Sikh Formations: Religion, Culture, Theory

Aims & Scope

Sikh Formations: Religion, Culture, Theory is an interdisciplinary and international journal which provides a critical forum for scholarly exploration of Sikh and Punjabi cultural formations.

It does this within a dynamic setting that embraces the globalized context of Sikhs and Sikhism.

The aim of this journal is to open up alternative horizons, to promote engagement with a wider spread of disciplinary approaches, to encourage conceptual innovation and provide a venue for the emergence of new perspectives.

In addition to conventional scholarly research articles and book reviews, we also welcome shorter essays, conference and symposium proceedings, interviews, longer book reviews, poetry, colloquia etc from the full range of disciplines, including but not limited to: sociology, history, anthropology, philosophy, religious studies, political theology, women and gender studies, comparative literature, postcolonial studies, musicology, teaching and pedagogy, art and architecture, politics, international relations, law and social work.

Sikh Formations is particularly open to multiple ways in which cultural production creates zones of profound expressive possibilities by continually generating texts and contexts of reflexive import.

To this end we also encourage submission of essays in Punjabi language.

It is our hope that the social space in which our contributors argue and converse will challenge the hegemonic space of dominant national ideologies and national languages.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.4
2024	0.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.332

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	17

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	15653

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	44

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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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.

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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.

• Locating the sikh<i>pagh</i>1

  Citation: 56

  Authors: Virinder S.

• ‘THE TURBAN IS NOT A HAT’: QUEER DIASPORA AND PRACTICES OF PROFILING

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Jasbir K.

• THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS. GENDER, ‘YOUTH’, AND THE DELHI GANG RAPE CASE OF 2012

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Tara

• The morning after: Trauma, memory and the Sikh predicament since 1984

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Darshan S.

• AFTER WISCONSIN

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Anneeth Kaur

• COMMEMORATING HURT: MEMORIALIZING OPERATION BLUESTAR

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Radhika

• Trauma, cultural survival and identity politics in a post-9/11 era: Reflections by Sikh youth

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Rita

• EXCLUSION AND REGULATED INCLUSION

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Rita Kaur

• British multiculturalism and Sikhs

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Gurharpal

• RACIAL VIOLENCE AND THE POLITICS OF NATIONAL BELONGING: THE WISCONSIN SHOOTINGS, ISLAMOPHOBIA AND THE WAR ON TERRORIZED BODIES

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Sunera

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