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AFRIKA FOCUS

BRILL · NL

ISSN0772-084XeISSN2031-356X

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS ESCI56

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

⚠ Withdrawn from DOAJ-15

Total47

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Removed from DOAJ (2016-12-28). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Bottom 25%

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.

Find the journal’s official page ↗Open the official JCR record on Clarivate ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.108

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.137

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Afrika Focus promotes critical and worldly debates with Africa at the centre. It accepts scholarly contributions dealing with current trends and new developments at both empirical and theoretical levels.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on the publisher page

General Information

Country / RegionNL

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgBrill

Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/12 · 33%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BRILL

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0772-084X / 2031-356X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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?

N/A

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

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.

Cultural StudiesQ4

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Area Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

African history and culture studiesAgriculture and Rural Development ResearchAfrican Botany and Ecology StudiesAfrican history and culture analysisDutch Social and Cultural StudiesAfrican Studies and EthnographyGlobal Maritime and Colonial HistoriesSouth African History and CultureGerman Literature and Culture StudiesAfrican Studies and Geopolitics

Frequently asked questions about AFRIKA FOCUS

Is AFRIKA FOCUS a predatory journal?

AFRIKA FOCUS was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2016-12-28). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of AFRIKA FOCUS?

AFRIKA FOCUS 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.

Is AFRIKA FOCUS indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

AFRIKA FOCUS is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.