is an interdisciplinary and international journal which providesa critical forum for scholarly exploration of Sikh and Punjabi cultural formations. It does this within a dynamic setting that embraces the globalized context of Sikhs and Sikhism.
The aim of this journal is to open up alternative horizons, to promote engagement with a wider spread of disciplinary approaches, to encourage conceptual innovation and provide a venue for the emergence of new perspectives. In addition to conventional scholarly research articles and book reviews, we also welcome shorter essays, conference and symposium proceedings, interviews, longer book reviews, poetry, colloquia etc from the full range of disciplines, including but not limited to: sociology, history, anthropology, philosophy, religious studies, political theology, women and gender studies, comparative literature, postcolonial studies, musicology, teaching and pedagogy, art and architecture, politics, international relations, law and social work.
Sikh Formations
is particularly open to
multiple ways in which cultural production creates zones of profound expressive possibilities by continually generating texts and contexts of reflexive import. To this end we also encourage submission of essays in Punjabi language. It is our hope that the social space in which our contributors argue and converse will challenge the hegemonic space of dominant national ideologies and national languages.
Peer Review Policy:
All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
31K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.2 (2023) Impact Factor
0.4 (2023) 5 year IF
0.8 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.485 (2023) SNIP
0.200 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
35 days avg. from submission to first
decision
18 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
39% acceptance rate
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addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
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Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
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Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editorial Team: Pal Ahluwalia - University of the South Pacific Arvind-Pal S. Mandair - University of Michigan, USA Gurharpal Singh - School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK
Associate Editors: Anneeth K. Hundle - University of California – Irvine Harjeet S. Grewal - University of Calgary
Book Reviews Editors: Sara Hakeem Grewal - Macewan University, Canada Amrit Deol - California State University (Fresno)
Theory Colloquium Editor: Raji S. Soni - Virginia Tech, USA
Editorial Assistant: Alexander Prosi - University of Hawai’i, USA
Editorial Collective: Balbinder S. Bhogal -York University, Canada Francesca Cassio - Hofstra University Jugdep Chima – Hiram College, USA Radhika Chopra –Delhi University, India Rita Dhamoon –University of Victoria, Canada Verne A. Dusenbury - Hamline University, USA Louis Fenech -University of Northern Iowa, USA Inderpal Grewal - University of California, Irvine, USA J.S. Grewal - Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Simla, India Kathleen Hall - University of Pennyslvania, USA
Michael Hawley -
Mount Royal University, Canada Doris Jakobsh - University of Waterloo, Canada Surinder Jodka - Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India Rajbir Judge- California State University (Long Beach)
Virinder Kalra
- University of Manchester, UK Tavleen Kaur –California State University (Fullerton) Nirinjan K. Khalsa-Baker -Loyola Marymount University, USA Cynthia Mahmoud - University of Notre Dame, USA
Anne Murphy
- University of British Columbia, Canada Michael Nijhawan - York University Harjot Oberoi - University of British Columbia, Canada Jasbir Puar - Rutgers University, USA Navtej K. Purewal -School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK Robin Rinehart -Lafayette University, USA Guriqbal Sahota - University of California – Santa Cruz Christopher Shackle - School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK Katy Pal Sian – University of Manchester, UK Balbir K. Singh - Virginia Tech Birinder Pal Singh – Punjabi University Patiala, India Gurmukh Singh– Punjabi University Patiala, India Harleen Singh - Brandeis University Mohinder Singh - Bhai Vir Singh Sahit Sadan, India Nikky Singh - Colby College, USA Pashaura Singh - University of California, Riverside, USA Seema Sohi – University of Colorado, Boulder, USA Opinderjit K. Takhar – University ofWolverhampton, UK Rita Verma – Adelphi University, New York
Abstracting and indexing
Sikh Formations is covered by the following abstracting and indexing services:
ATLA, ESCI, IBSS, OCLC, Scopus
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