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African Identities

Routledge · United States · Est. 2002

ISSN1472-5843

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total25

Journal Impact Factor

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SJR Score

0.329

H-Index

CiteScore

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SNIP

1.401

Total Works

1,163

Total Citations

6,936

2yr Mean Citedness

0.55

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

African Identities provides a critical forum for the examination of African and diasporic expressions, representations, and identities. The journal explores how African identities create layered terrains of exchange, decentering dominant meanings, paradigms, and certainties, with an emphasis on gender, class, nation, marginalisation, "otherness", and difference.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 133 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,163

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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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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5/12 · 42%

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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?

1472-5843

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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2026

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.

Cultural StudiesQ1

AnthropologyQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

AnthropologyCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

African history and culture studiesAfrican studies and sociopolitical issuesPostcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesSouth African History and CultureAfrican history and culture analysisAfrican cultural and philosophical studiesPolitical Conflict and GovernanceAfrican Sexualities and LGBTQ+ IssuesAnthropological Studies and InsightsMultilingual Education and Policy