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Matatu

Country

Netherlands

Universities and research institutions in Netherlands
Media Ranking in Netherlands

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Brill Academic Publishers

SJR 2024

0.103 Q3

H-Index

6

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

09329714

Coverage

2011-2017, 2019-2024

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

c.stevens@brill.com

Scope

Matatu is a peer-reviewed journal on African literatures and societies dedicated to interdisciplinary dialogue between literary and cultural studies, historiography, the social sciences and cultural anthropology. Matatu is animated by a lively interest in African culture and literature (including the Afro-Caribbean) that moves beyond worn-out clichés of “cultural authenticity” and “national liberation” towards critical exploration of African modernities. The East African public transport vehicle from which Matatu takes its name is both a component and a symbol of these modernities: based on “Western” (these days usually "Asian") technology, it is a vigorously African institution; it is usually regarded with some anxiety by those travelling in it, but is often enough the only means of transport available; it creates temporary communicative communities and provides a transient site for the exchange of news, storytelling, and political debate. Matatu is firmly committed to supporting democratic change in Africa, to providing a forum for interchanges between African and European critical debates, to overcoming notions of absolute cultural, ethnic, or religious alterity, and to promoting transnational discussion on the future of African societies in a wider world. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Cultural Studies2012Q4
Cultural Studies2013Q3
Cultural Studies2014Q3
Cultural Studies2015Q4
Cultural Studies2016Q3
Cultural Studies2017Q4
Cultural Studies2018Q3
Cultural Studies2019Q4
Cultural Studies2020Q3
Cultural Studies2021Q4
Cultural Studies2022Q4
Cultural Studies2023Q4
Cultural Studies2024Q4
History2012Q4
History2013Q3
History2014Q3
History2015Q3
History2016Q3
History2017Q4
History2018Q3
History2019Q4
History2020Q3
History2021Q4
History2022Q4
History2023Q4
History2024Q4
Literature and Literary Theory2012Q3
Literature and Literary Theory2013Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2014Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2015Q3
Literature and Literary Theory2016Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2017Q3
Literature and Literary Theory2018Q2
Literature and Literary Theory2019Q4
Literature and Literary Theory2020Q3
Literature and Literary Theory2021Q4
Literature and Literary Theory2022Q4
Literature and Literary Theory2023Q4
Literature and Literary Theory2024Q3
Sociology and Political Science2012Q4
Sociology and Political Science2013Q4
Sociology and Political Science2014Q4
Sociology and Political Science2015Q4
Sociology and Political Science2016Q4
Sociology and Political Science2017Q4
Sociology and Political Science2018Q4
Sociology and Political Science2019Q4
Sociology and Political Science2020Q4
Sociology and Political Science2021Q4
Sociology and Political Science2022Q4
Sociology and Political Science2023Q4
Sociology and Political Science2024Q4
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
20120.101
20130.111
20140.105
20150.101
20160.126
20170.101
20180.120
20190.100
20200.108
20210.100
20220.100
20230.101
20240.103
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
201132
201227
201384
201422
201515
201634
201737
20180
201912
2020101
202114
20228
202327
202418
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20110.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20120.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20130.186
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20140.070
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20150.030
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20160.047
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20170.026
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20180.130
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20190.093
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20200.036
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20210.073
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20220.087
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20230.111
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20240.080
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20110.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20120.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20130.186
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20140.070
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20150.015
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20160.050
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20170.028
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20180.093
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20190.056
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20200.041
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20210.035
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20220.087
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20230.122
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20240.061
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20110.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20120.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.186
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20140.036
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20150.019
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20160.081
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20170.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20180.056
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20190.108
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20200.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20210.035
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20220.096
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20230.136
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20240.086
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites20110
Self Cites20120
Self Cites20131
Self Cites20141
Self Cites20150
Self Cites20160
Self Cites20171
Self Cites20180
Self Cites20190
Self Cites20200
Self Cites20210
Self Cites20220
Self Cites20230
Self Cites20240
Total Cites20110
Total Cites20120
Total Cites201311
Total Cites201410
Total Cites20152
Total Cites20166
Total Cites20172
Total Cites20188
Total Cites20194
Total Cites20202
Total Cites20214
Total Cites202211
Total Cites202315
Total Cites20243
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document20110
External Cites per document20120.000
External Cites per document20130.169
External Cites per document20140.063
External Cites per document20150.015
External Cites per document20160.050
External Cites per document20170.014
External Cites per document20180.093
External Cites per document20190.056
External Cites per document20200.041
External Cites per document20210.035
External Cites per document20220.087
External Cites per document20230.122
External Cites per document20240.061
Cites per document20110.000
Cites per document20120.000
Cites per document20130.186
Cites per document20140.070
Cites per document20150.015
Cites per document20160.050
Cites per document20170.028
Cites per document20180.093
Cites per document20190.056
Cites per document20200.041
Cites per document20210.035
Cites per document20220.087
Cites per document20230.122
Cites per document20240.061
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
20110.00
20120.00
20132.38
20140.00
20150.00
20165.88
20172.70
20180
20198.33
20202.97
20217.14
20220.00
202318.52
202422.22
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents20110
Non-citable documents20122
Non-citable documents20132
Non-citable documents20144
Non-citable documents20153
Non-citable documents20163
Non-citable documents201717
Non-citable documents201816
Non-citable documents201916
Non-citable documents20201
Non-citable documents202110
Non-citable documents202211
Non-citable documents202311
Non-citable documents20243
Citable documents20110
Citable documents201230
Citable documents201357
Citable documents2014139
Citable documents2015130
Citable documents2016118
Citable documents201754
Citable documents201870
Citable documents201955
Citable documents202048
Citable documents2021103
Citable documents2022116
Citable documents2023112
Citable documents202446
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents20110
Uncited documents201232
Uncited documents201348
Uncited documents2014134
Uncited documents2015131
Uncited documents2016115
Uncited documents201769
Uncited documents201879
Uncited documents201968
Uncited documents202047
Uncited documents2021109
Uncited documents2022120
Uncited documents2023109
Uncited documents202446
Cited documents20110
Cited documents20120
Cited documents201311
Cited documents20149
Cited documents20152
Cited documents20166
Cited documents20172
Cited documents20187
Cited documents20193
Cited documents20202
Cited documents20214
Cited documents20227
Cited documents202314
Cited documents20243
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
201130.00
201228.00
201340.00
201436.84
201540.00
201652.63
201727.03
20180.00
201927.27
202039.36
202153.85
202271.43
202365.52
202457.14
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

DocumentsYearValue
Overton20110
Overton20120
Overton20130
Overton20140
Overton20150
Overton20160
Overton20170
Overton20180
Overton20190
Overton20201
Overton20210
Overton20220
Overton20230
Overton20240
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evolution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG20180
SDG20191
SDG202014
SDG20210
SDG20222
SDG202311
SDG20243
Estimated APC

It estimates the article processing charges (APCs) a journal might charge, based on its visibility, prestige, and impact as measured by the SJR. It does not reflect the actual APC, but rather a calculated approximation based on journal quality.

YearEst. APC (USD)
2011
20122181
20132201
20142200
20152195
20162212
20172212
20182218
20192215
20202220
20212200
20222199
20232185
20242187
Estimated financial value

It represents the potential financial worth of a journal. It is obtained by multiplying the journal's Estimated APC by the total number of citable documents published over the past five years. This value reflects the hypothetical revenue a journal could generate based on its estimated publication costs and scholarly output.

YearEst. value (USD)
2011
201258898
2013244303
2014292554
2015324883
2016402500
2017424615
2018239570
2019217024
2020408428
2021360827
2022296919
2023353902
2024367408
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