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Journal of African Films and Diaspora Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 0.6). Published by Adonis and Abbey Publishers Ltd.
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ISSN 2516-2705Verify ISSN ↗2516-2713Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Adonis and Abbey Publishers Ltd
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Arts and Performing Arts | 181 / 697 | 74th | Q2 |
| Cultural Studies | 623 / 1434 | 56th | Q2 |
| Linguistics and Language | 628 / 1221 | 48th | Q3 |
| Communication | 410 / 541 | 24th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 0.6.
Journal of African Films and Diaspora Studies is Q2 in Visual Arts and Performing Arts (rank 181 of 697), Q2 in Cultural Studies (rank 623 of 1434) and Q3 in Linguistics and Language (rank 628 of 1221), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of African Films and Diaspora Studies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q2, 74th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.161, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 5.
Journal of African Films and Diaspora Studies is published by Adonis and Abbey Publishers Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2516-2705 and its online ISSN is 2516-2713.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of African Films and Diaspora Studies has an h-index of 6 and a 2-year mean of 0.32 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #140 of 630 Scopus journals in Visual Arts and Performing Arts.
Journal of African Films and Diaspora Studies published 22 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 36. 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.
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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