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Africa Development/Afrique et Developpement is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.3), ABDC C. Published by Council for the Development of Economic and Social Research in Africa.
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ISSN 0850-3907Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Council for the Development of Economic and Social Research in Africa
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 400 / 745 | 46th | Q3 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 825 / 1530 | 46th | Q3 |
| Development | 221 / 314 | 29th | Q3 |
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Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2007–2024 (also 1994–1995, 1990, 1981–1986, 1978–1979), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.3.
Africa Development/Afrique et Developpement is Q3 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 400 of 745), Q3 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 825 of 1530) and Q3 in Development (rank 221 of 314), by CiteScore 2025.
Africa Development/Afrique et Developpement 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 1.3, quartile Q3, 46th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.204, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 23.
Africa Development/Afrique et Developpement is published by Council for the Development of Economic and Social Research in Africa. Its ISSN is 0850-3907.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
It is rated C in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Other economics.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Africa Development/Afrique et Developpement has an h-index of 32 and a 2-year mean of 0.89 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.3, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #298 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
Africa Development/Afrique et Developpement published 12 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 69. 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.
In its latest 65 research articles (2022–2025), authors are most often from South Africa (12.1%), Senegal (8.5%) and Brazil (7.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
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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