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Canadian Journal of African Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 2.7), 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 0008-3968Verify ISSN ↗1923-3051Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | 63 / 1936 | 96th | Q1 |
| Cultural Studies | 145 / 1434 | 89th | Q1 |
| Anthropology | 88 / 536 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Demography | 43 / 140 | 69th | Q2 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 469 / 1530 | 69th | Q2 |
| Development | 137 / 314 | 56th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present (also 2001, 1999, 1988–1996, 1982–1986, 1980, 1976), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 2.7.
Canadian Journal of African Studies is Q1 in History (rank 63 of 1936), Q1 in Cultural Studies (rank 145 of 1434) and Q1 in Anthropology (rank 88 of 536), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
Canadian Journal of African Studies 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 Q1 at the 96th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.324, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 20.
Canadian Journal of African Studies is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0008-3968 and its online ISSN is 1923-3051.
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.
Canadian Journal of African Studies has an h-index of 93 and a 2-year mean of 0.68 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #190 of 1,704 Scopus journals in History.
Canadian Journal of African Studies published 73 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 79. 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 97 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Canada (34.9%), United States (17.4%) and South Africa (11.9%).
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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