Journal of the African Literature Association

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SCImago
Q1
SJR
0.237
CiteScore
0.7
Years of issue
2024-2025
journal names
Journal of the African Literature Association
Publications
655
Citations
357
h-index
8
Publications
258
Citations
329
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
USA (309 publications)
Nigeria (40 publications)
South Africa (35 publications)
USA (96 publications)
South Africa (18 publications)
United Kingdom (10 publications)

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Citing journals

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Journal of the African Literature Association
43 citations, 12.04%
African Identities
14 citations, 3.92%
Journal of Commonwealth Literature
14 citations, 3.92%
Journal of African Cultural Studies
14 citations, 3.92%
Journal of Postcolonial Writing
10 citations, 2.8%
Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies
9 citations, 2.52%
Literature, Critique, and Empire Today
8 citations, 2.24%
English Studies in Africa
6 citations, 1.68%
Etudes Anglaises
5 citations, 1.4%
Journal of Literary Studies
4 citations, 1.12%
Social Dynamics
4 citations, 1.12%
Small Wars and Insurgencies
4 citations, 1.12%
Communication, Culture, and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa
4 citations, 1.12%
African Studies Review
3 citations, 0.84%
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde
3 citations, 0.84%
Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry
2 citations, 0.56%
Safundi
2 citations, 0.56%
NORMA
2 citations, 0.56%
Agenda
2 citations, 0.56%
Journal of Asian and African Studies
2 citations, 0.56%
Short Film Studies
2 citations, 0.56%
English Studies
2 citations, 0.56%
Scrutiny2
2 citations, 0.56%
Atlantic Studies : Global Currents
2 citations, 0.56%
Green Letters
2 citations, 0.56%
Nations and Nationalism
2 citations, 0.56%
Senses and Society
2 citations, 0.56%
African Studies
2 citations, 0.56%
Peace Review
2 citations, 0.56%
Novel: A Forum on Fiction
2 citations, 0.56%
Interventions
2 citations, 0.56%
International Research in Children's Literature
2 citations, 0.56%
Open Cultural Studies
2 citations, 0.56%
Critical Arts
2 citations, 0.56%
Critical African Studies
2 citations, 0.56%
Third World Quarterly
2 citations, 0.56%
Current Writing
2 citations, 0.56%
Journal of World Literature
2 citations, 0.56%
Meridians
2 citations, 0.56%
Handbook of African Philosophy
2 citations, 0.56%
India’s Africa Policy
2 citations, 0.56%
Imbizo
2 citations, 0.56%
Studies in Mobilities, Literature, and Culture
2 citations, 0.56%
Journal of International Migration and Integration
1 citation, 0.28%
Black Camera
1 citation, 0.28%
European Review
1 citation, 0.28%
Archives of Sexual Behavior
1 citation, 0.28%
MELUS
1 citation, 0.28%
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies
1 citation, 0.28%
Du Bois Review
1 citation, 0.28%
Anglia
1 citation, 0.28%
Frontiers in Psychology
1 citation, 0.28%
Social Movement Studies
1 citation, 0.28%
English Academy Review
1 citation, 0.28%
Journal of African Media Studies
1 citation, 0.28%
Studies in Philosophy and Education
1 citation, 0.28%
American Speech
1 citation, 0.28%
Journal of Homosexuality
1 citation, 0.28%
Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
1 citation, 0.28%
Comparative Literature
1 citation, 0.28%
Wasafiri
1 citation, 0.28%
Translation Review
1 citation, 0.28%
Transforming Anthropology
1 citation, 0.28%
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy
1 citation, 0.28%
Minnesota Review
1 citation, 0.28%
Religions
1 citation, 0.28%
Journal of Popular Music Studies
1 citation, 0.28%
Anthropology and Humanism
1 citation, 0.28%
Science, Technology and Society
1 citation, 0.28%
Africa Spectrum
1 citation, 0.28%
Journal of Historical Sociology
1 citation, 0.28%
Journal of Borderlands Studies
1 citation, 0.28%
HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory
1 citation, 0.28%
Anthropocene Review
1 citation, 0.28%
Angelaki - Journal of the Theoretical Humanities
1 citation, 0.28%
English Text Construction
1 citation, 0.28%
Urban Forum
1 citation, 0.28%
Canadian Journal of African Studies
1 citation, 0.28%
Journal of Contemporary African Studies
1 citation, 0.28%
History Compass
1 citation, 0.28%
Journal of Religion in Africa
1 citation, 0.28%
Social Work Education
1 citation, 0.28%
South African Journal of African Languages
1 citation, 0.28%
Feminist Legal Studies
1 citation, 0.28%
Conflict, Security and Development
1 citation, 0.28%
Ethnicities
1 citation, 0.28%
Sexuality and Culture
1 citation, 0.28%
ANQ - Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews
1 citation, 0.28%
Research in African Literatures
1 citation, 0.28%
Verbum et Ecclesia
1 citation, 0.28%
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
1 citation, 0.28%
South African Historical Journal
1 citation, 0.28%
Journal of Moral Education
1 citation, 0.28%
Identities
1 citation, 0.28%
African Diaspora
1 citation, 0.28%
Journal of North African Studies
1 citation, 0.28%
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
1 citation, 0.28%
Social Inclusion
1 citation, 0.28%
Journal of African Cinemas
1 citation, 0.28%
Historical Materialism
1 citation, 0.28%
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Citing publishers

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Taylor & Francis
158 citations, 44.26%
SAGE
32 citations, 8.96%
Springer Nature
31 citations, 8.68%
Duke University Press
22 citations, 6.16%
AOSIS
15 citations, 4.2%
Oxford University Press
9 citations, 2.52%
Cambridge University Press
8 citations, 2.24%
Brill
8 citations, 2.24%
Wiley
7 citations, 1.96%
Unisa Press
4 citations, 1.12%
CAIRN
4 citations, 1.12%
Intellect
4 citations, 1.12%
Walter de Gruyter
3 citations, 0.84%
Elsevier
2 citations, 0.56%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
2 citations, 0.56%
Edinburgh University Press
2 citations, 0.56%
MDPI
2 citations, 0.56%
Indiana University Press
2 citations, 0.56%
African Journals online
2 citations, 0.56%
Liverpool University Press
1 citation, 0.28%
Frontiers Media S.A.
1 citation, 0.28%
University of Chicago Press
1 citation, 0.28%
University of Warsaw
1 citation, 0.28%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
1 citation, 0.28%
1 citation, 0.28%
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
1 citation, 0.28%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
1 citation, 0.28%
Project MUSE
1 citation, 0.28%
Academy of Science of South Africa
1 citation, 0.28%
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski - Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego
1 citation, 0.28%
IGI Global
1 citation, 0.28%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
1 citation, 0.28%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
1 citation, 0.28%
RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Arastirmalari Dergisi
1 citation, 0.28%
Apex Publishing
1 citation, 0.28%
Cogitatio
1 citation, 0.28%
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University of Wisconsin–Madison
24 publications, 3.66%
Cornell University
10 publications, 1.53%
University of the Witwatersrand
10 publications, 1.53%
Ohio State University
10 publications, 1.53%
Pennsylvania State University
9 publications, 1.37%
Stellenbosch University
8 publications, 1.22%
University of Texas at Austin
8 publications, 1.22%
University of Ghana
8 publications, 1.22%
North Carolina State University
7 publications, 1.07%
West Virginia University
7 publications, 1.07%
University of California, Davis
6 publications, 0.92%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
5 publications, 0.76%
New York University
5 publications, 0.76%
University of Arizona
5 publications, 0.76%
Ohio University
5 publications, 0.76%
Western Michigan University
5 publications, 0.76%
University of Kansas
5 publications, 0.76%
University of Bayreuth
4 publications, 0.61%
Michigan State University
4 publications, 0.61%
Cairo University
4 publications, 0.61%
Princeton University
4 publications, 0.61%
University of Lagos
4 publications, 0.61%
University of Port Harcourt
4 publications, 0.61%
Obafemi Awolowo University
4 publications, 0.61%
University of Cape Coast
4 publications, 0.61%
Hamburg University
4 publications, 0.61%
Emory University
4 publications, 0.61%
University of Rochester
4 publications, 0.61%
Indiana University Bloomington
4 publications, 0.61%
Binghamton University
4 publications, 0.61%
University of Connecticut
4 publications, 0.61%
University of Malawi
4 publications, 0.61%
El Colegio de México
4 publications, 0.61%
Abia State University
4 publications, 0.61%
Ghent University
3 publications, 0.46%
University of Cape Town
3 publications, 0.46%
Rhodes University
3 publications, 0.46%
University of Ibadan
3 publications, 0.46%
Case Western Reserve University
3 publications, 0.46%
University of California, Los Angeles
3 publications, 0.46%
University of Bristol
3 publications, 0.46%
Western Illinois University
3 publications, 0.46%
Central Michigan University
3 publications, 0.46%
University of Minnesota Duluth
3 publications, 0.46%
Brown University
3 publications, 0.46%
University of Guelph
3 publications, 0.46%
Indiana University Northwest
3 publications, 0.46%
University of Tennessee
3 publications, 0.46%
Wesleyan University
3 publications, 0.46%
Hofstra University
3 publications, 0.46%
University of Virginia
3 publications, 0.46%
Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny
3 publications, 0.46%
University of Cambridge
2 publications, 0.31%
Yale University
2 publications, 0.31%
University of Pretoria
2 publications, 0.31%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
2 publications, 0.31%
University of Johannesburg
2 publications, 0.31%
Georgetown University
2 publications, 0.31%
University of the Free State
2 publications, 0.31%
University of Nigeria
2 publications, 0.31%
Bayero University, Kano
2 publications, 0.31%
University of Dar es Salaam
2 publications, 0.31%
Illinois State University
2 publications, 0.31%
Chicago State University
2 publications, 0.31%
University of California, Irvine
2 publications, 0.31%
Loyola University New Orleans
2 publications, 0.31%
University of Michigan
2 publications, 0.31%
University of Bremen
2 publications, 0.31%
University of Leeds
2 publications, 0.31%
University of Vienna
2 publications, 0.31%
University of Maryland, College Park
2 publications, 0.31%
University of Pennsylvania
2 publications, 0.31%
York University
2 publications, 0.31%
University of Alberta
2 publications, 0.31%
University of Ottawa
2 publications, 0.31%
University of Miami
2 publications, 0.31%
Louisiana State University
2 publications, 0.31%
North Carolina Central University
2 publications, 0.31%
Miami University
2 publications, 0.31%
Texas A&M University
2 publications, 0.31%
Brigham Young University
2 publications, 0.31%
University of Alabama
2 publications, 0.31%
South Eastern Kenya University
2 publications, 0.31%
Midlands State University
2 publications, 0.31%
University of Yaoundé I
2 publications, 0.31%
School of Oriental and African Studies
2 publications, 0.31%
University of Upper Alsace
2 publications, 0.31%
Saint Louis University
2 publications, 0.31%
Kennesaw State University
2 publications, 0.31%
University of Iowa
2 publications, 0.31%
University of Vermont
2 publications, 0.31%
University of Pittsburgh
2 publications, 0.31%
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University
2 publications, 0.31%
Al Ain University
1 publication, 0.15%
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
1 publication, 0.15%
Peking University
1 publication, 0.15%
University Putra Malaysia
1 publication, 0.15%
University of Geneva
1 publication, 0.15%
University of Warwick
1 publication, 0.15%
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
1 publication, 0.15%
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Cornell University
7 publications, 2.71%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
6 publications, 2.33%
University of the Witwatersrand
5 publications, 1.94%
University of Ghana
5 publications, 1.94%
Cairo University
4 publications, 1.55%
Stellenbosch University
4 publications, 1.55%
University of California, Davis
4 publications, 1.55%
Hamburg University
4 publications, 1.55%
Ghent University
3 publications, 1.16%
Pennsylvania State University
3 publications, 1.16%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
3 publications, 1.16%
University of California, Los Angeles
3 publications, 1.16%
University of Guelph
3 publications, 1.16%
Binghamton University
3 publications, 1.16%
University of Cape Town
2 publications, 0.78%
Rhodes University
2 publications, 0.78%
Princeton University
2 publications, 0.78%
University of Ibadan
2 publications, 0.78%
University of Port Harcourt
2 publications, 0.78%
Bayero University, Kano
2 publications, 0.78%
North Carolina State University
2 publications, 0.78%
University of Dar es Salaam
2 publications, 0.78%
Ohio State University
2 publications, 0.78%
University of Arizona
2 publications, 0.78%
University of Cape Coast
2 publications, 0.78%
University of Bristol
2 publications, 0.78%
University of Bremen
2 publications, 0.78%
University of Leeds
2 publications, 0.78%
University of Miami
2 publications, 0.78%
University of Connecticut
2 publications, 0.78%
Midlands State University
2 publications, 0.78%
Peking University
1 publication, 0.39%
University of Bayreuth
1 publication, 0.39%
University of Geneva
1 publication, 0.39%
University of Warwick
1 publication, 0.39%
University of Cambridge
1 publication, 0.39%
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
1 publication, 0.39%
Manchester Metropolitan University
1 publication, 0.39%
Florida State University
1 publication, 0.39%
Drexel University
1 publication, 0.39%
Michigan State University
1 publication, 0.39%
University of Birmingham
1 publication, 0.39%
Yale University
1 publication, 0.39%
Macquarie University
1 publication, 0.39%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
1 publication, 0.39%
University of Johannesburg
1 publication, 0.39%
North-West University
1 publication, 0.39%
Georgetown University
1 publication, 0.39%
University of the Free State
1 publication, 0.39%
University of Venda
1 publication, 0.39%
University of Nigeria
1 publication, 0.39%
University of Abuja
1 publication, 0.39%
Federal University Oye Ekiti
1 publication, 0.39%
Adekunle Ajasin University
1 publication, 0.39%
American University
1 publication, 0.39%
Washington University in St. Louis
1 publication, 0.39%
Obafemi Awolowo University
1 publication, 0.39%
Pan-Atlantic University
1 publication, 0.39%
Northwestern University
1 publication, 0.39%
West Virginia University
1 publication, 0.39%
Syracuse University
1 publication, 0.39%
New York University
1 publication, 0.39%
University of California, San Diego
1 publication, 0.39%
University of California, Irvine
1 publication, 0.39%
Newcastle University
1 publication, 0.39%
Southern Methodist University
1 publication, 0.39%
University of Texas at Austin
1 publication, 0.39%
Western Michigan University
1 publication, 0.39%
University of Michigan
1 publication, 0.39%
Marquette University
1 publication, 0.39%
Universidad de Sevilla
1 publication, 0.39%
University of British Columbia
1 publication, 0.39%
Niger Delta University
1 publication, 0.39%
Dartmouth College
1 publication, 0.39%
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
1 publication, 0.39%
University of Vienna
1 publication, 0.39%
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
1 publication, 0.39%
Emory University
1 publication, 0.39%
University of Salamanca
1 publication, 0.39%
Ain Shams University
1 publication, 0.39%
Arcadia University
1 publication, 0.39%
Duquesne University
1 publication, 0.39%
University of Pennsylvania
1 publication, 0.39%
York University
1 publication, 0.39%
Mount Royal University
1 publication, 0.39%
University of Calgary
1 publication, 0.39%
University of Alberta
1 publication, 0.39%
University of Manitoba
1 publication, 0.39%
University of Ottawa
1 publication, 0.39%
Institución Milá y Fontanals de Investigación en Humanidades
1 publication, 0.39%
University of Burgos
1 publication, 0.39%
Indiana University Northwest
1 publication, 0.39%
Texas Tech University
1 publication, 0.39%
University of Utah
1 publication, 0.39%
University of Alabama
1 publication, 0.39%
William & Mary
1 publication, 0.39%
Wesleyan University
1 publication, 0.39%
Ibn Zohr University
1 publication, 0.39%
University of York
1 publication, 0.39%
University of Regina
1 publication, 0.39%
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USA, 309, 47.18%
USA
309 publications, 47.18%
Nigeria, 40, 6.11%
Nigeria
40 publications, 6.11%
South Africa, 35, 5.34%
South Africa
35 publications, 5.34%
Canada, 19, 2.9%
Canada
19 publications, 2.9%
United Kingdom, 16, 2.44%
United Kingdom
16 publications, 2.44%
Germany, 12, 1.83%
Germany
12 publications, 1.83%
Ghana, 10, 1.53%
Ghana
10 publications, 1.53%
France, 6, 0.92%
France
6 publications, 0.92%
Zimbabwe, 6, 0.92%
Zimbabwe
6 publications, 0.92%
Egypt, 5, 0.76%
Egypt
5 publications, 0.76%
Cameroon, 5, 0.76%
Cameroon
5 publications, 0.76%
Kenya, 5, 0.76%
Kenya
5 publications, 0.76%
CĂ´te d'Ivoire, 5, 0.76%
CĂ´te d'Ivoire
5 publications, 0.76%
Malawi, 4, 0.61%
Malawi
4 publications, 0.61%
Mexico, 4, 0.61%
Mexico
4 publications, 0.61%
Australia, 3, 0.46%
Australia
3 publications, 0.46%
Belgium, 3, 0.46%
Belgium
3 publications, 0.46%
Tanzania, 3, 0.46%
Tanzania
3 publications, 0.46%
China, 2, 0.31%
China
2 publications, 0.31%
Botswana, 2, 0.31%
Botswana
2 publications, 0.31%
India, 2, 0.31%
India
2 publications, 0.31%
Spain, 2, 0.31%
Spain
2 publications, 0.31%
Portugal, 1, 0.15%
Portugal
1 publication, 0.15%
Austria, 1, 0.15%
Austria
1 publication, 0.15%
Barbados, 1, 0.15%
Barbados
1 publication, 0.15%
Brazil, 1, 0.15%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.15%
Greece, 1, 0.15%
Greece
1 publication, 0.15%
Lebanon, 1, 0.15%
Lebanon
1 publication, 0.15%
Malaysia, 1, 0.15%
Malaysia
1 publication, 0.15%
Morocco, 1, 0.15%
Morocco
1 publication, 0.15%
Netherlands, 1, 0.15%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.15%
Norway, 1, 0.15%
Norway
1 publication, 0.15%
UAE, 1, 0.15%
UAE
1 publication, 0.15%
Senegal, 1, 0.15%
Senegal
1 publication, 0.15%
Thailand, 1, 0.15%
Thailand
1 publication, 0.15%
Tunisia, 1, 0.15%
Tunisia
1 publication, 0.15%
Sweden, 1, 0.15%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.15%
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USA, 96, 37.21%
USA
96 publications, 37.21%
South Africa, 18, 6.98%
South Africa
18 publications, 6.98%
United Kingdom, 10, 3.88%
United Kingdom
10 publications, 3.88%
Canada, 10, 3.88%
Canada
10 publications, 3.88%
Nigeria, 10, 3.88%
Nigeria
10 publications, 3.88%
Germany, 5, 1.94%
Germany
5 publications, 1.94%
Ghana, 5, 1.94%
Ghana
5 publications, 1.94%
Egypt, 5, 1.94%
Egypt
5 publications, 1.94%
Belgium, 3, 1.16%
Belgium
3 publications, 1.16%
Zimbabwe, 3, 1.16%
Zimbabwe
3 publications, 1.16%
Tanzania, 3, 1.16%
Tanzania
3 publications, 1.16%
Kenya, 2, 0.78%
Kenya
2 publications, 0.78%
China, 1, 0.39%
China
1 publication, 0.39%
Australia, 1, 0.39%
Australia
1 publication, 0.39%
Botswana, 1, 0.39%
Botswana
1 publication, 0.39%
Brazil, 1, 0.39%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.39%
Spain, 1, 0.39%
Spain
1 publication, 0.39%
Cameroon, 1, 0.39%
Cameroon
1 publication, 0.39%
CĂ´te d'Ivoire, 1, 0.39%
CĂ´te d'Ivoire
1 publication, 0.39%
Lebanon, 1, 0.39%
Lebanon
1 publication, 0.39%
Malawi, 1, 0.39%
Malawi
1 publication, 0.39%
Morocco, 1, 0.39%
Morocco
1 publication, 0.39%
Mexico, 1, 0.39%
Mexico
1 publication, 0.39%
Norway, 1, 0.39%
Norway
1 publication, 0.39%
Senegal, 1, 0.39%
Senegal
1 publication, 0.39%
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