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Postcolonial Studies
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Postcolonial Studies

1368-8790

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cpcs20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 1041 7 7 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 8
Documents by Best Scientists*: 8
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 30
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.217
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Postcolonial Studies?

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Colonialism, Gender studies, Politics, Anthropology and Literature. The research on Colonialism tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of State (polity), Ethnology and Ancient history. Postcolonial Studies facilitates discussions on Politics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Aesthetics, Political economy and Social science.

  • Colonialism (17.95%)
  • Gender studies (17.36%)
  • Politics (15.93%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Postcolonial and decolonial dialogues (137 citations)
  • Scattered speculations on the subaltern and the popular (134 citations)
  • Re-imagining land ownership in Australia (127 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Postcolonial Studies:

The most cited articles are mainly concerned with subjects like Anthropology, Gender studies, Politics, Colonialism and Ethnology. The journal publications with studies in Anthropology featured incorporate elements of Postcolonialism (international relations) and Globalization. The most cited publications explore topics in Politics which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Epistemology and Social science, Order (virtue).

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • World War II
  • Law
  • Politics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of the journal is to expand the discussion of research in Colonialism, Politics, Ethnology, Gender studies and Settler colonial. While the journal focused on Colonialism, it was also able to explore topics like Aesthetics, Economic system, Capitalism and Ancient history. The research on Politics featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Art history, Literature, Poetry, State (polity) and Interpretation (philosophy).

The research on Gender studies tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Identity (social science) and Celtic languages. Anthropology and Poetics are some topics wherein Archipelago research discussed in the journal have an impact. It addresses concerns in the field of Anthropology by exploring it in line with topics in Archipelagic state which intersect with Reading (process) subjects.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The Indigenous development assemblage and contemporary forms of elimination in settler colonial Australia (12 citations)
  • On violence, revolution and the self (7 citations)
  • OMG settler colonial studies: response to Lorenzo Veracini: ‘Is Settler Colonial Studies Even Useful?’ (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Postcolonial Studies (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Sanjay Seth (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael Dutton (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dipesh Chakrabarty (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Anoma Pieris (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Leela Gandhi (6 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Postcolonial Studies (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Deakin University (18 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Melbourne (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Sydney (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Australian National University (7 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Potsdam (5 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 14.29% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.37% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.41% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.81% of all publications and 57.41% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Unsettling truths: modernity, (de-)coloniality and Indigenous futures

    Yin Paradies

    (2020)
    62 Citations
  • On decoloniality: second thoughts

    Walter D. Mignolo

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • On decoloniality and geographies

    Sarah A. Radcliffe

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Epistemic daring: an interview with Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

    (2022)
    10 Citations
  • No ordinary company: Arnhem Land Fire Abatement (Northern Territory) Limited

    Jon Altman;Jennifer Ansell;Dean Yibarbuk

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Reified monuments, counter memorials and anti-memorials: contested colonial heritage in Melbourne – commemorating John Batman

    (2023)
    3 Citations
  • Fear of small disciplines: India’s battle against creative thought

    Arjun Appadurai

    (2021)
    0 Citations

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