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African Human Rights Law Journal

Pretoria University Law Press · South Africa · Est. 2000

ISSN1996-2096

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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

0.221

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

606

Total Citationsi

3,438

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.31

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Law; Social Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Africa

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

Annual Volume~ 40 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications606

Publisher OrgPretoria University Law Press

OA Since2014

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Pretoria University Law Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1996-2096

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

163

2019

2020

262

2021

500

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.

LawQ3

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

LawSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Human Rights and DevelopmentLegal Issues in South AfricaInternational Law and Human RightsGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsHistorical and Contemporary Political DynamicsInternational Human Rights and Reproductive LawAfrican Sexualities and LGBTQ+ IssuesJudicial and Constitutional StudiesPoverty, Education, and Child WelfareInternational Development and Aid

Frequently asked questions about African Human Rights Law Journal

Is African Human Rights Law Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for African Human Rights Law Journal: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Human Rights Law Journal?

African Human Rights Law Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.221.

Is African Human Rights Law Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

African Human Rights Law Journal is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of African Human Rights Law Journal?