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South African Journal of African Affairs

South African Journal of African Affairs is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Africa Institute of South Afrcia.

ISSN 0085-638XVerify ISSN ↗

Publisher: Africa Institute of South Afrcia

Scopus · Inactive
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Indexed in
major indexes

Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher

Web of ScienceClarivate (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI)
Not listed in Web of Science.
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Not listed in ABDC.
DOAJDirectory of Open Access Journals (live)
Not in DOAJ
Open accessNot registered as fully open access
FT50Financial Times research list
Not listed in FT50.
UT DallasUTD top-100 business research
Not listed in UT Dallas.
ONOS · APC coveredOne Nation One Subscription (Govt of India)
Not in the ONOS APC-supported list.
Publishing in this journal is not centrally APC-funded under One Nation One Subscription.

Is South African Journal of African Affairs indexed in Scopus? No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1979 (also 1977, 1975)).

What is the impact factor of South African Journal of African Affairs? South African Journal of African Affairs has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for Web of Science SCIE and SSCI titles — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.

Is South African Journal of African Affairs in Web of Science? No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).

Is South African Journal of African Affairs open access? No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

Impact & reach — open metrics via OpenAlex

4
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
2
i10-index
76
works indexed
85
total citations
Papers published per year
010201971: 8 papers819711972: 6 papers619721973: 6 papers619731974: 5 papers519741975: 7 papers719751976: 17 papers1719761977: 6 papers619771978: 8 papers819781979: 13 papers131979

South African Journal of African Affairs published 13 papers in 1979; its busiest recent year was 1976 with 17. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics
International Development and AidLegal Issues in South AfricaAfrican history and culture studiesGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics

h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-09-24.

Integrity signals — indicators, not proof of misconduct

  • Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 1979
  • Retracted papers None recorded

Retractions and authorship from OpenAlex; Scopus status from the Scopus source list. A signal marks something to look at more closely; it is not a finding against the journal.

Official sources & links

Scopus source ↗ ISSN Portal · 0085-638X ↗

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