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Sahara J is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3), WoS SSCI, DOAJ. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 1729-0376Verify ISSN ↗1813-4424Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health (social science) | 153 / 387 | 60th | Q2 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 342 / 725 | 52nd | Q2 |
| Infectious Diseases | 198 / 361 | 45th | Q3 |
| Immunology and Allergy | 162 / 234 | 30th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2004–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.
Sahara J is Q2 in Health (social science) (rank 153 of 387), Q2 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 342 of 725) and Q3 in Infectious Diseases (rank 198 of 361), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Sahara J is indexed in the Social Sciences 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 3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 60th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.751, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 37.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,270 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Sahara J is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1729-0376 and its online ISSN is 1813-4424.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Sahara J has an h-index of 48 and a 2-year mean of 1.14 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #204 of 378 Scopus journals in Health (social science).
Sahara J published 2 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 22. 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 30 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from South Africa (49.7%), United States (21.4%) and Kenya (3.3%).
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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