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Africa Yearbook

Brill Academic Publishers · Netherlands

ISSN1872-9037
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.
📊 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
0.133
H-Indexi
3

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Africa Yearbook publishes research related to Social Sciences. Its subtitle is Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara.

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General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands
Primary Language
1st Year Published
StatusActive
Total Publications

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

4/11 · 36%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Brill Academic Publishers
Does the journal have a website?
No URL
Is the ISSN verified?
1872-9037
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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Political Science and International RelationsQ4
Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations

Frequently asked questions about Africa Yearbook

Is Africa Yearbook a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Africa Yearbook: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list.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 Yearbook?

Africa Yearbook is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.133.

Is Africa Yearbook indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Africa Yearbook is indexed in Scopus.

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