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Africa Spectrum

Institut fur Afrika-Kunde · Germany

ISSN0002-0397eISSN1868-6869

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.494

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.88

Total Worksi

757

Total Citationsi

7,545

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Area Studies; Cultural Studies; Development; Political Science and International Relations; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 29 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications757

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Institut fur Afrika-Kunde

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0002-0397 / 1868-6869

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

168

2019

498

2020

248

2021

105

2022

113

2023

108

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Cultural StudiesQ1

DevelopmentQ2

Political Science and International RelationsQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Area Studies

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceCultural StudiesDevelopmentPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

African history and culture studiesInternational Development and AidPolitical Conflict and GovernanceAfrican history and culture analysisAfrican studies and sociopolitical issues

Frequently asked questions about Africa Spectrum

Is Africa Spectrum a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Africa Spectrum: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Africa Spectrum?

Africa Spectrum is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.00.

Is Africa Spectrum indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Africa Spectrum is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Africa Spectrum?