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African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.4), WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 2042-1338Verify ISSN ↗2042-1346Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development | 85 / 314 | 73rd | Q2 |
| Computer Networks and Communications | 193 / 568 | 66th | Q2 |
| Civil and Structural Engineering | 151 / 434 | 65th | Q2 |
| Computer Science Applications | 425 / 1022 | 58th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2013–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.4.
African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development is Q2 in Development (rank 85 of 314), Q2 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 193 of 568) and Q2 in Civil and Structural Engineering (rank 151 of 434), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development 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 4.4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 73rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.389, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 30.
African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2042-1338 and its online ISSN is 2042-1346.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development has an h-index of 41 and a 2-year mean of 2.06 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #95 of 299 Scopus journals in Development.
African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development published 74 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 141. 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 India (24.1%), Malaysia (8.2%) and United States (7.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.6 per 1,000 papers). 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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