publication, 0.09%
Istanbul Arel University
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Liège
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Lisbon
1 publication, 0.09%
Humboldt University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.09%
Free University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.09%
Mutah University
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Turku
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Eastern Finland
1 publication, 0.09%
Liverpool John Moores University
1 publication, 0.09%
King's College London
1 publication, 0.09%
Florida State University
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Southampton
1 publication, 0.09%
Cornell University
1 publication, 0.09%
Pennsylvania State University
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Queensland
1 publication, 0.09%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
1 publication, 0.09%
University of the Free State
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Venda
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Rwanda
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Lagos
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Benin
1 publication, 0.09%
Federal University Oye Ekiti
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Jos
1 publication, 0.09%
Syracuse University
1 publication, 0.09%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Ghana
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Bristol
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1 publication, 0.09%
University of St Andrews
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Macau
1 publication, 0.09%
University of British Columbia
1 publication, 0.09%
Niger Delta University
1 publication, 0.09%
Leeds Beckett University
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Leeds
1 publication, 0.09%
Fordham University
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Pennsylvania
1 publication, 0.09%
Western University
1 publication, 0.09%
Saint Mary's University
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Alberta
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Salford
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Malawi
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Eswatini
1 publication, 0.09%
School of Oriental and African Studies
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Tulsa
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Virginia
1 publication, 0.09%
Brooklyn College
1 publication, 0.09%
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University of the Witwatersrand
3 publications, 2.38%
Stellenbosch University
2 publications, 1.59%
Rhodes University
2 publications, 1.59%
Kharazmi University
1 publication, 0.79%
Duzce University
1 publication, 0.79%
Allameh Tabataba'i University
1 publication, 0.79%
Namik Kemal University
1 publication, 0.79%
University of Lisbon
1 publication, 0.79%
Uppsala University
1 publication, 0.79%
Free University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.79%
Mutah University
1 publication, 0.79%
University of Turku
1 publication, 0.79%
University of Eastern Finland
1 publication, 0.79%
University of Cape Town
1 publication, 0.79%
University of Pretoria
1 publication, 0.79%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
1 publication, 0.79%
University of Johannesburg
1 publication, 0.79%
North-West University
1 publication, 0.79%
University of the Western Cape
1 publication, 0.79%
Federal University Oye Ekiti
1 publication, 0.79%
University of Bristol
1 publication, 0.79%
Niger Delta University
1 publication, 0.79%
Western University
1 publication, 0.79%
University of Salford
1 publication, 0.79%
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Publishing countries

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South Africa, 166, 15.02%
South Africa
166 publications, 15.02%
USA, 24, 2.17%
USA
24 publications, 2.17%
United Kingdom, 12, 1.09%
United Kingdom
12 publications, 1.09%
Greece, 10, 0.9%
Greece
10 publications, 0.9%
Nigeria, 8, 0.72%
Nigeria
8 publications, 0.72%
Canada, 7, 0.63%
Canada
7 publications, 0.63%
Germany, 3, 0.27%
Germany
3 publications, 0.27%
Namibia, 3, 0.27%
Namibia
3 publications, 0.27%
Sweden, 3, 0.27%
Sweden
3 publications, 0.27%
Eswatini, 3, 0.27%
Eswatini
3 publications, 0.27%
Belgium, 2, 0.18%
Belgium
2 publications, 0.18%
Turkey, 2, 0.18%
Turkey
2 publications, 0.18%
Finland, 2, 0.18%
Finland
2 publications, 0.18%
China, 1, 0.09%
China
1 publication, 0.09%
Australia, 1, 0.09%
Australia
1 publication, 0.09%
Brazil, 1, 0.09%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.09%
Ghana, 1, 0.09%
Ghana
1 publication, 0.09%
Jordan, 1, 0.09%
Jordan
1 publication, 0.09%
Iran, 1, 0.09%
Iran
1 publication, 0.09%
Italy, 1, 0.09%
Italy
1 publication, 0.09%
Kenya, 1, 0.09%
Kenya
1 publication, 0.09%
Malawi, 1, 0.09%
Malawi
1 publication, 0.09%
Rwanda, 1, 0.09%
Rwanda
1 publication, 0.09%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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South Africa, 13, 10.32%
South Africa
13 publications, 10.32%
United Kingdom, 2, 1.59%
United Kingdom
2 publications, 1.59%
Nigeria, 2, 1.59%
Nigeria
2 publications, 1.59%
Finland, 2, 1.59%
Finland
2 publications, 1.59%
Germany, 1, 0.79%
Germany
1 publication, 0.79%
Jordan, 1, 0.79%
Jordan
1 publication, 0.79%
Iran, 1, 0.79%
Iran
1 publication, 0.79%
Canada, 1, 0.79%
Canada
1 publication, 0.79%
Kenya, 1, 0.79%
Kenya
1 publication, 0.79%
Turkey, 1, 0.79%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.79%
Sweden, 1, 0.79%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.79%
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