Journal of African History

Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 00218537, 14695138

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SCImago
Q1
Impact factor
1
SJR
0.397
CiteScore
1.4
Categories
History
Areas
Arts and Humanities
Years of issue
1960-2025
journal names
Journal of African History
J AFR HIST
Publications
5 827
Citations
28 217
h-index
64
Top-3 citing journals
Journal of African History
Journal of African History (1283 citations)
History in Africa (744 citations)
Azania
Azania (527 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham (105 publications)
University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town (79 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (1523 publications)
United Kingdom (749 publications)
South Africa (205 publications)

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USA, 1523, 26.14%
United Kingdom, 749, 12.85%
South Africa, 205, 3.52%
Canada, 153, 2.63%
Germany, 115, 1.97%
Netherlands, 91, 1.56%
Nigeria, 82, 1.41%
Turkey, 45, 0.77%
Ghana, 41, 0.7%
Australia, 37, 0.63%
Belgium, 35, 0.6%
France, 33, 0.57%
Kenya, 29, 0.5%
Israel, 23, 0.39%
Italy, 23, 0.39%
Zambia, 19, 0.33%
Norway, 19, 0.33%
Botswana, 17, 0.29%
Ethiopia, 16, 0.27%
Switzerland, 15, 0.26%
Greece, 14, 0.24%
Brazil, 13, 0.22%
Tanzania, 13, 0.22%
Zimbabwe, 12, 0.21%
Malawi, 9, 0.15%
Morocco, 9, 0.15%
Republic of Korea, 9, 0.15%
Mozambique, 8, 0.14%
New Zealand, 8, 0.14%
Uganda, 8, 0.14%
Finland, 8, 0.14%
Sweden, 8, 0.14%
Eritrea, 8, 0.14%
Eswatini, 8, 0.14%
Portugal, 7, 0.12%
Denmark, 6, 0.1%
Spain, 6, 0.1%
Cameroon, 6, 0.1%
Senegal, 5, 0.09%
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 4, 0.07%
UAE, 4, 0.07%
Sudan, 4, 0.07%
Togo, 4, 0.07%
Jamaica, 4, 0.07%
Guyana, 3, 0.05%
Egypt, 3, 0.05%
Ireland, 3, 0.05%
Lesotho, 3, 0.05%
Madagascar, 3, 0.05%
China, 2, 0.03%
Benin, 2, 0.03%
Côte d'Ivoire, 2, 0.03%
Mauritius, 2, 0.03%
Namibia, 2, 0.03%
Niger, 2, 0.03%
Poland, 2, 0.03%
Singapore, 2, 0.03%
Sierra Leone, 2, 0.03%
South Sudan, 2, 0.03%
Japan, 2, 0.03%
Russia, 1, 0.02%
Algeria, 1, 0.02%
India, 1, 0.02%
Iraq, 1, 0.02%
Yemen, 1, 0.02%
Qatar, 1, 0.02%
Malaysia, 1, 0.02%
Papua New Guinea, 1, 0.02%
Tunisia, 1, 0.02%
Czech Republic, 1, 0.02%
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USA, 123, 41.14%
South Africa, 23, 7.69%
United Kingdom, 22, 7.36%
Canada, 7, 2.34%
Germany, 5, 1.67%
France, 5, 1.67%
China, 2, 0.67%
Israel, 2, 0.67%
Italy, 2, 0.67%
Norway, 2, 0.67%
Portugal, 1, 0.33%
Belgium, 1, 0.33%
Benin, 1, 0.33%
Brazil, 1, 0.33%
Ghana, 1, 0.33%
Greece, 1, 0.33%
Egypt, 1, 0.33%
India, 1, 0.33%
Ireland, 1, 0.33%
Spain, 1, 0.33%
Qatar, 1, 0.33%
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1, 0.33%
Madagascar, 1, 0.33%
Morocco, 1, 0.33%
Nigeria, 1, 0.33%
Netherlands, 1, 0.33%
New Zealand, 1, 0.33%
UAE, 1, 0.33%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.33%
Switzerland, 1, 0.33%
Eswatini, 1, 0.33%
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