Interventions-International Journal of Postcolonial Studies

Interventions-International Journal of Postcolonial Studies is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies, Anthropological Studies and Insights and Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies, together about 29% of its articles. Its main subfields are Anthropology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal operating at the crossroads of contemporary work in the humanities and social sciences in the following areas of research, theory and politics: Theories of colonialism, settler colonialism, occupation, and postcolonialism The histories, impact, and long-term effects of imperialism and colonialism on all aspects of society The role of culture in the operation of imperialism and in the formations of national resistance Contemporary Marxist philosophy and related cultural theory The economics of neo-colonialism and neoliberalism and their effects on the global South Liberation struggles, past and ongoing The political and cultural struggles of Indigenous, “fourth-world”, and nomadic peoples The philosophy and theory of indigeneity Genocide, conflict intervention and resolution, human rights and humanitarian ethics Contemporary slavery, child soldiers, refugees, camps and detention centres Diaspora, migration, immigration Ecological imperialism, violence, and activist counter-strategies The role of religion and culture in contemporary political formations Philosophies of religion and secularism Cultural and global issues in law, colonial law, occupier law The contemporary politics of race, caste and ethnicity; indigeneity; gender and sexuality Languages, especially “minor” languages, and translation Philosophy of translation and translation theory Theoretical, philosophical, and analytical questions of postcolonial and world literatures, art, photography, cinema and music. ( Note: in general Interventions does not accept articles that offer analysis of a single novel, story, or film, unless the study uses the individual work as a way into discussing wider social, political, historical, literary, philosophical or theoretical questions.) Interventions is indexed in the Clarivate Analytics Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities Citation Indices. Peer Review Policy: All peer review is double anonymized and submissions are typically reviewed by two referees. Submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Multiple

Editor-in-chief Robert J.C. YoungPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
• 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

SSCIAHCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

OCLC, Africana Periodical Literature Bibliographic Database, Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature, CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Index Islamicus, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, International Political Science Abstracts, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, MLA International Bibliography, Sociological AbstractsPublisher website

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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.

Impact

Impact factor

0.7LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

0.8Publisher website · 2026-09-29

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

1Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

1.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

1.4Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.34LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.34Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SNIP 2026-06

1.46LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

1.46Publisher website · 2026-09-29

h-index

49OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

330OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.43OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

12.5%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

16.39%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

70LetPub · 2026-09-13

Articles per year (publisher)

3Publisher website · 2026-09-29

Downloads per year (publisher)

200,000Publisher website · 2026-09-29

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.

Figures by source

Acceptance rate (publisher)

30%Publisher website · 2026-09-29

Submission to first decision

174 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

First decision after review

247 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

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.

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.

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.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

1369-801X

Electronic ISSN

1469-929X

Latest issue on the website

Volume 28, Issue 4 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website