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Callaloo

Johns Hopkins University Press · United States

ISSN1080-6512

SJR Q4✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total84

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.1

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Worksi

6,866

Total Citationsi

17,746

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.01

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Callaloo is a journal of African Diaspora arts and letters, publishing original work by and about writers and visual artists of African descent worldwide. It features essays, critical articles, fiction, poetry, interviews, drama, and visual art.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 139 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications6,866

Publisher OrgJohns Hopkins University Press

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/12 · 42%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Johns Hopkins University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1080-6512

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

216

274

2014

179

2015

194

217

2016

129

102

2017

2018

159

2024

163

2025

2026

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.

Cultural StudiesQ4

Literature and Literary TheoryQ4

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literature, African, Australian, Canadian

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesLiterature and Literary TheoryVisual Arts and Performing Arts

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Race, History, and American SocietyLatin American and Latino StudiesPoetry Analysis and CriticismCaribbean history, culture, and politicsPostcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies

Frequently asked questions about Callaloo

Is Callaloo a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Callaloo: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 84/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Callaloo?

Callaloo 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 0.01.

Is Callaloo indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Callaloo is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.