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Yoruba Studies Review

LibraryPress@UF · United States · Est. 2016

ISSN2473-4713eISSN2578-692X

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✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total15

H-Index

Total Works

341

Total Citations

143

2yr Mean Citedness

0.10

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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

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Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

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8/12 · 67%

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LibraryPress@UF

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2473-4713 / 2578-692X

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DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double anonymous peer review

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Plagiarism detection in place?

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DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Yoruba, Portuguese, Spanish, French, English

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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