Safundi

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2000

ISSN1753-3171eISSN1543-1304

SJR Q4✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.102

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

880

Total Citationsi

4,247

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.19

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Safundi publishes analyses of the United States and South Africa from a transnational and/or comparative perspective, seeking to understand each country in relation to the other. The journal publishes research articles, review articles, interviews, political briefings, cultural briefings, roundtable discussions, visual essays, and personal essays informed by scholarship.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

Annual Volume~ 54 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications880

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1753-3171 / 1543-1304

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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

130

2019

154

2020

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.

Cultural StudiesQ4

HistoryQ4

Political Science and International RelationsQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Area Studies

Scopus Categories

HistoryCultural StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

South African History and CultureAfrican history and culture studiesPostcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesAfrican studies and sociopolitical issuesRace, History, and American SocietyLegal Issues in South AfricaAfrican Sexualities and LGBTQ+ IssuesHistorical and Contemporary Political DynamicsCinema and Media StudiesMusic History and Culture

Frequently asked questions about Safundi

Is Safundi a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Safundi: 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 Safundi?

Safundi 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 0.19.

Is Safundi indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Safundi is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.