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The Journal of Commonwealth Literature Template

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About the The Journal of Commonwealth Literature format

The Journal of Commonwealth Literature is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies, South Asian Cinema and Culture, South Asian Studies and Diaspora.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inPostcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies South Asian Cinema and Culture South Asian Studies and Diaspora South African History and Culture African history and culture studies
ISSN0021-9894
h-index30
i10-index158
Total citations6,299
Top institutions publishing hereThe University of Western Australia
Journal websitejcl.sagepub.com
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Papers published in The Journal of Commonwealth Literature per year

42
2012
48
2013
58
2014
58
2015
53
2016
67
2017
64
2018
48
2019
62
2020
35
2021
19
2022
18
2023

Citation impact of The Journal of Commonwealth Literature by publication year

317
2012
198
2013
318
2014
294
2015
127
2016
184
2017
165
2018
119
2019
93
2020
49
2021
9
2022
7
2023

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in The Journal of Commonwealth Literature

Cosmopolitanism and the Specificity of the Local in World Literature

Neil Lazarus · 1 Mar 2011

Taking its cue from recent scholarship de-linking the idea of “modernity” from the idea of “the West”, this article advocates the notion of “world literature” as the body of literature that has, in the last 150 to 200 years, registered and encoded the social logic of modernity. Building on Franco Moretti’s postulation of a single…

Bama’s <i>Karukku</i> : Dalit Autobiography as <i>Testimonio</i>

Pramod K. Nayar · 18 May 2006

This essay argues that Dalit autobiographies must be treated as testimonio, atrocity narratives that document trauma and strategies of survival. Using Bama’s Karukku as a case-study, it explores the shift between the generic conventions of individual life-writing and collective biography in this text. It analyses the strategy of witnessing in Bama’s narrative, arguing that she…

The Journal of Commonwealth Literature template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the The Journal of Commonwealth Literature format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the The Journal of Commonwealth Literature template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does The Journal of Commonwealth Literature use?
The Journal of Commonwealth Literature uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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Who publishes The Journal of Commonwealth Literature?
The Journal of Commonwealth Literature is a multidisciplinary journal published by SAGE. DocuGuru's The Journal of Commonwealth Literature template matches SAGE's official submission format.
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