Scrutiny2 publishes innovative, rigorous, theoretically informed academic articles, interviews and book reviews that transect disciplinary boundaries between language, literature and cultural studies. Articles are in English, but we welcome studies dealing with all languages, literatures and cultures, celebrating the multilingual and multicultural Southern African context. All articles are subjected to rigorous double blind peer review. Metadiscursive reflections and short creative pieces (poetry and fiction) are welcomed.
This journal is accredited with Scopus and the South African Department of Higher Education and Training.
Journal metrics
Usage
7K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.2 (2023) 5 year IF
0.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.069 (2023) SNIP
0.117 (2023) SJR
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.
Sanjana Singh (University of South Africa) Tlatso I. Nkhobo (University of South Africa) Michèle du Plessis-Hay (North-West University) Sindiswa Busuku (University of Cape Town) Christopher Thurman (University of the Witwatersrand)
International Advisory Board
David Attwell - University of York, UK Louise Bethlehem - Hebrew University, Jerusalem Mathew Blatchford - Fort Hare, South Africa Elleke Boehmer - Oxford University, UK Duncan Brown - University of the Western Cape, South Africa Dennis Brutus - University of Pittsburgh, USA Cherry Clayton - University of Guelph, Canada Laura Chrisman - University of Washington, USA Stephen Clingman - University of Massachusetts- Amherst, USA Annette Combrink - Northwest University, South Africa MJ Daymond - University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa Christo Doherty - University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Carisma Dreyer - Northwest University, South Africa Miki Flockemann - University of the Western Cape, South Africa Shane Graham - Utah State University, USA Michael Green - University of Northumberland, UK Michiel Heyns - Freelance John Higgins - University of Cape Town, South Africa Myrtle Hooper - University of Zululand, South Africa Hilton Hubbard - University of South Africa Ronel Johl - University of Johannesburg, South Africa Dirk Klopper - University of Stellenbosch, South Africa Loren Kruger - University of Chicago, USA Alan Lawson - University of Queensland, Australia Craig Mackenzie - University of Johannesburg, South Africa Michael Marais - Rhodes University, South Africa Julia Martin - University of the Western Cape, South Africa Sikhumbuzo Mngadi - University of Johannesburg, South Africa Tony Morphet - Freelance Sarah Murray - Rhodes University, South Africa Lewis Nkosi - Freelance Laraine O'Connell - Timbuveni College of Education Andries Oliphant - University of South Africa Kole Omotoso - University of Stellenbosch, South Africa Tony Parr - University of the Western Cape, South Africa Sue Starfield - University of New South Wales, Australia Jane Starfield - University of Johannesburg, South Africa John Stotesbury - University of Joensuu, Finland Keyan Tomaselli - University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa Joanne Tompkins - University of Queensland, Australia Andrew van der Vlies – Queen Mary University of London, UK Jean-Phillippe Wade - University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa Dennis Walder - Open University, UK Dan Wylie - Rhodes University, South Africa
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/ Indexed in: Education Research Index; Index to South African Periodicals,MLA International Bibliography and Scopus.
Open access
Scrutiny2 is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
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)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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