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Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies
ISSN 2327-7408 · eISSN 2327-7416 · Taylor & Francis
Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies: CAS Zone 3 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 304 days to acceptance (44 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 31% (journal website); 24 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies, African history and culture studies and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories, together about 51.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science and Anthropology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Eastern African Literary & Cultural Studies ( EALCS) is a pioneering international peer-reviewed journal which offers a distinctive, integrated forum for scholarship on the literature, culture and arts of the Eastern Africa region and their widespread influence. Arts and culture have played an instrumental role in the post-colonial project, and indeed in the forging of twenty-first century identities and realities, where they have actively engaged with ideas from other fields including economics, politics, history, and religion. This dynamic interface is explored in the journal. Exceptional creative work from and about the region is also considered for publication. The journal invites submissions of research articles, review essays, roundtable debates, interviews, creative work, book reviews and conference alerts. Manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and detailed Instructions for Authors can be found here.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesArts and Humanities19.9%
- African history and culture studiesSocial Sciences17.4%
- Global Maritime and Colonial HistoriesSocial Sciences13.8%
- African studies and sociopolitical issuesSocial Sciences5.4%
- South African History and CultureSocial Sciences4.5%
- Anthropological Studies and InsightsSocial Sciences3.9%
- African history and culture analysisSocial Sciences3.9%
- African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ IssuesSocial Sciences3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Literature, African, Australian, Canadian | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Literature, African, Australian, Canadian | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.18Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.47Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.37OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 7.41%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 22LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 19,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 260 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 12 | 0 |
| 2025 | 24 | 7 | 9 |
| 2024 | 19 | 7 | 17 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1 | 13 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1 | 45 |
| 2021 | 40 | 9 | 88 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
304 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 168 days – 468 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 61 days (45 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 366 days
- Sample
- 44 articles with submission and acceptance dates (54 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 31%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 137 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 218 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted7
- book reviewsThe journal invites submissions of research articles, review essays, roundtable debates, interviews, creative work, book reviews and conference alerts.Length not stated
- conference alertsThe journal invites submissions of research articles, review essays, roundtable debates, interviews, creative work, book reviews and conference alerts.Length not stated
- creative workThe journal invites submissions of research articles, review essays, roundtable debates, interviews, creative work, book reviews and conference alerts.Length not stated
- interviewsThe journal invites submissions of research articles, review essays, roundtable debates, interviews, creative work, book reviews and conference alerts.Length not stated
- research articlesThe journal invites submissions of research articles, review essays, roundtable debates, interviews, creative work, book reviews and conference alerts.Length not stated
- review essaysThe journal invites submissions of research articles, review essays, roundtable debates, interviews, creative work, book reviews and conference alerts.Length not stated
- roundtable debatesThe journal invites submissions of research articles, review essays, roundtable debates, interviews, creative work, book reviews and conference alerts.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal Model summary
Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis 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 t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review is double anonymized Model summary
Manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 2327-7408
- Electronic ISSN
- 2327-7416
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 12, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies
What CAS zone is Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies is in Zone 3 of Literature, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Literature, African, Australian, Canadian / Humanities, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.2 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1, h-index 10.
How long does peer review take at Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies?
Based on the dates recorded on 44 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 304 days (interquartile range 168–468 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 31%. 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 Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .