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Journal of African Media Studies

Intellect Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2009

ISSN1751-7974

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.239

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.485

Total Worksi

485

Total Citationsi

2,780

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.30

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of African Media Studies is an interdisciplinary journal that provides a forum for debate on the historical and contemporary aspects of media and communication in Africa. It aims to contribute to the re-positioning of media and cultural studies.

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 20 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications485

Publisher OrgIntellect

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?

Intellect Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1751-7974

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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

2018

143

2019

136

2020

254

2021

150

2022

2023

2024

2025

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.

CommunicationQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

CommunicationCultural StudiesFilm, Radio, Television

Scopus Categories

Communication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Media Studies and CommunicationAfrican history and culture studiesAfrican studies and sociopolitical issuesSocial Media and PoliticsMedia Influence and PoliticsMisinformation and Its ImpactsCinema and Media StudiesDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesICT Impact and PoliciesICT in Developing Communities

Frequently asked questions about Journal of African Media Studies

Is Journal of African Media Studies a predatory journal?

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

Journal of African Media 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 0.30.

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

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