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Africa Today

Indiana University Press · United States · Est. 1965

ISSN1527-1978

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

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 ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.168

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.81

Total Worksi

2,552

Total Citationsi

18,315

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.23

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Sociology and Political Science; Geography, Planning and Development.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1965

Annual Volume~ 36 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,552

Publisher OrgIndiana University Press

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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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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Indiana University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1527-1978

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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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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

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

139

2019

154

2020

116

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.

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

African history and culture studiesGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsInternational Development and AidAfrican history and culture analysisHistorical and Contemporary Political DynamicsSouth African History and CultureAfrican studies and sociopolitical issuesLegal Issues in South AfricaGlobal Maritime and Colonial HistoriesAfrican cultural and philosophical studies

Frequently asked questions about Africa Today

Is Africa Today a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Africa Today: it is indexed in 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 Africa Today?

Africa Today is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.168.

Is Africa Today indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Africa Today is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Africa Today?