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AFRICAN REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-AREF
AFRICAN REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-AREF is indexed in Web of Science (ESCI), ABDC C. Published by Wits University Press.
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ISSN 2042-1478Verify ISSN ↗2410-4906Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Wits University Press
ABDC CWoS · ESCI
C
ABDC rating
2
Indexed in
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
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Open accessNot registered as fully open access
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Rating
Unchanged since 2022 vs ABDC 2022
Year of inception
2009
Field of research
Applied economics (3801)
Publisher (per ABDC)
Wits University Press
C = a recognised quality journal in its field.
View this source on ABDC Not listed in: Scopus, DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
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Is AFRICAN REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-AREF indexed in Scopus?
No — AFRICAN REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-AREF is not currently indexed in Scopus.
What is the impact factor of AFRICAN REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-AREF?
AFRICAN REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-AREF 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. Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for this title.
Who publishes AFRICAN REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-AREF and what is its ISSN?
AFRICAN REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-AREF is published by Wits University Press. Its print ISSN is 2042-1478 and its online ISSN is 2410-4906.
Is AFRICAN REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-AREF in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
What is the ABDC rating of AFRICAN REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-AREF?
It is rated C in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Applied economics.
Is AFRICAN REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-AREF open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is AFRICAN REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-AREF? — open metrics via OpenAlex
AFRICAN REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-AREF has an h-index of 19 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
19
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
43
i10-index
202
works indexed
1,425
total citations
AFRICAN REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-AREF published 2 papers in 2024; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 33. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for AFRICAN REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-AREF? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Not in the Scopus source list. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusNot in the Scopus source list
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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