Home›Search›Islamic Africa

Islamic Africa

Brill Academic Publishers · Netherlands · Est. 2010

ISSN2154-0993

SJR Q3✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (AHCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

Find the journal’s official page ↗Open the official JCR record on Clarivate ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.115

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.776

Total Worksi

149

Total Citationsi

491

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Religion; Cultural Studies; History; Literature and Literary Theory; Religious Studies; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 15 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2024)

Total Publications149

Publisher OrgBrill

Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/12 · 42%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Brill Academic Publishers

❌

Does the journal have a website?

No URL

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2154-0993

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

❌

Peer review process documented?

N/A

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

❌

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

✅

Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

175

2012

2013

2014

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

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.

Cultural StudiesQ3

HistoryQ3

Literature and Literary TheoryQ3

Religious StudiesQ3

Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Religion

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceHistoryCultural StudiesReligious StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

African history and culture analysisGlobal Maritime and Colonial HistoriesAfrican Studies and GeopoliticsReligion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in NigeriaIslamic Studies and HistoryMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, GenderEducation and Islamic StudiesAfrican history and culture studiesReligion, Society, and DevelopmentLanguage, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Islamic Africa

Is Islamic Africa a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Islamic Africa: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Islamic Africa?

Islamic Africa 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 0.50.

Is Islamic Africa indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Islamic Africa is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Islamic Africa?