Journal profile · Social Sciences-Linguistics and Language
Journal of Indentureship and its Legacies
ISSN 2634-1999 · eISSN 2634-2006 · Pluto Journals · United Kingdom
Journal of Indentureship and its Legacies: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 36 weeks (community reports); 7 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Indentureship and its Legacies is published by Pluto Journals. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies, Caribbean history, culture, and politics and Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies, together about 38.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal publishes both academic essays on and creative responses (fiction or poetry) to the study of indentureship. The academic study of indentureship occurs under a number of disciplines (history, geography, language, linguistics, music and sociology), accordingly the Journal publishes pieces in this multi-disciplinary spirit. Editorial Board EditorsDavid Dabydeen (Emeritus, University of Warwick, UK)Maria del Pilar Kaladeen (University of London, UK)Amar Wahab (York University, Canada)Advisory BoardGrace Aneiza Ali, New York University, USAGaiutra Bahadur, Rutgers University, USAEddie Bruce-Jones, Birbeck College, London University, UKAjay Chhabra, Independent ResearcherRichard Fung, OCAD University, CanadaAndil Gosine, York University Toronto, CanadaBetty Govinden, alumna, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South AfricaMoon-Ho Jung, University of Washington, USAAliyah Khan, University of Michigan, USAShivanjani Lal, Independent ResearcherBrij Lal, The Australian National University, AustraliaAnne-Marie Lee-Loy, Ryerson University, CanadaPaloma Martin, University of Guyana, GuyanaHeidi Safia Mirza, University of London, UKNalini Mohabir, Concordia University, CanadaPatricia Mohammed, University of the West Indies, JamaicaSatendra Nandan, University of Canberra, AustraliaRajrani Gobin, Mahatma Gandhi Institute, MauritiusKen Ramchand, University of the West Indies, JamaicaTina Ramnarine, Royal Holloway College, London University, UKBrinsley Samaroo, University of the West Indies, JamaicaNur Sobers-Khan, British Library, UKJanet Steel, Commonwealth InternationalStephanos Stephanides, University of Cyprus, CyprusAlissa Trotz, University of Toronto, CanadaMark Tumbridge, University of Guyana, GuyanaAthol Williams, University of Cape Town, South Africa Instructions for Authors You can see the Guidelines for Contributors here. Please submit full-length articles (5000-7000 words), photo essays and creative texts (up to 2500 words), and book reviews (1200-1500 words) to: jilsubmissions20@gmail.comAll submissions (including references) must be formatted using the MHRA style guide available at: http://www.mhra.org.uk/style/ Contact Journal’s Editor, Dr. Maria del Pilar Kaladeen, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Senate House, University of London, School of Advanced Studies, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU, United Kingdom maria.kaladeen@sas.ac.ukPublisher Pluto Journals, evek@plutojournals.com Publication Information The Journal is published twice a year, in June a
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Linguistics and Language
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Colonial History and Postcolonial StudiesSocial Sciences15%
- Caribbean history, culture, and politicsSocial Sciences13.8%
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesArts and Humanities9.8%
- Caribbean and African Literature and CultureArts and Humanities9.1%
- Colonialism, slavery, and tradeSocial Sciences6.7%
- Literature: history, themes, analysisArts and Humanities6.3%
- Diaspora, migration, transnational identitySocial Sciences5.5%
- South Asian Studies and DiasporaArts and Humanities5.1%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linguistics and Language | Q4 | 939/1221 | 23rd |
| Sociology and Political Science | Q4 | 1376/1530 | 10th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.21OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 121 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 21 | 14 |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | 22 |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 | 12 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | 7 |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 | 8 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 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 36 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 36 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 accepted6, with length limits
- book reviewcreative texts (up to 2500 words), and book reviews (1200-1500 words) to: jilsubmissions20@gmail.com All submissions (includingmain text ≤ 1,500 words
- book reviewsPlease submit full-length articles (5000-7000 words), photo essays and creative texts (up to 2500 words), and book reviews (1200-1500 words) to: jilsubmissions2…Length not stated
- creative textsPlease submit full-length articles (5000-7000 words), photo essays and creative texts (up to 2500 words), and book reviews (1200-1500 words) to: jilsubmissions2…Length not stated
- editorialEditorsDavid Dabydeen (Emeritus, University of Warwick, UK)Maria del Pilar Kaladeen (University of London, UK)Amar Wahab (York University, Canada)Advisory Board…main text ≤ 5,000 words
- full-length articlesPlease submit full-length articles (5000-7000 words), photo essays and creative texts (up to 2500 words), and book reviews (1200-1500 words) to: jilsubmissions2…Length not stated
- photo essaysPlease submit full-length articles (5000-7000 words), photo essays and creative texts (up to 2500 words), and book reviews (1200-1500 words) to: jilsubmissions2…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Plagiarism
- Data availability
Archived in Portico. Model summary
The electronic journal is archived in Portico.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Follows Pluto Journals’ Ethics and Code of Conduct policy, aligned with COPE standards. Model summary
This journal follows Pluto Journals’ Ethics and Code of Conduct policy, which aligns with the ethical standards endorsed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Published under CC BY 4.0 license. Model summary
The Reuse rights of published material is all under the open CC BY 4.0 license as stated here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
All submissions are checked for originality; plagiarism is screened. Model summary
All submissions are checked for originality. The reviewer’s role involves the process of checking and dealing with text similarity and suspected plagiarism.
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
- Pluto Journals
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2634-1999
- Electronic ISSN
- 2634-2006
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Indentureship and its Legacies
How long does peer review take at Journal of Indentureship and its Legacies?
Authors report an average review time of about 36 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 Journal of Indentureship and its Legacies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Indentureship and its Legacies is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Indentureship and its Legacies open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Indentureship and its Legacies is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .