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Acta Academica

Sun Media Corporation · Canada

ISSN0587-2405eISSN2415-0479

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total33

Journal Impact Factor

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SJR Score

0.185

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Works

995

Total Citations

3,400

2yr Mean Citedness

0.76

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

Acta Academica publishes scholarship in the humanities, focusing on critical social theory, postcolonialism, and post-developmental debates, particularly concerning Southern Africa. The journal examines how contemporary humanities address both theorizing and changing the world, with frequent engagement with critical theory, including the Frankfurt School, and analyses of digital culture, media, and their societal impacts. Topics also include law, environmentalism, gender, and philosophy, often through decolonial and intersectional lenses.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 40 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications995

Publisher OrgUniversity of Pretoria

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~24 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Sun Media Corporation

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0587-2405 / 2415-0479

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

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2024

2025

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q2

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

South African History and CultureAfrican cultural and philosophical studiesLegal Issues in South AfricaMultilingual Education and PolicyEducation Systems and Policy