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African Journal of Disability is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.7), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by AOSIS (Pty) Ltd.
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ISSN 2223-9170Verify ISSN ↗2226-7220Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: AOSIS (Pty) Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitation | 74 / 172 | 57th | Q2 |
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | 115 / 257 | 55th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present (also 2015), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.7.
African Journal of Disability is Q2 in Rehabilitation (rank 74 of 172) and Q2 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (rank 115 of 257), by CiteScore 2025.
African Journal of Disability is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 2.7, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 57th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.534, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 26.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$768 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 Journal of Disability is published by AOSIS (Pty) Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2223-9170 and its online ISSN is 2226-7220.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
African Journal of Disability has an h-index of 43 and a 2-year mean of 2.18 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.7, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #34 of 168 Scopus journals in Rehabilitation.
African Journal of Disability published 100 papers in 2025. 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 96 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from South Africa (75%), Indonesia (4.2%) and United Kingdom (3.8%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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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