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Journal of African Development
Journal of African Development is rated ABDC C. Published by African Finance and Economic Assocation.
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ISSN 1060-6076Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: African Finance and Economic Assocation
ABDC C
C
ABDC rating
1
Indexed in
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Rating
Unchanged since 2022 vs ABDC 2022
Year of inception
1992
Field of research
Applied economics (3801)
Publisher (per ABDC)
African Finance and Economic Assocation
C = a recognised quality journal in its field.
View this source on ABDC Not listed in: Scopus, Web of Science, DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Journal of African Development indexed in Scopus?
No — Journal of African Development is not currently indexed in Scopus.
What is the impact factor of Journal of African Development?
Journal of African Development 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 Journal of African Development and what is its ISSN?
Journal of African Development is published by African Finance and Economic Assocation. Its ISSN is 1060-6076.
Is Journal of African Development in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
What is the ABDC rating of Journal of African Development?
It is rated C in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Applied economics.
Is Journal of African Development open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Journal of African Development? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Journal of African Development has an h-index of 5 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
5
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
2
i10-index
41
works indexed
74
total citations
Journal of African Development published 1 papers in 2019; its busiest recent year was 2009 with 9. 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 Journal of African Development? — 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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