Third World Quarterly
DisciplineArea studies, development studies
LanguageEnglish
Edited byShahid Qadir
Publication details
History1979–present
Publisher
Taylor & Francis on behalf of Global South Ltd [1]
FrequencyMonthly
2.255 (2021)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Third World Q.
Indexing
ISSN0143-6597 (print)
1360-2241 (web)
LCCN80640150
JSTOR01436597
OCLC no.615555785
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Third World Quarterly is a peer-reviewed academic journal managed by Global South Ltd and published by Taylor & Francis.[1] Its "founding editor" and chair of its editorial board is Shahid Qadir,[1] who is also one of two directors of Global South Ltd.[2][3] Although the journal's title suggests only four issues per year, it is in fact published monthly.[1] The journal had an impact factor of 2.225 in 2021.[4]

Controversy

In September 2017, the journal attracted controversy after it published an article entitled "The Case for Colonialism" by political scientist Bruce Gilley. This article was described by Portia Roelofs and Max Gallien of the London School of Economics as "a travesty, the academic equivalent of a Trump tweet, clickbait with footnotes."[5] Oxford theologian Nigel Biggar himself became the subject of controversy after defending Gilley's article.

On 19 September 2017, a large number of the journal's editorial board resigned in protest, citing a flawed peer review process for the colonialism submission and inaccurate statements from the editor-in-chief, Shahid Qadir.[6] In all, 15 of the 34 members of the international editorial board were signatories to the resignation letter, and a petition to retract the piece at Change.org had more than 10,000 supporters.[7][8] Board member Noam Chomsky opposed the retraction, saying: "Rebuttal offers a great opportunity for education, not only in this case."[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Third World Quarterly". Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  2. ^ "GLOBAL SOUTH LTD overview – Find and update company information – GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Global South Ltd". Endole Insight.
  4. ^ "Third World Quarterly | Journal metrics". Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  5. ^ Flaherty, Colleen (26 September 2017). "Author of ;Third World Quarterly' article on colonialism wants it stricken from the record, but it might not be going anywhere". Inside Higher Education. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  6. ^ Thomas, Rosamma (19 September 2017). "Journal's editorial board resigns over colonialism essay". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  7. ^ Flaherty, Colleen (19 September 2017). "Controversy over a paper in favor of colonialism sparks calls for retraction". Inside Higher Education. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  8. ^ Zamudio-Suaréz, Fernanda (20 September 2017). "Editorial Board of 'Third World Quarterly' Resigns". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  9. ^ Flaherty, Colleen (20 September 2017). "Resignations at 'Third World Quarterly'". Inside Higher Education. Retrieved 14 May 2019.

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