Are you interested in joining our scholarly community? Does the research field of literacy interest you?

We call all prospective researchers and authors to submit their manuscripts towards the open access journal, Reading & Writing. This peer reviewed inter-disciplinary and inter-professional scholarly journal explores how literacy is defined, enacted, and promoted in a range of institutional, socio-cultural, and disciplinary contexts, particularly within Africa and other developing countries. Reading & Writing publishes original articles that provoke debate, explores issues, and posit solutions about literacy interventions, practices, and education. It focusses on and relates to transnational and translocal literacies associated with immigrants and mobile people in African settings. The aim is to design literacy practices in education to stimulate community-based socio-economic transformation and development in Africa. The journal offers the breadth of outlook to promote interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary approaches that can stretch and invigorate our sense of what concepts and approaches are productive in the field of literacy education.

The journal has a double-blinded peer review process. Manuscripts are initially examined by editorial staff and are sent by the Editor-in-Chief to two expert independent reviewers, either directly or by a Section Editor. Read our full peer review process. 

The journal is DHET accredited because it is listed on the following approved indexing services:

• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) – DHET Approved Index from 2021
• SciELO SA
• SCOPUS

Read more about the historic data, publication frequency, types of articles published and the review process at https://bit.ly/3h1T7xp

Submissions can be submitted online at rw.org.za. Please refer to the submissions procedure when submitting your original manuscripts. The author guidelines include information about the types of articles received for publication and preparing a manuscript for submission. Other relevant information about the journal’s policies and the reviewing process can be found under the about section.

The journal publishes one issue each year. Articles are published online when ready for publication and then printed in an end-of-year compilation. Additional issues may be published for special events (e.g. conferences) and when special themes are addressed.

Editor-in-Chief
Naomi Boakye
Unit for Academic Literacy
University of Pretoria
South Africa
Email: editor@rw.org.za