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Journal of Contemporary African Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2), WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Routledge.
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ISSN 0258-9001Verify ISSN ↗1469-9397Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Routledge
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 282 / 745 | 62nd | Q2 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 436 / 876 | 50th | Q2 |
| Development | 176 / 314 | 43rd | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1986–present (also 1981–1984), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.
Journal of Contemporary African Studies is Q2 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 282 of 745), Q2 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 436 of 876) and Q3 in Development (rank 176 of 314), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Contemporary 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, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 62nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.370, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 44.
Journal of Contemporary African Studies is published by Routledge. Its print ISSN is 0258-9001 and its online ISSN is 1469-9397.
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.
Journal of Contemporary African Studies has an h-index of 59 and a 2-year mean of 0.82 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #325 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
Journal of Contemporary African Studies published 27 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 71. 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 (2024–2026), authors are most often from South Africa (23.4%), Nigeria (14.4%) and Ghana (7%).
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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