Afriques
Institut des Mondes Africains (IMAF) · France · Est. 2010
ISSN2108-6796eISSN2108-6796
SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access
43
/ 100
Medium Risk
Score Breakdown
✓ WoS ESCI+10
✓ Scopus Q2+18
✓ DOAJ Verified+15
Total43
Journal Impact Factor
This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗
SJR Score
0.161
H-Index
13
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIP
0.4
Total Works
209
Total Citations
905
2yr Mean Citedness
0.06
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Aims & Scope
Afriques est une revue internationale d’histoire des mondes africains, qui privilégie les époques antérieures au xx e siècle, en dialogue avec d’autres disciplines comme l’archéologie, la philologie, l’anthropologie, l’histoire de l’art ou la linguistique.
⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
52
weeks to review
Slow · median is 15 wks
Q2
SJR Rank
Top 50% in field
General Information
Country / RegionFrance
Primary LanguageFrench
1st Year Published2010
Annual Volume~ 10 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications209
Publisher OrgInstitut des Mondes Africains
OA Since2009
Submission Info
APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free
Peer ReviewDouble-blind
Review Time~52 weeks
Acceptance Rate—
OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND
OA Rate—
Ethics & Quality
COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✗ No
Think.Check.Submit Compliance
9/12 · 75%
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Do you know the journal / publisher?
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Does the journal have a website?
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Is the ISSN verified?
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Indexed in a trusted database?
✅
Peer review process documented?
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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
✅
APC fees clearly disclosed?
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Not on predatory/blacklists?
❌
Long-term digital preservation?
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Plagiarism detection in place?
✅
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
✅
Primary language documented?
Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.
Publication & Citation Trend
Articles published
Times cited
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher
SJR Quartile by Discipline
Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.
HistoryQ2
Subject Classification
Web of Science Categories
Area Studies
Scopus Categories
History
Research Topics (OpenAlex)
Global Maritime and Colonial HistoriesAfrican history and culture analysisColonialism, slavery, and tradeAfrican Studies and GeopoliticsAfrican Studies and EthnographyAfrican history and culture studiesRangeland Management and Livestock EcologyMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, GenderIslamic Studies and HistoryArchaeology and Historical Studies
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