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Acta Academica

Sun Media Corporation · Canada

ISSN0587-2405eISSN2415-0479

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.158

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

995

Total Citationsi

3,400

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.76

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Social Sciences (miscellaneous).

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

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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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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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

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

2019

181

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.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q3

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q4

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

Frequently asked questions about Acta Academica

Is Acta Academica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acta Academica: it is indexed in 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 Acta Academica?

Acta Academica is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.158.

Is Acta Academica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acta Academica is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Acta Academica?