Africa

ISSN: 0001-9720• JCR: AFRICACambridge University PressUnited Kingdom
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1.1
2025 Impact Factor
1.3
5-Year Impact Factor
Q1
JCR Quartile
B3
CAS Block

Africa impact factor and JCR quartile

The 2025 impact factor for Africa is 1.1. The 5-year impact factor is 1.3. The journal is listed as JCR Q1 in the current Journal Metrics dataset.

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Ranking position in Social Sciences

Ranked #4,128 in Social Sciences by impact factor and #2,079 among Q1 Social Sciences journals. This context helps compare Africa against journals publishing in the same field.

#4,128
of 8,522 field journals

Africa publication trend

Published 669 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 1.1.

2025 vs 2024: +54
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Journal Details

Total Articles
12,283
H-Index
108
Open Access
Hybrid
Subject Areas
AnthropologyPolitical Science and International RelationsAnthropologyEconomics and EconometricsPolitical Science and International Relations

Article Volume

2020
120
2021
115
2022
101
2023
199
2024
100
2025
154
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