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Journal of Literary Studies

Taylor & Francis
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ISSN: 02564718, 17535387

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SCImago
Q2
Impact factor
0.1
SJR
0.121
CiteScore
0.7
Categories
Literature and Literary Theory
Areas
Arts and Humanities
Years of issue
1985-2025
journal names
Journal of Literary Studies
J LIT STUD
Publications
1 197
Citations
1 514
h-index
14
Publications
183
Citations
674
Top-3 citing journals
Journal of Literary Studies
Journal of Literary Studies (224 citations)
Current Writing
Current Writing (100 citations)
English Academy Review
English Academy Review (63 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of South Africa
University of South Africa (183 publications)
University of Johannesburg
University of Johannesburg (40 publications)
University of South Africa
University of South Africa (17 publications)
University of Pretoria
University of Pretoria (6 publications)
University of the Free State
University of the Free State (6 publications)
Top-3 countries
South Africa (524 publications)
USA (52 publications)
Greece (25 publications)
South Africa (54 publications)
Greece (4 publications)
Zimbabwe (3 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Journal of Literary Studies
224 citations, 14.8%
Current Writing
100 citations, 6.61%
English Academy Review
63 citations, 4.16%
Safundi
39 citations, 2.58%
Journal of Commonwealth Literature
38 citations, 2.51%
Scrutiny2
36 citations, 2.38%
English Studies in Africa
24 citations, 1.59%
African Identities
22 citations, 1.45%
Poetics Today
16 citations, 1.06%
South African Journal of African Languages
15 citations, 0.99%
Communicatio
15 citations, 0.99%
Critical Arts
15 citations, 0.99%
Literator
12 citations, 0.79%
Journal of Postcolonial Writing
11 citations, 0.73%
Interventions
10 citations, 0.66%
Social Dynamics
9 citations, 0.59%
Critique - Studies in Contemporary Fiction
9 citations, 0.59%
English Studies
7 citations, 0.46%
Journal not defined
7 citations, 0.46%
Journal of African Cultural Studies
7 citations, 0.46%
ANQ - Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews
7 citations, 0.46%
Journal of Black Studies
7 citations, 0.46%
South African Theatre Journal
7 citations, 0.46%
Contemporary Social Issues in East Asian Societies
7 citations, 0.46%
Imbizo
7 citations, 0.46%
Cogent Arts and Humanities
6 citations, 0.4%
Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies
6 citations, 0.4%
Language and Literature
5 citations, 0.33%
Journal of Asian and African Studies
5 citations, 0.33%
Life Writing
5 citations, 0.33%
International Journal of African Renaissance Studies
5 citations, 0.33%
ISLE Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment
5 citations, 0.33%
African Studies
5 citations, 0.33%
Novel: A Forum on Fiction
5 citations, 0.33%
Advances in Public Policy and Administration
5 citations, 0.33%
Tekstualia
5 citations, 0.33%
Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry
4 citations, 0.26%
European Journal of English Studies
4 citations, 0.26%
South African Review of Sociology
4 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Southern African Studies
4 citations, 0.26%
Commonwealth Essays and Studies
4 citations, 0.26%
Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies
3 citations, 0.2%
Agenda
3 citations, 0.2%
South African Journal of Philosophy
3 citations, 0.2%
Psychoanalytic Review
3 citations, 0.2%
South African Journal of Psychology
3 citations, 0.2%
Religion Compass
3 citations, 0.2%
Interdisciplinary Literary Studies
3 citations, 0.2%
History Compass
3 citations, 0.2%
Research in African Literatures
3 citations, 0.2%
Muziki
3 citations, 0.2%
SAGE Open
3 citations, 0.2%
Gender and Education
3 citations, 0.2%
SSRN Electronic Journal
3 citations, 0.2%
BJHS Themes
3 citations, 0.2%
Sustainable Development Goals Series
3 citations, 0.2%
Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies
3 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Popular Culture
2 citations, 0.13%
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies
2 citations, 0.13%
Semiotica
2 citations, 0.13%
Linguistic Approaches to Literature
2 citations, 0.13%
International Journal of Educational Development
2 citations, 0.13%
Translation and Interpreting Studies
2 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Language and Politics
2 citations, 0.13%
Conflict and Society
2 citations, 0.13%
Politikon
2 citations, 0.13%
Comparative Literature
2 citations, 0.13%
Science and Engineering Ethics
2 citations, 0.13%
Wasafiri
2 citations, 0.13%
Continuum
2 citations, 0.13%
Explicator
2 citations, 0.13%
Geoforum
2 citations, 0.13%
Neohelicon
2 citations, 0.13%
Contemporary Music Review
2 citations, 0.13%
Studia Litterarum
2 citations, 0.13%
Green Letters
2 citations, 0.13%
World Englishes
2 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Pragmatics
2 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Contemporary African Studies
2 citations, 0.13%
Anglica
2 citations, 0.13%
Women's Studies International Forum
2 citations, 0.13%
Verbum et Ecclesia
2 citations, 0.13%
Folklore
2 citations, 0.13%
Feminist Media Studies
2 citations, 0.13%
Progress in Development Studies
2 citations, 0.13%
Critical African Studies
2 citations, 0.13%
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
2 citations, 0.13%
de arte
2 citations, 0.13%
Journal of the African Literature Association
2 citations, 0.13%
Humanities
2 citations, 0.13%
Asia Pacific Translation and Intercultural Studies
2 citations, 0.13%
Genealogy
2 citations, 0.13%
Social Sciences & Humanities Open
2 citations, 0.13%
Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences
2 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Language Teaching and Research
2 citations, 0.13%
African Journal of Career Development
2 citations, 0.13%
Transatlantica
2 citations, 0.13%
Modernism in the Peripheral Metropolis
2 citations, 0.13%
African Security in the Anthropocene
2 citations, 0.13%
Storying Plants in Australian Children’s and Young Adult Literature
2 citations, 0.13%
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Taylor & Francis
686 citations, 45.31%
Unisa Press
114 citations, 7.53%
SAGE
87 citations, 5.75%
Springer Nature
64 citations, 4.23%
Cambridge University Press
51 citations, 3.37%
Duke University Press
31 citations, 2.05%
Wiley
29 citations, 1.92%
Elsevier
19 citations, 1.25%
AOSIS
19 citations, 1.25%
Oxford University Press
18 citations, 1.19%
IGI Global
15 citations, 0.99%
MDPI
12 citations, 0.79%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
11 citations, 0.73%
Walter de Gruyter
8 citations, 0.53%
OpenEdition
8 citations, 0.53%
Emerald
7 citations, 0.46%
Index Copernicus
5 citations, 0.33%
The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE)
5 citations, 0.33%
The Pennsylvania State University Press
5 citations, 0.33%
Berghahn Books
4 citations, 0.26%
Edinburgh University Press
3 citations, 0.2%
Indiana University Press
3 citations, 0.2%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
3 citations, 0.2%
Consortium Erudit
3 citations, 0.2%
Guilford Publications
3 citations, 0.2%
Hans Publishers
3 citations, 0.2%
Liverpool University Press
2 citations, 0.13%
University of Chicago Press
2 citations, 0.13%
University of Warsaw
2 citations, 0.13%
A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2 citations, 0.13%
International Council for Traditional Music
2 citations, 0.13%
SciELO
2 citations, 0.13%
CAIRN
2 citations, 0.13%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
2 citations, 0.13%
Intellect
2 citations, 0.13%
Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences
2 citations, 0.13%
Academy Publication
2 citations, 0.13%
Equinox Publishing
2 citations, 0.13%
Srinivas University
2 citations, 0.13%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
1 citation, 0.07%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
1 citation, 0.07%
1 citation, 0.07%
Frontiers Media S.A.
1 citation, 0.07%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1 citation, 0.07%
Modern Humanities Research Association
1 citation, 0.07%
University of Illinois Press
1 citation, 0.07%
Canadian Association of Slavists
1 citation, 0.07%
Pluto Journals
1 citation, 0.07%
African Journals online
1 citation, 0.07%
Institut fur Afrika-Kunde
1 citation, 0.07%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
1 citation, 0.07%
American Psychological Association (APA)
1 citation, 0.07%
Academy of Science of South Africa
1 citation, 0.07%
Ubiquity Press
1 citation, 0.07%
FSBI Russian State Library
1 citation, 0.07%
IntechOpen
1 citation, 0.07%
University of Johannesburg
1 citation, 0.07%
Academia Europea de Direccion y Economia de la Empresa
1 citation, 0.07%
Transstellar Journal Publications and Research Consultancy Private Limited
1 citation, 0.07%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
1 citation, 0.07%
Modestum Ltd
1 citation, 0.07%
Ceviribilim ve Uygulamalari Dergisi, Hacettepe University
1 citation, 0.07%
The Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
1 citation, 0.07%
RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Arastirmalari Dergisi
1 citation, 0.07%
Japan Chapter of International Geosynthetics Society
1 citation, 0.07%
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University of South Africa
183 publications, 15.29%
University of the Witwatersrand
71 publications, 5.93%
University of Johannesburg
40 publications, 3.34%
University of Pretoria
39 publications, 3.26%
Stellenbosch University
34 publications, 2.84%
University of Cape Town
31 publications, 2.59%
University of the Western Cape
24 publications, 2.01%
North-West University
21 publications, 1.75%
Rhodes University
20 publications, 1.67%
Midlands State University
12 publications, 1%
University of the Free State
10 publications, 0.84%
Nelson Mandela University
8 publications, 0.67%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
7 publications, 0.58%
University of Zimbabwe
7 publications, 0.58%
University of Fort Hare
6 publications, 0.5%
University of Venda
6 publications, 0.5%
University of Zululand
5 publications, 0.42%
University of Basel
4 publications, 0.33%
New York University
4 publications, 0.33%
University of Eswatini
4 publications, 0.33%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
3 publications, 0.25%
University of Lisbon
3 publications, 0.25%
University of Zurich
3 publications, 0.25%
University of Melbourne
3 publications, 0.25%
Murdoch University
3 publications, 0.25%
Walter Sisulu University
3 publications, 0.25%
University of Limpopo
3 publications, 0.25%
University of Texas at Austin
3 publications, 0.25%
Zimbabwe Open University
3 publications, 0.25%
University of Isfahan
2 publications, 0.17%
Tel Aviv University
2 publications, 0.17%
Beihang University
2 publications, 0.17%
Uppsala University
2 publications, 0.17%
Nanyang Technological University
2 publications, 0.17%
Aarhus University
2 publications, 0.17%
University of Strathclyde
2 publications, 0.17%
Stanford University
2 publications, 0.17%
Columbia University
2 publications, 0.17%
Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa
2 publications, 0.17%
Osun State University
2 publications, 0.17%
Federal University Oye Ekiti
2 publications, 0.17%
Obafemi Awolowo University
2 publications, 0.17%
Duke University
2 publications, 0.17%
University of Dar es Salaam
2 publications, 0.17%
University of the Basque Country
2 publications, 0.17%
University of Amsterdam
2 publications, 0.17%
York University
2 publications, 0.17%
Binghamton University
2 publications, 0.17%
Great Zimbabwe University
2 publications, 0.17%
University of Malawi
2 publications, 0.17%
Laikipia University
2 publications, 0.17%
Bilkent University
1 publication, 0.08%
Hacettepe University
1 publication, 0.08%
Jazan University
1 publication, 0.08%
Boğaziçi University
1 publication, 0.08%
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
1 publication, 0.08%
Shahid Beheshti University
1 publication, 0.08%
University of Hyderabad
1 publication, 0.08%
Kirklareli University
1 publication, 0.08%
Kocaeli University
1 publication, 0.08%
Arak University
1 publication, 0.08%
Pondicherry University
1 publication, 0.08%
English and Foreign Languages University
1 publication, 0.08%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1 publication, 0.08%
Ghent University
1 publication, 0.08%
Radboud University Nijmegen
1 publication, 0.08%
Tampere University
1 publication, 0.08%
University of Gothenburg
1 publication, 0.08%
University of New South Wales
1 publication, 0.08%
Université Catholique de Louvain
1 publication, 0.08%
Jiaxing University
1 publication, 0.08%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.08%
University of Southern California
1 publication, 0.08%
Yale University
1 publication, 0.08%
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
1 publication, 0.08%
Northwest University
1 publication, 0.08%
University of Queensland
1 publication, 0.08%
Macquarie University
1 publication, 0.08%
Edith Cowan University
1 publication, 0.08%
Durban University of Technology
1 publication, 0.08%
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
1 publication, 0.08%
University of Ibadan
1 publication, 0.08%
Makerere University
1 publication, 0.08%
Catholic University of America
1 publication, 0.08%
Oregon State University
1 publication, 0.08%
Tufts University
1 publication, 0.08%
DePaul University
1 publication, 0.08%
Northeastern Illinois University
1 publication, 0.08%
Newcastle University
1 publication, 0.08%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 0.08%
Queen's University Belfast
1 publication, 0.08%
Hasselt University
1 publication, 0.08%
University of Botswana
1 publication, 0.08%
University of Cologne
1 publication, 0.08%
University of Bristol
1 publication, 0.08%
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
1 publication, 0.08%
McGill University
1 publication, 0.08%
Lancaster University
1 publication, 0.08%
Niger Delta University
1 publication, 0.08%
Saarland University
1 publication, 0.08%
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University of South Africa
17 publications, 9.29%
University of Pretoria
6 publications, 3.28%
University of the Free State
6 publications, 3.28%
University of the Witwatersrand
5 publications, 2.73%
North-West University
5 publications, 2.73%
University of Johannesburg
4 publications, 2.19%
Rhodes University
4 publications, 2.19%
University of the Western Cape
3 publications, 1.64%
University of Zimbabwe
3 publications, 1.64%
Stellenbosch University
2 publications, 1.09%
Walter Sisulu University
2 publications, 1.09%
University of Limpopo
2 publications, 1.09%
Midlands State University
2 publications, 1.09%
Jazan University
1 publication, 0.55%
Shahid Beheshti University
1 publication, 0.55%
Kirklareli University
1 publication, 0.55%
Kocaeli University
1 publication, 0.55%
Pondicherry University
1 publication, 0.55%
Beihang University
1 publication, 0.55%
Jiaxing University
1 publication, 0.55%
University of Cape Town
1 publication, 0.55%
Nelson Mandela University
1 publication, 0.55%
University of Zululand
1 publication, 0.55%
Makerere University
1 publication, 0.55%
DePaul University
1 publication, 0.55%
University of Bristol
1 publication, 0.55%
University of the Basque Country
1 publication, 0.55%
University of Bucharest
1 publication, 0.55%
University of Malawi
1 publication, 0.55%
Laikipia University
1 publication, 0.55%
Nasarawa State University
1 publication, 0.55%
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South Africa, 524, 43.78%
South Africa
524 publications, 43.78%
USA, 52, 4.34%
USA
52 publications, 4.34%
Greece, 25, 2.09%
Greece
25 publications, 2.09%
Brazil, 23, 1.92%
Brazil
23 publications, 1.92%
Zimbabwe, 16, 1.34%
Zimbabwe
16 publications, 1.34%
Italy, 13, 1.09%
Italy
13 publications, 1.09%
Australia, 10, 0.84%
Australia
10 publications, 0.84%
Nigeria, 10, 0.84%
Nigeria
10 publications, 0.84%
United Kingdom, 9, 0.75%
United Kingdom
9 publications, 0.75%
Netherlands, 7, 0.58%
Netherlands
7 publications, 0.58%
Belgium, 6, 0.5%
Belgium
6 publications, 0.5%
Iraq, 6, 0.5%
Iraq
6 publications, 0.5%
Turkey, 6, 0.5%
Turkey
6 publications, 0.5%
China, 5, 0.42%
China
5 publications, 0.42%
Iran, 5, 0.42%
Iran
5 publications, 0.42%
Canada, 5, 0.42%
Canada
5 publications, 0.42%
Switzerland, 5, 0.42%
Switzerland
5 publications, 0.42%
Eswatini, 4, 0.33%
Eswatini
4 publications, 0.33%
Germany, 3, 0.25%
Germany
3 publications, 0.25%
Portugal, 3, 0.25%
Portugal
3 publications, 0.25%
Israel, 3, 0.25%
Israel
3 publications, 0.25%
India, 3, 0.25%
India
3 publications, 0.25%
Spain, 3, 0.25%
Spain
3 publications, 0.25%
Kenya, 3, 0.25%
Kenya
3 publications, 0.25%
Sweden, 3, 0.25%
Sweden
3 publications, 0.25%
Denmark, 2, 0.17%
Denmark
2 publications, 0.17%
Malawi, 2, 0.17%
Malawi
2 publications, 0.17%
Namibia, 2, 0.17%
Namibia
2 publications, 0.17%
Saudi Arabia, 2, 0.17%
Saudi Arabia
2 publications, 0.17%
Singapore, 2, 0.17%
Singapore
2 publications, 0.17%
Tanzania, 2, 0.17%
Tanzania
2 publications, 0.17%
Finland, 2, 0.17%
Finland
2 publications, 0.17%
Austria, 1, 0.08%
Austria
1 publication, 0.08%
Botswana, 1, 0.08%
Botswana
1 publication, 0.08%
Poland, 1, 0.08%
Poland
1 publication, 0.08%
Romania, 1, 0.08%
Romania
1 publication, 0.08%
Uganda, 1, 0.08%
Uganda
1 publication, 0.08%
Japan, 1, 0.08%
Japan
1 publication, 0.08%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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South Africa, 54, 29.51%
South Africa
54 publications, 29.51%
Greece, 4, 2.19%
Greece
4 publications, 2.19%
Zimbabwe, 3, 1.64%
Zimbabwe
3 publications, 1.64%
Iraq, 3, 1.64%
Iraq
3 publications, 1.64%
Turkey, 3, 1.64%
Turkey
3 publications, 1.64%
China, 2, 1.09%
China
2 publications, 1.09%
Saudi Arabia, 2, 1.09%
Saudi Arabia
2 publications, 1.09%
USA, 1, 0.55%
USA
1 publication, 0.55%
Brazil, 1, 0.55%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.55%
United Kingdom, 1, 0.55%
United Kingdom
1 publication, 0.55%
India, 1, 0.55%
India
1 publication, 0.55%
Iran, 1, 0.55%
Iran
1 publication, 0.55%
Spain, 1, 0.55%
Spain
1 publication, 0.55%
Italy, 1, 0.55%
Italy
1 publication, 0.55%
Canada, 1, 0.55%
Canada
1 publication, 0.55%
Kenya, 1, 0.55%
Kenya
1 publication, 0.55%
Malawi, 1, 0.55%
Malawi
1 publication, 0.55%
Nigeria, 1, 0.55%
Nigeria
1 publication, 0.55%
Romania, 1, 0.55%
Romania
1 publication, 0.55%
Uganda, 1, 0.55%
Uganda
1 publication, 0.55%
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