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Journal of African Cultural Studies

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1998

ISSN1369-6815eISSN1469-9346

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI · AHCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.268

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.033

Total Worksi

697

Total Citationsi

8,037

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of African Cultural Studies is an international journal providing a forum for perceptions of African culture from inside and outside Africa. It publishes in the area(s) of Cultural Studies, Politics, and Narrative.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

FrequencyQuarterly, 2020-

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications697

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1369-6815 / 1469-9346

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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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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?

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

313

2019

298

2020

303

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 StudiesQ1

Literature and Literary TheoryQ1

MusicQ1

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ1

Linguistics and LanguageQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cultural Studies

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesMusicLiterature and Literary TheoryVisual Arts and Performing ArtsLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

African history and culture studiesAfrican studies and sociopolitical issuesPostcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesGlobal Maritime and Colonial HistoriesAfrican history and culture analysisAnthropological Studies and InsightsSouth African History and CultureAfrican Sexualities and LGBTQ+ IssuesMusic History and CultureMultilingual Education and Policy

Frequently asked questions about Journal of African Cultural Studies

Is Journal of African Cultural Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of African Cultural Studies: 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 Journal of African Cultural Studies?

Journal of African Cultural Studies 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 1.00.

Is Journal of African Cultural Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of African Cultural Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.