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African and Black Diaspora

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 2007

ISSN1752-8631
SJR Q4Scopus / 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.
Q4
SJR · Scopus
Bottom 25%
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.108
H-Indexi
24
Total Worksi
304
Total Citationsi
2,309
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.13
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Anthropology; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Cultural Studies; Demography; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom
Primary Language
1st Year Published2007
Annual Volume~ 6 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications304
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

5/11 · 45%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Routledge
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1752-8631
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
17
286
2016
23
196
2017
23
197
2018
21
119
2019
16
72
2020
8
23
2021
4
0
2022
5
1
2024

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.

AnthropologyQ4
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q4
Cultural StudiesQ4
DemographyQ4
Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

AnthropologySociology and Political ScienceArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Cultural StudiesDemography

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diaspora, migration, transnational identityMigration and Labor DynamicsMigration, Ethnicity, and EconomyCaribbean history, culture, and politicsAfrican history and culture studiesRace, History, and American SocietyMigration, Refugees, and IntegrationPostcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesAnthropological Studies and InsightsMusic History and Culture

Frequently asked questions about African and Black Diaspora

Is African and Black Diaspora a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for African and Black Diaspora: 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 African and Black Diaspora?

African and Black Diaspora is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.108.

Is African and Black Diaspora indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

African and Black Diaspora is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of African and Black Diaspora?

Subject areas: Anthropology; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Cultural Studies; Demography; Sociology and Political Science.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref