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African Evaluation Journal is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.1), ABS / AJG 1, DOAJ. Published by AOSIS (Pty) Ltd.
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ISSN 2306-5133Verify ISSN ↗2310-4988Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: AOSIS (Pty) Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 606 / 1530 | 60th | Q2 |
| Development | 173 / 314 | 45th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.1.
African Evaluation Journal is Q2 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 606 of 1530) and Q3 in Development (rank 173 of 314), by CiteScore 2025.
African Evaluation Journal 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 2.1, quartile Q2, 60th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.169, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 12.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$745 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
African Evaluation Journal is published by AOSIS (Pty) Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2306-5133 and its online ISSN is 2310-4988.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
It is graded 1 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Regional Studies, Planning and Environment field, unchanged from 2021.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
African Evaluation Journal has an h-index of 24 and a 2-year mean of 2.11 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #240 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
African Evaluation Journal published 8 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 30. 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 64 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from South Africa (41.8%), United States (13%) and Canada (6.4%).
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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