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About the Sikh Formations format

Sikh Formations is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering South Asian Studies and Diaspora, South Asian Studies and Conflicts, South Asian Cinema and Culture.

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." Sikh Formations 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inSouth Asian Studies and Diaspora South Asian Studies and Conflicts South Asian Cinema and Culture Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Indian History and Philosophy
ISSN1744-8727
Citation impact (2-yr)0.25
h-index20
i10-index61
Total citations1,961
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Michigan
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
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Papers published in Sikh Formations per year

24
2014
26
2015
29
2016
33
2017
31
2018
44
2019
19
2020
28
2021
36
2022
28
2023
39
2024
44
2025

Citation impact of Sikh Formations by publication year

109
2014
101
2015
91
2016
60
2017
107
2018
96
2019
28
2020
23
2021
45
2022
13
2023
18
2024
4
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Sikh Formations

Locating the sikh <i>pagh</i>

Virinder S. Kalra · 1 Jun 2005

The importance of the turban to Sikh identity has come into sharp focus since the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon in 2001. In particular the conflation of all turban wearers with terrorists has marked Sikhs out as targets for racist attack. This article offers a broad overview of the many ways in…

‘THE TURBAN IS NOT A HAT’: QUEER DIASPORA AND PRACTICES OF PROFILING

Jasbir K. Puar · 1 Jun 2008

This article examines two facets of post 9–11 South Asian organizing in the US – that of South Asian queer diasporics and of Sikh Americans. Ironically, South Asian queer diasporic subjects are under even greater duress to produce themselves as exceptional American subjects, not necessarily as heteronormative but as homonormative, even as the queernesses of…

COMMEMORATING HURT: MEMORIALIZING OPERATION BLUESTAR

Radhika Chopra · 1 Dec 2010

The storming of Sikhism's most sacred shrine, the Darbar Sahib at Amritsar by the Indian army in June 1984 has become a commemorative event in the ritual calendar of the Gurdwara. Memorialized every year in June, Ghallughara Dihara (Day of Genocide) fuses the modern event with medieval Sikh history. The remembrances of Bluestar and its…

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS. GENDER, ‘YOUTH’, AND THE DELHI GANG RAPE CASE OF 2012

Tara Atluri · 1 Dec 2013

Following the Delhi gang rape and murder of Jyoti Singh Pandhey in New Delhi and the unprecedented levels of protest that followed, high numbers of young people in the subcontinent and specifically urban India were blamed for sexual violence, while also heralded as a progressive vanguard.11 The Justice Verma Commission report that followed the Delhi…

EXCLUSION AND REGULATED INCLUSION

Rita Kaur Dhamoon · 1 Apr 2013

This article examines the ways in which the Sikh kirpan has been imagined and re-imagined by the Canadian state, as a signifier of exclusion from the public sphere, and regulated inclusion within the public sphere. The focus on Sikh cultural and religious practices provides a way to examine recent cases of an ethno-racial group that…

Sikh Formations template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Sikh Formations format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Sikh Formations 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 Sikh Formations use?
Sikh Formations 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." Sikh Formations 12 (3): 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Sikh Formations?
No. DocuGuru generates the interact LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Taylor & Francis-ready Sikh Formations document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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Who publishes Sikh Formations?
Sikh Formations is a multidisciplinary journal published by Taylor & Francis. DocuGuru's Sikh Formations template matches Taylor & Francis's official submission format.
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