WESTERLY

CENT STUDIES AUSTRALIAN LIT · AU

ISSN0043-342X

SJR Q4✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (AHCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.1

H-Indexi

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Literary Reviews; Literature and Literary Theory.

General Information

Country / RegionAU

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 2 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgUWA Publishing

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

CENT STUDIES AUSTRALIAN LIT

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0043-342X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

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Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Literature and Literary TheoryQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literary Reviews

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Australian History and SocietyCaribbean history, culture, and politicsPostcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesContemporary Literature and CriticismItalian Fascism and Post-war SocietyAustralian Indigenous Culture and HistoryEducational Leadership and PracticesTranslation Studies and PracticesJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesGrief, Bereavement, and Mental Health

Frequently asked questions about WESTERLY

Is WESTERLY a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for WESTERLY: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of WESTERLY?

WESTERLY is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.

Is WESTERLY indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

WESTERLY is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of WESTERLY?