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Critical African Studies

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2009

ISSN2168-1392eISSN2040-7211

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.407

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.348

Total Worksi

346

Total Citationsi

3,322

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.09

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Critical African Studies publishes original research articles, review essays, commentaries, and debates based on original empirical research. The journal invites contributions that offer fresh empirical and theoretical insights into African Studies debates.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

FrequencyThree Issues Per Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications346

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2168-1392 / 2040-7211

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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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

328

2019

535

2020

304

2021

178

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.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

AnthropologyArea StudiesSocial Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Frequently asked questions about Critical African Studies

Is Critical African Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Critical African Studies: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Critical African Studies?

Critical African Studies 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 1.09.

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

Critical African Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.