Journal profile
dryft
ISSN 1814-2885 · eISSN 2616-6038 · National Universit of Modern Languages, Islamabad · Pakistan
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dryft: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 17 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
dryft is published by National Universit of Modern Languages, Islamabad. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Literature: history, themes, analysis, South Asian Studies and Diaspora and Poetry Analysis and Criticism, together about 36% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Literature: history, themes, analysisArts and Humanities14.7%
- South Asian Studies and DiasporaArts and Humanities11.8%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities9.6%
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesArts and Humanities8.1%
- Short Stories in Global LiteratureArts and Humanities7.4%
- Literary Theory and Cultural HermeneuticsArts and Humanities6.6%
- Islamic Studies and HistorySocial Sciences6.3%
- Comparative and World LiteratureArts and Humanities5.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
- h-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 117 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 2025 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | 1 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 2 |
| 2022 | 42 | 42 | 0 |
| 2021 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | PKR 13,000 | No | CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | PKR 13,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | PKR 13,000 | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Before you submit
Four checks before submitting to dryft
- 1ScopeRecent output centres on Literature: history, themes, analysis, South Asian Studies and Diaspora.Check scope
- 2Article type and formatPrepare text, figures and references as the author guidelines ask.Author guidelines ↗
- 3FeesPKR 13,000 (DOAJ)Fee details
- 4Expected review timeabout 16 weeks · Community averageReview data
The checks are built from this page's data.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- National Universit of Modern Languages, Islamabad
- Country or region
- Pakistan
- Language
- Urdu
- ISSN
- 1814-2885
- Electronic ISSN
- 2616-6038
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about dryft
How long does peer review take at dryft?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index dryft?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, dryft is indexed in DOAJ.
Is dryft open access, and what is the APC?
dryft is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .