South Atlantic Quarterly

Aims & Scope

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Founded amid controversy in 1901, the South Atlantic Quarterly continues to cover the beat, center and fringe, with bold analyses of the current scene—national, cultural, intellectual—worldwide.

Now published exclusively in special issues, this vanguard centenarian journal is tackling embattled states, evaluating postmodernity"s influential writers and intellectuals, and examining a wide range of cultural phenomena.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.5

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.647

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	52

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Abstracting & Indexing

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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.

• The Geopolitics of Knowledge and the Colonial Difference

  Citation: 659

  Authors: Walter D.

• <i>Ch'ixinakax utxiwa</i>: A Reflection on the Practices and Discourses of Decolonization

  Citation: 520

  Authors: Silvia Rivera

• Blackness and Nothingness (Mysticism in the Flesh)

  Citation: 507

  Authors: Fred

• Who Is the Subject of the Rights of Man?

  Citation: 440

  Authors: Jacques

• Righting Wrongs

  Citation: 380

  Authors: Gayatri Chakravorty

• Commodities Consensus: Neoextractivism and Enclosure of the Commons in Latin America

  Citation: 309

  Authors: Maristella

• The Class Consciousness of Frequent Travelers: Toward a Critique of Actually Existing Cosmopolitanism

  Citation: 294

  Authors: Craig

• The Time of Slavery

  Citation: 293

  Authors: Saidiya

• Agency and the Hybrid <i>Collectif</i>

  Citation: 283

  Authors: Michel, John

• The Will to Be Otherwise/The Effort of Endurance

  Citation: 260

  Authors: Elizabeth A.

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