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African Studies Quarterly

University of Florida · United States · Est. 2022

ISSN2152-2448

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

0.18

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.499

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.09

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2022

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications68

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since1996

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

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?

University of Florida

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2152-2448

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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

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.

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

African history and culture studiesInternational Development and AidAfrican studies and sociopolitical issuesSports, Gender, and SocietySport and Mega-Event ImpactsPolitical Conflict and GovernancePostcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesNatural Resources and Economic DevelopmentEconomic Growth and DevelopmentGlobal trade and economics

Frequently asked questions about African Studies Quarterly

Is African Studies Quarterly a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for African Studies Quarterly: 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 Studies Quarterly?

African Studies Quarterly is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.18.

Is African Studies Quarterly indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

African Studies Quarterly is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of African Studies Quarterly?