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Journal of African Business

Routledge · United States · Est. 2000

ISSN1522-8916eISSN1522-9076

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.506

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.184

Total Worksi

725

Total Citationsi

13,820

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.41

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Journal of African Business deals with Marketing, Economic growth, Developing country, Finance and Financial system.

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

Annual Volume~ 43 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications725

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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

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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?

1522-8916 / 1522-9076

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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

1.8k

2019

867

2020

753

2021

506

2022

227

2023

120

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.

DevelopmentQ2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business

Scopus Categories

DevelopmentGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Economic Growth and DevelopmentCorporate Finance and GovernanceMicrofinance and Financial InclusionInnovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentEntrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesIslamic Finance and Banking StudiesInternational Business and FDIGlobal and Cross-Cultural ManagementBanking stability, regulation, efficiencyCustomer Service Quality and Loyalty

Frequently asked questions about Journal of African Business

Is Journal of African Business a predatory journal?

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

Journal of African Business 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 1.41.

Is Journal of African Business indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of African Business is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.