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AFRICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW

COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AFRICA

ISSN1027-4332eISSN1027-4332

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Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Sociology.

General Information

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1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 12 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgCouncil for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa

Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AFRICA

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1027-4332 / 1027-4332

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS

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Peer review process documented?

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

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Plagiarism detection in place?

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

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Primary language documented?

N/A

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.

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

120

2007

169

2008

2009

393

2010

2011

2021

2022

2023

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Sociology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

African history and culture studiesAgriculture and Rural Development ResearchAfrican studies and sociopolitical issuesGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsLegal Issues in South AfricaMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, GenderPoverty, Education, and Child WelfareAfrican cultural and philosophical studiesInternational Development and AidAfrican Studies and Ethnography

Frequently asked questions about AFRICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW

Is AFRICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for AFRICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 AFRICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW?

AFRICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW 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 AFRICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

AFRICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW is indexed in Web of Science.

What is the aims and scope of AFRICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW?