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Journal of African Union Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.6). Published by Adonis and Abbey Publishers Ltd.
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ISSN 2050-4292Verify ISSN ↗2050-4306Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Adonis and Abbey Publishers Ltd
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 1149 / 1530 | 24th | Q4 |
| Political Science and International Relations | 576 / 745 | 22nd | Q4 |
| Development | 277 / 314 | 11th | 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 2012–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.6.
Journal of African Union Studies is Q4 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 1149 of 1530), Q4 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 576 of 745) and Q4 in Development (rank 277 of 314), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of African Union 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 Q4, 24th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.175, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 10.
Journal of African Union Studies is published by Adonis and Abbey Publishers Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2050-4292 and its online ISSN is 2050-4306.
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 Union Studies has an h-index of 11 and a 2-year mean of 0.41 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #961 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
Journal of African Union Studies published 17 papers in 2024; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 32. 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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