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Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines

Cairn France · France · Est. 1960

ISSN0008-0055eISSN1777-5353

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.124

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.319

Total Worksi

3,964

Total Citationsi

17,069

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.35

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The journal privileges the publication of unpublished articles, based on original research and consolidated or emerging theoretical contributions. While being interdisciplinary, the journal favors anthropological and historical research on Africa and societies linked to Africa worldwide. The publication of articles in French and English contributes to the international recognition of the journal.

General Information

Country / RegionFrance

Primary LanguageFrench

1st Year Published1960

Annual Volume~ 86 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,964

Publisher OrgÉditions de l'EHESS

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cairn France

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0008-0055 / 1777-5353

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

French

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

113

116

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

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.

HistoryQ3

DevelopmentQ4

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Anthropology

Scopus Categories

HistoryDevelopmentGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

African history and culture studiesAfrican Studies and EthnographyAgriculture and Rural Development ResearchMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, GenderAfrican Studies and Geopolitics

Frequently asked questions about Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines

Is Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines?

Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines 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 0.35.

Is Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.