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About the Journal of Literary Studies format

Journal of Literary Studies is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering South African History and Culture, Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Journal of Literary Studies 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inSouth African History and Culture Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies African history and culture studies Narrative Theory and Analysis
ISSN0256-4718
Citation impact (2-yr)0.21
h-index21
i10-index75
Total citations3,461
Article processing charge$388
Open accessYes
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of South Africa
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
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Papers published in Journal of Literary Studies per year

43
2014
34
2015
47
2016
46
2017
46
2018
43
2019
45
2020
45
2021
30
2022
20
2023
35
2024
26
2025

Citation impact of Journal of Literary Studies by publication year

83
2014
62
2015
235
2016
87
2017
74
2018
44
2019
60
2020
66
2021
28
2022
9
2023
10
2024
2
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Journal of Literary Studies

The Purloined Letter

Edgar Allan Poë · 1 Oct 1987

Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Purloined Letter,” widely regarded as the first modern detective story, can serve to remind physicians of the importance of both scientific rigor and empathic understanding in their diagnostic and therapeutic roles. After the failure of an extensive and methodical police search, consulting detective C. Auguste Dupin is called upon to locate…

116 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
(West) African Feminisms and Their Challenges

Naomi Nkealah · 2 Apr 2016

SummaryThis article highlights some challenges facing a set of African feminisms built on indigenous models. These feminisms are: Motherism – Catherine Acholonu; Womanism/Woman palavering – Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi; Nego-feminism – Obioma Nnaemeka; Snail-sense feminism – Akachi Ezeigbo; Stiwanism – Molara Ogundipe-Leslie; African womanism – Mary Modupe Kolawole; and Femalism – Chioma Opara. The challenges under…

95 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
‘Woman’ as sign in the South African colonial enterprise

Dorothy Driver · 1 Mar 1988

Summary Patriarchal discourse continually reproduces the division between culture and nature, a division of obvious importance to the colonial enterprise, whose success demands the preservation of dichotomies such as civilized and primitive, white and black, masculine and feminine. The emigration of British women to the colonies served a variety of social and economic purposes; it…

53 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Feminist translation strategies: Different or derived?

Kim Wallmach · 1 Jun 2006

Summary This article explores the problem of difference in translation under the influence of deconstruction, with particular reference to four French‐Canadian feminist texts by Nicole Brossard and their feminist translations into English (two translations by Barbara Godard and two translations by Patricia Claxton). These translators claim to utilise innovative translation strategies in challenging certain conventional…

45 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Journal of Literary Studies template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Journal of Literary Studies format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Journal of Literary Studies template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Taylor & Francis format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Journal of Literary Studies use?
Journal of Literary Studies uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) 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, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Journal of Literary Studies 12 (3): 45–58.
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No. DocuGuru generates the interact LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Taylor & Francis-ready Journal of Literary Studies document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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Who publishes Journal of Literary Studies?
Journal of Literary Studies is a multidisciplinary journal published by Taylor & Francis. DocuGuru's Journal of Literary Studies template matches Taylor & Francis's official submission format.
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