Westerly
Published by Westerly Centre, The University of Western Australia
ISSN : 0043-342X
Abbreviation : Westerly
Aims & Scope
The Magazine has always sought to provide a Western Australian-based voice, although its contributors and subject matter have never been geographically exclusive.
It publishes creative writing and scholarship from throughout the world, but maintains a special emphasis on Australia, particularly Western Australia, and the Asian region.
Westerly has a strong international reputation, and is listed in some of the world’s major cultural indexes.
It has been instrumental in the careers of many of the region’s most prominent and internationally renowned writers.
These include major Western Australian writers such as Randolph Stow, Dorothy Hewett, T.A.G.
Hungerford and Elizabeth Jolley; highly-awarded contemporary writers, including Tim Winton, Kim Scott, and Sally Morgan; and important local poets like John Kinsella, Tracy Ryan, John Mateer, and Lucy Dougan.
Equally, it seeks to invest in emerging writers and support the development of new careers.
It is published at the Westerly Centre (formerly the Centre for Studies in Australian Literature) at the University of Western Australia, with assistance in project funding from the Western Australian State Government through the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, and the Australian Federal Government through the Australia Council for the Arts.
Our Writers’ Development Program and Mid-Career Fellowship is supported by Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund.
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Impact Factor
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 0.00 |
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.102 |
Quartile
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Q3 |
h-index
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 |
Journal Rank
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 29573 |
Journal Citation Indicator
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 |
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