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Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.1). Published by Springer International Publishing.
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ISSN 2198-7262Verify ISSN ↗2198-7270Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 890 / 1530 | 41st | Q3 |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all) | 188 / 289 | 35th | Q3 |
| Development | 236 / 314 | 25th | Q3 |
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Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.1.
Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development is Q3 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 890 of 1530), Q3 in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all) (rank 188 of 289) and Q3 in Development (rank 236 of 314), by CiteScore 2025.
Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.1, quartile Q3, 41st percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development is published by Springer International Publishing. Its print ISSN is 2198-7262 and its online ISSN is 2198-7270.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development has an h-index of 17 and a 2-year mean of 0.77 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.1, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #717 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development published 118 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 187. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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