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2025 Annual Impact Report & Top10 Articles
We are pleased to share that our usage remains truly international and that in 2025, our global usage increased by 18% reaching 2,741,770. Our reporting also highlights a compelling list of the top 10 articles covering some current critical subjects.
Why Capitalist Economies Grow Slower + New Insights on Labour.
We are pleased to share a truly international selection of articles on political economy, indentured labour and domestic work. Our journals are Diamond Open Access, on ScienceOpen with the archive on JSTOR.
The Ghana Journal of Sociology and Anthropology
As we prepare to announce the 2026 journals under the African Journals Initiative (AJI), a collaborative project between Pluto Journals and African Books Collective, we are pleased to begin by spotlighting the Ghana Journal of Sociology and Anthropology (GJSA).
Cilmi Boodhari’s Love Poetry & Other News sent
Ahead of Valentine’s day, we spotlight, The Inner World in Cilmi Boodhari’s Love Poetry by Kidist Dorigatti published in Dhaxalreeb. Bhoodari’s love poetry shifted the form from the margins to the centre, making him a spokesperson for social reform and in turn challenging cultural norms.
Cuba, Food Sovereignty & the Hidden Curriculum
The latest issue of International Journal of Cuban Studies focusses on “All things Cuban”. Meanwhile, the Journal of Intersectionality has a special issue on ”The Hidden Curriculum: Research and Reflections on Diverse Women’s Journeys in Higher Education”.
Policy Perspectives, Disability & Workers Justice
Read new research from Policy Perspectives, Journal of Disability and Social Justice, and Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation. International Journal of Disability and Social Justice is now on the Emerging Sources Citation Index. Fantastic achievement for a journal launched in 2021!
African Journals Initiative- New Issue Out!
At the African Journals Initiative, we reinforce our commitment to internationalising African social science and humanities journals. Last year we onboarded six journals from Somaliland, Ghana, Nigeria, Malawi, and Tanzania. View journals here.
Conviviality & Critical Diversity, the cost of war & if AI has politics?
As we all embark on a new year, our journals continue to bring together diverse perspectives on some of the most pressing questions of our time, from conflict and the legacies of colonialism to the rise of populism and the impact of AI.
Open Journals Collective. The Future is Diamond
We have some exciting news to share: Pluto Journals is now a member of the Open Journals Collective (OJC), which launches in January 2026. It’s an exciting step towards a brighter future for diamond open access which aims to challenge profit driven models of global corporate publishing.
African Journals Initiative, Ibadan Journal of Sociology
As part of the African Journals Initiative pilot programme we are thrilled to announce the release of a new issue of Ibadan Journal of Sociology (IJS), an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles from sociology, anthropology and other related disciplines.
Disability Accessibility, Fair Trade and Solidarity.
As the term ends and the holidays begin, we have some treats for you from the latest issues of International Journal of Disability and Social Justice, Journal of Fair Trade and our African Journals Initiative.
All of our journals are Diamond Open Access on ScienceOpen and JSTOR.
Inequality, International Law & Decolonial Resistance
In this Pluto Journals November newsletter we’re highlighting articles from the latest World Review of Political Economy and Arab Studies Quarterly. We also have updates from the African Journals Initiative on its latest publication from Zamani. All articles are Diamond Open Access.
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