About the journal
Literator is an open-access journal published by AOSIS in South Africa, publishing in AFRIKAANS and ENGLISH. It is listed in DOAJ according to the sources read. Declared publication charge: 18,883 ZAR. Declared review time at DOAJ: 12 weeks. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- AOSIS
- ISSN
- 0258-2279 · 2219-8237
- Country
- South Africa
- Languages
- AFRIKAANS, ENGLISH
- Access
- Open access
- Declared publication charge
- 18,883 ZAR
- Articles in DOAJ
- 1489
- Declared review time
- 12 weeks
- Declared peer-review model
- double_blind
- Official website
- https://literator.org.za/index.php/literator
Index listings
- DOAJ · 2013-04-25
- Indexing
- DOAJ
- APC
- 18,883 ZAR
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- 12 weeks — journal-declared only (not measured)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
- PublishLens list status
- Shown after sign-in
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Articles in DOAJ
1489
Most recent article
last month
Average review time (journal-declared via DOAJ)
12weeks
Works in OpenAlex
2102
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
18
i10-index
53
From OpenAlex open data (CC0).
Editorial & policy12
- Last DOAJ review date
- 2026-03-12
- Added to DOAJ
- 2013-04-25
- Declared plagiarism screening
- Declared
- Other fees beyond APC
- Yes
- Declared digital preservation
- Portico
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- Portico
- Editorial board
- Official page ↗
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2026
- Level 1 — approved scholarly channel
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 86%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 96%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
- Peer-review policy
- View policy
Identity & continuity2
- Alternate titles
- Journal of literary criticism, comparative linguistics and literary studiesTydskrif vir besondere en vergelykende taal- en literatuurstudie
- Source type
- journal
Classification2
Subjects (DOAJ)
LCC codes
Subject areas
- Lexicography and Language Studies
- Lexicography and Language Studies
- South African History and Culture
- South African History and Culture
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- linguistics and terminology studies
- linguistics and terminology studies
Show all subjects (50)
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Narrative Theory and Analysis
- Narrative Theory and Analysis
- Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
- Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
- Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
- Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
- Legal Issues in South Africa
- Legal Issues in South Africa
- Themes in Literature Analysis
- Themes in Literature Analysis
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity
- Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies
- Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies
- Historical Linguistics and Language Studies
- Historical Linguistics and Language Studies
- EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Translation Studies and Practices
- Translation Studies and Practices
- Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- African history and culture studies
- African history and culture studies
- Linguistic research and analysis
- Linguistic research and analysis
- Literature, Language, and Rhetoric Studies
- Literature, Language, and Rhetoric Studies
- Reformed Theology and Governance
- Reformed Theology and Governance
- African studies and sociopolitical issues
- African studies and sociopolitical issues
- Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
Keywords (DOAJ)
- linguistics
- literature
- south african languages
- south african literature
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