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Yoruba Studies Review

LibraryPress@UF · United States · Est. 2016

ISSN2473-4713eISSN2578-692X

✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ DOAJ-listed52

Total52

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H-Indexi

Total Worksi

341

Total Citationsi

143

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.10

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Yoruba Studies Review is devoted to all aspects of the Yoruba transnational, national, and regional presence, both in their West Africa’s homeland and in diasporic spaces, past and present. The journal embraces all disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, and the basic /applied sciences in as much as the focus is on the Yoruba affairs and the intersections with other communities and practices worldwide. The journal is open to interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary approaches dealing with a wide range of theoretical and applied topics including, but not limited to: cultural production, identities, religion, arts and aesthetics, history, language, knowledge system, philosophy, gender, media, popular culture, education and pedagogy, politics, business, economic issues, social policy, migration, geography and landscape, environment, health, technology, and sustainability.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageYoruba, Portuguese, Spanish, French, English

1st Year Published2016

Frequencybiannual

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications341

Publisher OrgGeorge A. Smathers Libraries

OA Since2021

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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8/12 · 67%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

LibraryPress@UF

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2473-4713 / 2578-692X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double anonymous peer review

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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Yoruba, Portuguese, Spanish, French, English

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2019

2020

209

121

2021

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.

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Postcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesAfrican cultural and philosophical studiesAfrican history and culture studiesAfrican history and culture analysisMultilingual Education and PolicyLanguage, Linguistics, Cultural AnalysisLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionReligion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in NigeriaGlobal Maritime and Colonial HistoriesDiverse Academic Research Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Yoruba Studies Review

Is Yoruba Studies Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Yoruba Studies Review: it is indexed in DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 52/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Yoruba Studies Review?

Yoruba Studies Review is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.10.

Is Yoruba Studies Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Yoruba Studies Review is indexed in DOAJ.