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African Identities

Routledge · United States · Est. 2002

ISSN1472-5843

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total84

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

270

days submission → published

measured · last 15 articles · accept 266d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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 ↗

SJR Scorei

0.28

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.401

Total Worksi

1,163

Total Citationsi

6,936

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.55

Open Impact Factor alternative

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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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 134 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,163

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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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

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

238

2019

791

2020

543

2021

193

2022

146

2023

132

160

2024

222

140

2025

152

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

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

Frequently asked questions about African Identities

Is African Identities a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for African Identities: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 84/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of African Identities?

African Identities is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.28.

Is African Identities indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

African Identities is indexed in Scopus.