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Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2014

ISSN2327-7416

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.18

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.779

Total Worksi

235

Total Citationsi

489

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.43

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies is a journal that explores and analyzes the intricate relationships between literature, culture, and socio-political contexts in Eastern Africa. It provides a forum for scholarship on the literature, culture, and arts of the Eastern Africa region and their widespread influence.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

Annual Volume~ 19 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications235

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2327-7416

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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

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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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Humanities, MultidisciplinaryLiterature, African, Australian, Canadian

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Postcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesAfrican history and culture studiesGlobal Maritime and Colonial HistoriesAfrican studies and sociopolitical issuesSouth African History and CultureAnthropological Studies and InsightsAfrican history and culture analysisAfrican Sexualities and LGBTQ+ IssuesJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesMultilingual Education and Policy

Frequently asked questions about Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies

Is Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Eastern African Literary and Cultural 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 Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies?

Eastern African Literary and Cultural 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 0.43.

Is Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.