NWIG New West Indian Guide

Aims & Scope

This is a fully Open Access journal, which means that all articles are freely available online, ensuring maximum, worldwide dissemination of content, in exchange for an Article Publication Charge.

As the journal receives a subvention for publication from the learned society Vereniging KITLV (NL), the Article Publication Charge is waived.

Published continuously since 1919, the New West Indian Guide (NWIG) is the oldest scholarly journal on the Caribbean, featuring English-language articles in the fields of anthropology, art, archaeology, economics, geography, geology, history, international relations, linguistics, literature, music, political science and sociology, and includes the world's most complete review section on Caribbean books - covering some 150 books each year.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Race/class : Jamaica's discourse of heritable identity

  Citation: 61

  Authors: Diane J.

• The miracle of creolization : a retrospective

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Richard

• The struggle for respectability: Methodism and Afro-Caribbean culture on 19th century Nevis

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Karen Fog

• ‘Fascinans’ or ‘tremendum’? Permutations of the state, the body, and the divine in late-twentieth-century Havana

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Stephan

• Women in Jamaica’s urban informal economy: insights from a Kingston slum

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Faye V.

• Family, social change and social policy in the West Indies

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Raymond T.

• Shadows of the Plantation? A Social History of Suriname’s Bauxite Town Moengo

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Anouk de

• Spaniards, 'pardos', and the missing mestizos: identities and racial categories in the early Hispanic Caribbean

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Stuart B.

• De bauxietnijverheid en de stichting van een nieuwe stad in Suriname.

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Fred.

• Working for the man: a Saramaka outlook on Kouro

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Sally, Richard