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Africa Spectrum

ISSN 0002-0397 · 1868-6869

Publisher: Deutsches Institut für Afrika-Forschung

Scopus · Q1ABDC CWoS · SSCIOpen Access

Is Africa Spectrum indexed in Scopus? Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2006–2026; 1983-1984, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.4.

Is Africa Spectrum in Web of Science? Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.

What is the ABDC rating of Africa Spectrum? It is rated C in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Applied economics.

Is Africa Spectrum open access? Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.

3.4
CiteScore 2025
Scopus
Q1
Best quartile
92nd percentile
C
ABDC rating
JQL 2025
4
Indexed in
major indexes
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Rating
C
Unchanged since 2022 vs ABDC 2022
Year of inception
1966
Field of research
Applied economics (3801)
Publisher (per ABDC)
Deutsches Institut für Afrika-Forschung
C = a recognised quality journal in its field.
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DOAJDirectory of Open Access Journals (live)
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FT50Financial Times research list
Not listed in FT50.
UT DallasUTD top-100 business research
Not listed in UT Dallas.
ONOS · APC coveredOne Nation One Subscription (Govt of India)
Not in the ONOS APC-supported list.
Publishing in this journal is not centrally APC-funded under One Nation One Subscription.

Official sources & links

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