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African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.7), DOAJ. Published by Africa Journals.
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ISSN 2223-814XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Africa Journals
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography, Planning and Development | 371 / 876 | 57th | Q2 |
| Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management | 100 / 156 | 36th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.7.
African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure is Q2 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 371 of 876) and Q3 in Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management (rank 100 of 156), by CiteScore 2025.
African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure 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 2.7, quartile Q2, 57th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.260, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 30.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$192 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 Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure is published by Africa Journals. Its ISSN is 2223-814X.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure has an h-index of 19 and a 2-year mean of 0.56 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.7, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #552 of 825 Scopus journals in Geography, Planning and Development.
African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure published 43 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 130. 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 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from South Africa (37.2%), Indonesia (13.6%) and Saudi Arabia (5.1%).
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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