Matatu

Brill Academic Publishers · Netherlands

ISSN0932-9714eISSN1875-7421

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.102

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.132

Total Worksi

1,100

Total Citationsi

1,108

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.19

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cultural Studies; Literature; Literature and Literary Theory; History; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,100

Publisher OrgBrill

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Brill Academic Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0932-9714 / 1875-7421

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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?

N/A

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 TheoryQ3

Cultural StudiesQ4

HistoryQ4

Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cultural StudiesLiterature

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceHistoryCultural StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

African history and culture studiesPostcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesSouth African History and CultureDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesAfrican studies and sociopolitical issues

Frequently asked questions about Matatu

Is Matatu a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Matatu: 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 Matatu?

Matatu 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.19.

Is Matatu indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Matatu is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Matatu?