Open Access
Open access

Scientific African

Elsevier
Elsevier
ISSN: 24682276
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
2.7
SJR
0.575
CiteScore
5.6
Categories
Multidisciplinary
Areas
Multidisciplinary
Years of issue
2018-2025
journal names
Scientific African
SCI AFR
Publications
2 407
Citations
15 435
h-index
41
Publications
2 242
Citations
15 405
Top-3 citing journals
Scientific African
Scientific African (331 citations)
Heliyon
Heliyon (319 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
Nigeria (701 publications)
Ghana (358 publications)
South Africa (249 publications)
Nigeria (646 publications)
Ghana (328 publications)
South Africa (238 publications)

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Scientific African
331 citations, 2.14%
Heliyon
319 citations, 2.07%
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
207 citations, 1.34%
Sustainability
175 citations, 1.13%
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
116 citations, 0.75%
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
110 citations, 0.71%
PLoS ONE
104 citations, 0.67%
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
98 citations, 0.63%
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
98 citations, 0.63%
Molecules
92 citations, 0.6%
Scientific Reports
89 citations, 0.58%
Foods
82 citations, 0.53%
Environment, Development and Sustainability
82 citations, 0.53%
Science of the Total Environment
79 citations, 0.51%
Water (Switzerland)
78 citations, 0.51%
Energies
71 citations, 0.46%
IEEE Access
71 citations, 0.46%
AIP Conference Proceedings
64 citations, 0.41%
Cogent Food & Agriculture
62 citations, 0.4%
Results in Engineering
61 citations, 0.4%
Chemosphere
61 citations, 0.4%
E3S Web of Conferences
57 citations, 0.37%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
56 citations, 0.36%
Journal of Environmental Management
55 citations, 0.36%
Journal of Cleaner Production
54 citations, 0.35%
Water, Air, and Soil Pollution
54 citations, 0.35%
Plants
51 citations, 0.33%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
50 citations, 0.32%
Chemistry Africa
50 citations, 0.32%
Environmental Research
49 citations, 0.32%
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
49 citations, 0.32%
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
48 citations, 0.31%
International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry
45 citations, 0.29%
F1000Research
45 citations, 0.29%
International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
44 citations, 0.29%
ACS Omega
44 citations, 0.29%
Arabian Journal of Geosciences
43 citations, 0.28%
Cogent Economics and Finance
42 citations, 0.27%
Food Bioscience
40 citations, 0.26%
Food Chemistry
39 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
38 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Food Processing and Preservation
37 citations, 0.24%
Land
37 citations, 0.24%
Environmental Geochemistry and Health
36 citations, 0.23%
Agriculture (Switzerland)
35 citations, 0.23%
Energy
35 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
34 citations, 0.22%
South African Journal of Botany
34 citations, 0.22%
Polymers
34 citations, 0.22%
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
34 citations, 0.22%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
33 citations, 0.21%
Frontiers in Environmental Science
33 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis
32 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Molecular Structure
32 citations, 0.21%
Food Science and Nutrition
32 citations, 0.21%
Materials Today: Proceedings
32 citations, 0.21%
Agronomy
31 citations, 0.2%
Frontiers in Public Health
31 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Molecular Liquids
31 citations, 0.2%
Sensors
31 citations, 0.2%
Frontiers in Pharmacology
30 citations, 0.19%
Fuel
30 citations, 0.19%
Materials
30 citations, 0.19%
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
29 citations, 0.19%
SSRN Electronic Journal
29 citations, 0.19%
Industrial Crops and Products
28 citations, 0.18%
Renewable Energy
28 citations, 0.18%
Groundwater for Sustainable Development
28 citations, 0.18%
Frontiers in Nutrition
28 citations, 0.18%
Chemistry and Biodiversity
28 citations, 0.18%
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
28 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Water Process Engineering
28 citations, 0.18%
Modeling Earth Systems and Environment
28 citations, 0.18%
Energy Reports
27 citations, 0.17%
Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology
27 citations, 0.17%
Frontiers in Microbiology
27 citations, 0.17%
Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering
27 citations, 0.17%
International Journal of Food Science and Technology
26 citations, 0.17%
Environmental Challenges
26 citations, 0.17%
LWT - Food Science and Technology
25 citations, 0.16%
Cogent Social Sciences
25 citations, 0.16%
Frontiers in Plant Science
24 citations, 0.16%
Animals
24 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Food Process Engineering
24 citations, 0.16%
Mathematics
24 citations, 0.16%
Energy Conversion and Management
24 citations, 0.16%
Food and Humanity
24 citations, 0.16%
Microorganisms
23 citations, 0.15%
BMC Public Health
23 citations, 0.15%
Processes
23 citations, 0.15%
Energy for Sustainable Development
23 citations, 0.15%
Cogent Engineering
22 citations, 0.14%
Environmental Earth Sciences
22 citations, 0.14%
Water Practice and Technology
22 citations, 0.14%
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
22 citations, 0.14%
Results in Chemistry
22 citations, 0.14%
BIO Web of Conferences
22 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Water and Climate Change
21 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Hydrology
21 citations, 0.14%
Food Research International
21 citations, 0.14%
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Elsevier
4680 citations, 30.32%
Springer Nature
2861 citations, 18.54%
MDPI
1632 citations, 10.57%
Taylor & Francis
1171 citations, 7.59%
Wiley
798 citations, 5.17%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
571 citations, 3.7%
Frontiers Media S.A.
487 citations, 3.16%
Hindawi Limited
249 citations, 1.61%
IOP Publishing
204 citations, 1.32%
Emerald
181 citations, 1.17%
SAGE
132 citations, 0.86%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
130 citations, 0.84%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
127 citations, 0.82%
IWA Publishing
111 citations, 0.72%
IGI Global
102 citations, 0.66%
Walter de Gruyter
98 citations, 0.63%
Research Square Platform LLC
95 citations, 0.62%
EDP Sciences
94 citations, 0.61%
AIP Publishing
90 citations, 0.58%
IntechOpen
66 citations, 0.43%
Oxford University Press
61 citations, 0.4%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
50 citations, 0.32%
F1000 Research
50 citations, 0.32%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
49 citations, 0.32%
Scientific Research Publishing
46 citations, 0.3%
Academic Journals
45 citations, 0.29%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
32 citations, 0.21%
Cambridge University Press
27 citations, 0.17%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
27 citations, 0.17%
PeerJ
27 citations, 0.17%
Trans Tech Publications
25 citations, 0.16%
King Saud University
23 citations, 0.15%
BMJ
23 citations, 0.15%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
19 citations, 0.12%
Society of Petroleum Engineers
19 citations, 0.12%
AOSIS
18 citations, 0.12%
Pleiades Publishing
15 citations, 0.1%
Center of Biomass and Renewable Energy Scientia Academy
15 citations, 0.1%
Oriental Scientific Publishing Company
14 citations, 0.09%
South Florida Publishing LLC
14 citations, 0.09%
World Scientific
13 citations, 0.08%
Brill
13 citations, 0.08%
Veterinary World
13 citations, 0.08%
Copernicus
13 citations, 0.08%
IOS Press
12 citations, 0.08%
Science Alert
11 citations, 0.07%
A and V Publications
11 citations, 0.07%
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
10 citations, 0.06%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
10 citations, 0.06%
Scientific Publishers
9 citations, 0.06%
Medknow
9 citations, 0.06%
American Society for Microbiology
8 citations, 0.05%
Alexandria University
8 citations, 0.05%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
8 citations, 0.05%
JMIR Publications
8 citations, 0.05%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
7 citations, 0.05%
Begell House
7 citations, 0.05%
ASME International
7 citations, 0.05%
SciELO
7 citations, 0.05%
Institute of Research and Community Services Diponegoro University (LPPM UNDIP)
7 citations, 0.05%
6 citations, 0.04%
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
6 citations, 0.04%
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
6 citations, 0.04%
CSIRO Publishing
6 citations, 0.04%
National Library of Serbia
6 citations, 0.04%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
6 citations, 0.04%
OAE Publishing Inc.
6 citations, 0.04%
PAGEPress Publications
6 citations, 0.04%
World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS)
6 citations, 0.04%
AMO Publisher
6 citations, 0.04%
HACCP Consulting
5 citations, 0.03%
Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
5 citations, 0.03%
AME Publishing Company
5 citations, 0.03%
Korean Society of Food Science and Technology
5 citations, 0.03%
Allerton Press
5 citations, 0.03%
Tech Science Press
5 citations, 0.03%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
5 citations, 0.03%
Mary Ann Liebert
4 citations, 0.03%
Pensoft Publishers
4 citations, 0.03%
National Biological Information Infrastructure
4 citations, 0.03%