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Afriques

Institut des Mondes Africains (IMAF) · France · Est. 2010

ISSN2108-6796eISSN2108-6796
SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access
78
/ 100
High Trust
PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals
Score Breakdown
◆ Scopus Q266
✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12
Total78
⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
52
weeks to publish · journal-reported
Slow · vs ~15 wk median
Q2
SJR Rank
Top 50% in field
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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei
0.142
H-Indexi
13
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIPi
0.4
Total Worksi
209
Total Citationsi
905
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.06
Open Impact Factor alternative

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.

General Information

Country / RegionFrance
Primary LanguageFrench
1st Year Published2010
Annual Volume~ 13 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications209
Publisher OrgInstitut des Mondes Africains
OA Since2009
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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%
✅
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Institut des Mondes Africains (IMAF)
✅
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
✅
Is the ISSN verified?
2108-6796 / 2108-6796
✅
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
✅
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
❌
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
✅
APC fees clearly disclosed?
No APC (Free)
✅
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
❌
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
❌
Plagiarism detection in place?
No
✅
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
✅
Primary language documented?
French

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
9
11
2019
7
13
2020
59
65
2021
5
6
2022
15
13
2023
10
1
2024
15
0
2025
3
1
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.

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

Frequently asked questions about Afriques

Is Afriques a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Afriques: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 78/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Afriques?

Afriques 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 0.06.

Is Afriques indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Afriques is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Afriques?

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.

How much does it cost to publish in Afriques?

Afriques is a Diamond open-access journal — there is no article processing charge (APC) to publish.

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