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Afrique Contemporaine
Afrique Contemporaine is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by De Boeck Supérieur.
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ISSN 0002-0478Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: De Boeck Supérieur
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
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Is Afrique Contemporaine indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2020–2021 (also 2003–2018, 1992–1993, 1990, 1987–1988, 1985, 1982)).
What is the impact factor of Afrique Contemporaine?
Afrique Contemporaine has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Afrique Contemporaine and what is its ISSN?
Afrique Contemporaine is published by De Boeck Supérieur. Its ISSN is 0002-0478.
Is Afrique Contemporaine in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Afrique Contemporaine open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Afrique Contemporaine for 25 years, between 1982 and 2021, with 15 years in that span missing. Coverage ended in 2021, 5 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 2,041 works and 4,537 citations for the title. Its papers appear as late as 2026, 5 years after Scopus coverage ended in 2021. That pattern fits a journal Scopus stopped indexing while it kept publishing, but it can also come from a changed ISSN or merged records. Confirm the journal's current status before submitting.
How well cited is Afrique Contemporaine? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Afrique Contemporaine has an h-index of 24 and a 2-year mean of 0.23 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Afrique Contemporaine published 54 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 113. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Afrique Contemporaine? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2021. 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 statusInactive — coverage ended 2021
- 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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