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African Scientific Reports

Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences · Nigeria · Est. 2022

ISSN2955-1625eISSN2955-1617
WOS ESCIDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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H-Indexi
4
Total Worksi
143
Total Citationsi
122
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.26
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

African Scientific Reports is a peer reviewed, inter- and multidisciplinary scientific journal that is dedicated to expanding access to African research, increasing intra-African scientific collaboration, and building academic research capacity in Africa. The journal welcomes submissions from all areas of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Engineering, Geo Sciences, Health & Medical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, and Physics. Offers our authors a modern platform for their research, and high visibility for their work with open access.

General Information

Country / RegionNigeria
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2022
Frequencytri-annually
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications143
OA Since2021
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewAnonymous peer review
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

9/11 · 82%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2955-1625 / 2955-1617
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Anonymous peer review
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
25
50
2022
40
65
2023
30
19
2024
42
11
2025
45
5
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

Web of Science Categories

Multidisciplinary Sciences

Frequently asked questions about African Scientific Reports

Is African Scientific Reports a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for African Scientific Reports: it is indexed in Web of Science, DOAJ, 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 African Scientific Reports?

African Scientific Reports 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 0.26.

Is African Scientific Reports indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

African Scientific Reports is indexed in Web of Science, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of African Scientific Reports?

African Scientific Reports is a peer reviewed, inter- and multidisciplinary scientific journal that is dedicated to expanding access to African research, increasing intra-African scientific collaboration, and building academic research capacity in Africa. The journal welcomes submissions from all areas of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Engineering, Geo Sciences, Health & Medical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, and Physics. Offers our authors a modern platform for their research, and high visibility for their work with open access.

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Data updated: 2026-05-26 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref