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Australasian Review of African Studies

African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific · Australia · Est. 2001

ISSN2203-5184

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q4+5

Total15

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

0.11

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.045

Total Works

396

Total Citations

1,214

2yr Mean Citedness

0.00

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Aims & Scope

ARAS is a multi-disciplinary journal that seeks to provide critical, authoritative and accessible material on a range of African affairs that is interesting and readable to as broad an audience as possible, both academic and non-academic. ARAS is constantly seeking articles in the field of African Studies and welcomes contributions from all over the world. Submissions must be relevant to the discipline of African Studies which means centering research on African ways of knowing and giving Africa agency in all components of research, teaching and learning. African Studies is an academic discipline, epistemology and is the politics of decolonisation NOT as anything or everything about Africa. Each issue includes both scholarly and generalist articles, a book review section (which normally includes a lengthy review essay), short notes on contemporary African issues and events (up to 2,000 words), as well as reports on research and professional involvement in Africa, and on African university activities.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Bottom 25%

General Information

Country / RegionAustralia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

FrequencyTwice a year

StatusActive (last: 2024)

Total Publications396

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewblind peer reviewed

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/12 · 67%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2203-5184

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

blind peer reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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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.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q4

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Area Studies

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

African history and culture studiesAfrican history and culture analysisInternational Development and AidGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsAfrican studies and sociopolitical issuesMigration, Health and TraumaGlobal Maritime and Colonial HistoriesMigration and Labor DynamicsMigration, Refugees, and IntegrationSouth African History and Culture