Wasafiri

Wasafiri is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 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, Human auditory perception and evaluation and Poetry Analysis and Criticism, together about 25.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Wasafiri encourages readers and writers to travel the world via the word. Since 1984 the magazine has been publishing the best international contemporary writing from a diverse range of cultures across the UK and beyond. Wasafiri challenges established literary canons by creating a unique space for distinctive new work that transcends borders and labels. The dynamic, fresh writing we feature stimulates cross-cultural dialogues, which are brought to life through innovative live events. Wasafiri is well known for finding ‘the best of tomorrow’s writers today’, whilst simultaneously celebrating those who have gone on to become global literary voices. The magazinepublishes literary articles, interviews, creative writing, reviews and illustrated essays on the visual arts in both general and Special Issues. We welcome original submissions from new and established voices from all cultural backgrounds, which are peer-reviewed prior to acceptance. We are particularly keen to receive lively essays on recent work by contemporary writers or interviews with them. We are also open to proposals for Special Issues of the magazine. For submission guidelines and more information, visit our website at www.wasafiri.org ‘Wasafiri -“traveller” in Kiswahili - offers a showcase to a range of diasporic and migrant writing from around the world that might otherwise struggle to get noticed by the mainstream press. Each issue of the journal features art, fiction and poetry, as well as articles and interviews, plus a generous review section. It is not afraid to ask uncomfortable questions about “literary geopolitics”, and it is more interested in the process of cultural reception than any other comparable literary magazine. In her interview, Dubravka Ugrešic suspects that she isn’t sufficiently erudite to qualify as the “cultural traveller” of the journal’s title: “This is because literary wasafirianism demands great dedication, knowledge and energy, educational enthusiasm and an emancipated and enlightened form of missionary work.’ Fortunately, the editors of Wasafiri possess these qualities in abundance.' - Ian Pindar, The Times Literary Supplement ‘For twenty years Wasafiri magazine has opened doors on to a new landscape of boundary-busting global literature in English. It has both showcased the work of major writers from Africa, the Caribbean and the subcontinent, and tracked the evolution of cutting edge fiction from black and Asian British authors.’ - Boyd Tonkin, Literary Edito

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• CiteScore Q2 · 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

AHCIScopusLetPub

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

Indexing the journal's website claims

Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature, British Humanities Index, Humanities International Index, M L A International Bibliography, Race Relations AbstractsPublisher website

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Impact

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

0.2Publisher website · 2026-09-30

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

0.3Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CiteScore 2026-06

0.3LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

0.3Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SJR 2026-06

0.11LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.11Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SNIP 2026-06

0.44LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

0.44Publisher website · 2026-09-30

h-index

30OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

83OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.1OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

1.08%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

24LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

58,000Publisher website · 2026-09-30

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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

0269-0055

Electronic ISSN

1747-1508

Society / sponsor

Wasafiri

Latest issue on the website

Volume 41, Issue 3 (2026)

Official links

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