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Small Axe

Duke University Press · United States · Est. 2001

ISSN1534-6714
SJR Q1WOS A&HCIScopus / 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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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.198
H-Indexi
43
SNIPi
1.034
Total Worksi
1,595
Total Citationsi
13,304
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.08
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Humanities, Multidisciplinary; Literature and Literary Theory; Cultural Studies; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2001
Annual Volume~ 53 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications1,595
Publisher OrgDuke University Press
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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

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Duke University Press
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1534-6714
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
47
198
2019
53
304
2020
51
246
2021
50
93
2022
54
54
2023
55
11
2024
51
0
2025
36
0
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.

Literature and Literary TheoryQ1
Cultural StudiesQ2
Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceCultural StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Caribbean history, culture, and politicsCaribbean and African Literature and CultureCuban History and SocietyLatin American and Latino StudiesPostcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesColonialism, slavery, and tradeRace, History, and American SocietyMigration, Ethnicity, and EconomyMusic History and CultureAfrican history and culture studies

Frequently asked questions about Small Axe

Is Small Axe a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Small Axe: 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 Small Axe?

Small Axe 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 0.08.

Is Small Axe indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Small Axe is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Small Axe?

Subject areas: Humanities, Multidisciplinary; Literature and Literary Theory; Cultural Studies; Sociology and Political Science.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref