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AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RHETORIC

AFRICAN ASSOC RHETORIC · ZA · Est. 2003

ISSN1998-2054eISSN1998-2054

✓ WOS ESCI

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 ↗

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H-Indexi

Total Worksi

563

Total Citationsi

1,509

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.61

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Language & Linguistics.

General Information

Country / RegionZA

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

Annual Volume~ 26 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications563

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

AFRICAN ASSOC RHETORIC

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1998-2054 / 1998-2054

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS

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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

143

2019

179

2020

123

2021

116

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Language & Linguistics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health and Lifestyle StudiesSubstance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesYouth, Drugs, and ViolenceStress and Burnout ResearchPublic Health and Social InequalitiesAcademic Research in Diverse FieldsImpact of Technology on AdolescentsUrban Arborization and Environmental StudiesSmoking Behavior and CessationBehavioral Health and Interventions

Frequently asked questions about AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RHETORIC

Is AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RHETORIC a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RHETORIC: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 JOURNAL OF RHETORIC?

AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RHETORIC 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 0.61.

Is AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RHETORIC indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RHETORIC is indexed in Web of Science.

What is the aims and scope of AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RHETORIC?