South Asian Review, a refereed journal of the South Asian Literary Association (est. 1976), presents an international scholarly forum for the discussion and evaluation of South Asian languages, literatures, culture, and arts in postcolonial context. SAR welcomes submissions from any theoretical or critical perspective meant for an audience from various disciplines and written in clear and persuasive prose.
Areas of Interest to the Journal
South Asian Literatures
South Asian Languages
South Asian Studies
South Asian Culture
Comparative Aesthetic
Literary Theory
South Asian Diaspora
Cultural Studies
Colonial Studies
Postcolonial Studies
Comparative Literature
Women’s Studies
Film Studies
Transcultural Studies
Journal metrics
Usage
39K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.922 (2023) SNIP
0.170 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
24 days avg. from submission to first
decision
115 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
14 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
15% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
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
the following metrics
(find out why).
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.
Managing Editor: Robin E. Field, King’s College, USA
Associate Editors: Amit. R. Baishya, University of Oklahoma, USA John C. Hawley, Santa Clara University, USA Maryse Jayasuriya, St Louis University, USA Pallavi Rastogi, Louisiana State University, USA
Reviews Editor: Amit R. Baishya, University of Oklahoma, USA
Editorial Advisory Board: Fawzia Afzal-Khan, Montclair State University, USA Umme Al-wazedi, Augustana College, USA Amit Rahul Baishya, University of Oklahoma, USA Lopamudra Basu, University of Wisconsin-Stout, USA Kanika Batra, Texas Tech University, USA Madhurima Chakraborty, Columbia College Chicago, USA Kavita Daiya, George Washington University, USA Rahul K. Gairola, Murdoch University, Australia B. P. Giri, Institute of Advanced Communication, Education and Research, Nepal Feroza Jussawalla, University of New Mexico, USA Suvir Kaul, University of Pennsylvania, USA Rajender Kaur, William Paterson University, USA Priya Kumar, University of Delhi, India Malashri Lal, Independent Scholar, India Cynthia Leenerts, East Stroudsburg University, USA Harveen Mann, Loyola University Chicago, USA Debali Mookerjea-Leonard, James Madison University, USA Neloufer de Mel, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka Moumin Quazi, Tarleton State University, USA R. Radhakrishnan, University of California, Irvine, USA Shazia Rahman, Dayton University, USA S. Shankar, University of Hawai'i, USA Alpana Sharma, Wright State University, USA Amritjit Singh, Ohio University, USA
Abstracting and indexing
South Asian Review is abstracted/indexed in:
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
MLA International Bibliography
Scopus
Open access
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Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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The South Asian Literary Association, or SALA, promotes knowledge of, and scholarly interest in, the languages, cultures, and literatures of South Asia and the South Asian diaspora.
SALA is an Allied Organization of the Modern Language Association, and holds its annual meeting concurrently at the MLA Convention host city.
SALA membership includes a year’s subscription to the refereed journal South Asian Review (SAR) as well as the SALA Newsletter, which carries announcements of SALA's two MLA sessions, scholarly activities and accomplishments of its members, new titles in the field, and other valuable information for those interested in South Asian studies. $5.00 of each membership for Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor goes toward SALA’s Graduate Student Fund, which helps support graduate student travel to the annual conference.
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