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Postcolonial Studies

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1998

ISSN1466-1888

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI · 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.231

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,210

Total Citationsi

16,434

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.15

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Postcolonial Studies is an international journal dedicated to exploring the colonial encounter and its impact on the global world order. It publishes work examining the textual, figural, spatial, historical, political, and economic facets of this encounter, and how it shaped both Western and non-Western societies. The journal's scope includes cultural studies and history.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

Frequency4 No. Per Year, 2005-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,210

Publisher OrgRoutledge

Visit Journal Website

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1466-1888

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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

377

2019

914

2020

177

2021

547

2022

470

2023

2024

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.

HistoryQ1

Political Science and International RelationsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cultural StudiesHistory

Scopus Categories

HistoryPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Anthropological Studies and InsightsPostcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesAustralian History and SocietyHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesLegal Cases and CommentaryIndigenous Health, Education, and RightsSouth Asian Cinema and CultureSouth Asian Studies and ConflictsIndian History and Philosophy

Frequently asked questions about Postcolonial Studies

Is Postcolonial Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Postcolonial Studies: 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 Postcolonial Studies?

Postcolonial Studies 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 0.15.

Is Postcolonial Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Postcolonial Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.