Scimago Journal & Country Rank

Journal of Commonwealth Literature

Country

United Kingdom

Universities and research institutions in United Kingdom
Media Ranking in United Kingdom

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

SAGE Publications Ltd

H-Index

19

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

00219894, 17416442

Coverage

1966-2023

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

jcl@leedsmet.ac.uk

Scope

"The Journal of Commonwealth Literature has long established itself as an invaluable resource and guide for scholars in the overlapping fields of commonwealth Literature, Postcolonial Literature and New Literatures in English. The journal is an institution, a household word and, most of all, a living, working companion." Edward Baugh The Journal of Commonwealth Literature is internationally recognized as the leading critical and bibliographic forum in the field of Commonwealth and postcolonial literatures. It provides an essential, peer-reveiwed, reference tool for scholars, researchers, and information scientists. Three of the four issues each year bring together the latest critical comment on all aspects of ‘Commonwealth’ and postcolonial literature and related areas, such as postcolonial theory, translation studies, and colonial discourse. The fourth issue provides a comprehensive bibliography of publications in the field Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Literature and Literary Theory1999Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2000Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2001Q4
Literature and Literary Theory2002Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2003Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2004Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2005Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2006Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2007Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2008Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2009Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2010Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2011Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2012Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2013Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2014Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2015Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2016Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2017Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2018Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2019Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2020Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2021Q3
Literature and Literary Theory2022Q1
Literature and Literary Theory2023Q1
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
19990.111
20000.111
20010.100
20020.110
20030.162
20040.123
20050.127
20060.148
20070.136
20080.190
20090.110
20100.166
20110.130
20120.154
20130.257
20140.190
20150.243
20160.171
20170.113
20180.220
20190.114
20200.229
20210.107
20220.167
20230.192
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
199930
200030
200127
200228
200335
200436
200540
200641
200741
200842
200941
201041
201143
201239
201341
201441
201540
201645
201746
201845
201947
202048
202144
202263
202368
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)19990.042
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20000.059
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20010.048
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20020.038
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20030.078
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20040.100
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20050.135
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20060.209
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20070.191
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20080.165
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20090.207
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20100.188
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20110.188
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20120.353
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20130.329
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20140.366
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20150.451
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20160.292
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20170.216
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20180.285
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20190.216
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20200.224
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20210.263
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20220.326
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20230.292
Cites / Doc. (3 years)19990.042
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20000.068
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20010.025
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20020.023
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20030.106
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20040.089
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20050.131
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20060.243
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20070.137
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20080.148
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20090.145
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20100.161
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20110.194
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20120.312
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20130.358
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20140.382
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20150.380
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20160.303
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20170.238
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20180.321
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20190.213
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20200.217
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20210.257
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20220.345
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20230.232
Cites / Doc. (2 years)19990.068
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20000.082
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20010.017
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20020.018
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20030.073
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20040.111
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20050.169
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20060.224
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20070.123
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20080.110
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20090.145
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20100.133
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20110.183
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20120.298
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.305
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20140.313
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20150.378
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20160.296
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20170.294
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20180.319
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20190.275
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20200.250
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20210.221
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20220.283
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20230.280
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites19991
Self Cites20003
Self Cites20010
Self Cites20021
Self Cites20034
Self Cites20042
Self Cites20054
Self Cites20064
Self Cites20073
Self Cites20086
Self Cites20093
Self Cites20102
Self Cites20113
Self Cites20124
Self Cites20138
Self Cites20145
Self Cites201514
Self Cites20163
Self Cites20171
Self Cites20185
Self Cites20191
Self Cites20202
Self Cites20211
Self Cites20222
Self Cites20236
Total Cites19993
Total Cites20005
Total Cites20012
Total Cites20022
Total Cites20039
Total Cites20048
Total Cites200513
Total Cites200627
Total Cites200716
Total Cites200818
Total Cites200918
Total Cites201020
Total Cites201124
Total Cites201239
Total Cites201344
Total Cites201447
Total Cites201546
Total Cites201637
Total Cites201730
Total Cites201842
Total Cites201929
Total Cites202030
Total Cites202136
Total Cites202248
Total Cites202336
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document19990.028
External Cites per document20000.027
External Cites per document20010.025
External Cites per document20020.011
External Cites per document20030.059
External Cites per document20040.067
External Cites per document20050.091
External Cites per document20060.207
External Cites per document20070.111
External Cites per document20080.098
External Cites per document20090.121
External Cites per document20100.145
External Cites per document20110.169
External Cites per document20120.280
External Cites per document20130.293
External Cites per document20140.341
External Cites per document20150.264
External Cites per document20160.279
External Cites per document20170.230
External Cites per document20180.282
External Cites per document20190.206
External Cites per document20200.203
External Cites per document20210.250
External Cites per document20220.331
External Cites per document20230.194
Cites per document19990.042
Cites per document20000.068
Cites per document20010.025
Cites per document20020.023
Cites per document20030.106
Cites per document20040.089
Cites per document20050.131
Cites per document20060.243
Cites per document20070.137
Cites per document20080.148
Cites per document20090.145
Cites per document20100.161
Cites per document20110.194
Cites per document20120.312
Cites per document20130.358
Cites per document20140.382
Cites per document20150.380
Cites per document20160.303
Cites per document20170.238
Cites per document20180.321
Cites per document20190.213
Cites per document20200.217
Cites per document20210.257
Cites per document20220.345
Cites per document20230.232
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
19990.00
20000.00
20010.00
20020.00
20030.00
20040.00
20050.00
20060.00
20070.00
20080.00
20090.00
20100.00
20110.00
20120.00
20132.44
20144.88
20150.00
20160.00
20176.52
20184.44
20196.38
20200.00
20216.82
20229.52
20232.94
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents19996
Non-citable documents20009
Non-citable documents200112
Non-citable documents200213
Non-citable documents200310
Non-citable documents200410
Non-citable documents200511
Non-citable documents200613
Non-citable documents200712
Non-citable documents200812
Non-citable documents200912
Non-citable documents201012
Non-citable documents201112
Non-citable documents201210
Non-citable documents20137
Non-citable documents20144
Non-citable documents20154
Non-citable documents20163
Non-citable documents20175
Non-citable documents20184
Non-citable documents20198
Non-citable documents202011
Non-citable documents202112
Non-citable documents202212
Non-citable documents20238
Citable documents199966
Citable documents200065
Citable documents200167
Citable documents200274
Citable documents200375
Citable documents200480
Citable documents200588
Citable documents200698
Citable documents2007105
Citable documents2008110
Citable documents2009112
Citable documents2010112
Citable documents2011112
Citable documents2012115
Citable documents2013116
Citable documents2014119
Citable documents2015117
Citable documents2016119
Citable documents2017121
Citable documents2018127
Citable documents2019128
Citable documents2020127
Citable documents2021128
Citable documents2022127
Citable documents2023147
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents199969
Uncited documents200069
Uncited documents200177
Uncited documents200285
Uncited documents200377
Uncited documents200482
Uncited documents200589
Uncited documents200693
Uncited documents2007102
Uncited documents2008109
Uncited documents2009108
Uncited documents2010107
Uncited documents2011106
Uncited documents2012100
Uncited documents201393
Uncited documents201496
Uncited documents201588
Uncited documents201696
Uncited documents2017103
Uncited documents2018104
Uncited documents2019114
Uncited documents2020114
Uncited documents2021109
Uncited documents2022106
Uncited documents2023129
Cited documents19993
Cited documents20005
Cited documents20012
Cited documents20022
Cited documents20038
Cited documents20048
Cited documents200510
Cited documents200618
Cited documents200715
Cited documents200813
Cited documents200916
Cited documents201017
Cited documents201118
Cited documents201225
Cited documents201330
Cited documents201427
Cited documents201533
Cited documents201626
Cited documents201723
Cited documents201827
Cited documents201922
Cited documents202024
Cited documents202131
Cited documents202233
Cited documents202326
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