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Global South

Indiana University Press · United States · Est. 2004

ISSN1932-8656

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.122

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.02

Total Worksi

445

Total Citationsi

2,731

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.21

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Literature and Literary Theory; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Cultural Studies; History; Political Science and International Relations.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2004

Annual Volume~ 15 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications445

Publisher OrgIndiana University Press

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Indiana University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1932-8656

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

2018

2019

2020

116

2022

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.

Literature and Literary TheoryQ2

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q3

Cultural StudiesQ3

HistoryQ3

Political Science and International RelationsQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

HistoryCultural StudiesArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Literature and Literary TheoryPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Caribbean history, culture, and politicsPostcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesCuban History and SocietyLatin American and Latino StudiesAfrican history and culture studiesSouth Asian Cinema and CultureAsian American and Pacific HistoriesCaribbean and African Literature and CultureDiaspora, migration, transnational identityAnthropological Studies and Insights

Frequently asked questions about Global South

Is Global South a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Global South: it is indexed in 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 Global South?

Global South is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.122.

Is Global South indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Global South is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Global South?