African Arts

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SCImago
Q3
Impact factor
0.4
SJR
0.109
CiteScore
0.4
Categories
Literature and Literary Theory
Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Areas
Arts and Humanities
Years of issue
2002-2025
journal names
African Arts
AFR ARTS
Publications
4 132
Citations
5 204
h-index
21
Publications
229
Citations
1 739
Top-3 citing journals
African Arts
African Arts (901 citations)
Africa
Africa (81 citations)
History in Africa (59 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
USA (306 publications)
South Africa (40 publications)
United Kingdom (30 publications)
USA (6 publications)
Switzerland (1 publication)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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African Arts
901 citations, 17.31%
Africa
81 citations, 1.56%
History in Africa
59 citations, 1.13%
de arte
59 citations, 1.13%
African Archaeological Review
58 citations, 1.11%
SSRN Electronic Journal
55 citations, 1.06%
Visual Anthropology
49 citations, 0.94%
Museum Anthropology
39 citations, 0.75%
Azania
37 citations, 0.71%
Critical Interventions
37 citations, 0.71%
African Studies
36 citations, 0.69%
Afrique Archeologie et Arts
36 citations, 0.69%
Journal of African Cultural Studies
32 citations, 0.61%
African Studies Review
28 citations, 0.54%
Fashion Theory - Journal of Dress Body and Culture
27 citations, 0.52%
Journal of Material Culture
26 citations, 0.5%
Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics
24 citations, 0.46%
Clothing and Textiles Research Journal
23 citations, 0.44%
Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture
23 citations, 0.44%
Social Dynamics
22 citations, 0.42%
Material Religion
20 citations, 0.38%
Journal of African History
20 citations, 0.38%
World Art
19 citations, 0.37%
African Identities
16 citations, 0.31%
Antiquity
16 citations, 0.31%
Critical Arts
16 citations, 0.31%
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
15 citations, 0.29%
Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines
15 citations, 0.29%
American Anthropologist
14 citations, 0.27%
Africa Today
14 citations, 0.27%
Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage
13 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Asian and African Studies
13 citations, 0.25%
Journal of The American Institute for Conservation
13 citations, 0.25%
Visual Anthropology Review
13 citations, 0.25%
Critical African Studies
13 citations, 0.25%
Visual Studies
12 citations, 0.23%
Ethos
12 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Religion in Africa
12 citations, 0.23%
Cogent Arts and Humanities
12 citations, 0.23%
Afriques
12 citations, 0.23%
Collections A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals
12 citations, 0.23%
Hommes et sociétés
12 citations, 0.23%
Textile History
11 citations, 0.21%
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
11 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Field Archaeology
11 citations, 0.21%
Design and Culture
11 citations, 0.21%
A Current Bibliography on African Affairs
11 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Modern Craft
10 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
10 citations, 0.19%
Oncogene
10 citations, 0.19%
Historical Archaeology
10 citations, 0.19%
Journal of the African Literature Association
10 citations, 0.19%
Africultures
10 citations, 0.19%
Colonial Latin American Review
9 citations, 0.17%
Photography and Culture
9 citations, 0.17%
American Ethnologist
9 citations, 0.17%
Homme
9 citations, 0.17%
Research in African Literatures
9 citations, 0.17%
Annals of Tourism Research
9 citations, 0.17%
TDR - The Drama Review - A Journal of Performance Studies
9 citations, 0.17%
World Archaeology
8 citations, 0.15%
Anthropology and Medicine
8 citations, 0.15%
Religion
8 citations, 0.15%
Santander Art and Culture Law Review
8 citations, 0.15%
Anthropology Southern Africa
8 citations, 0.15%
HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory
8 citations, 0.15%
Archaeometry
8 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Commonwealth Literature
8 citations, 0.15%
Annual Review of Anthropology
8 citations, 0.15%
Comparative Studies in Society and History
7 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Social Archaeology
7 citations, 0.13%
Nishinihon Journal of Dermatology
7 citations, 0.13%
Art History
7 citations, 0.13%
International Journal of Cultural Property
7 citations, 0.13%
Religions
7 citations, 0.13%
International Journal of Historical Archaeology
7 citations, 0.13%
AI and Society
7 citations, 0.13%
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
7 citations, 0.13%
Anthropologie et Sociétés
7 citations, 0.13%
Reviews in Anthropology
6 citations, 0.12%
Safundi
6 citations, 0.12%
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies
6 citations, 0.12%
Cultural Dynamics
6 citations, 0.12%
Transforming Anthropology
6 citations, 0.12%
Metropolitan Museum Journal
6 citations, 0.12%
Canadian Journal of African Studies
6 citations, 0.12%
Social Anthropology
6 citations, 0.12%
History Compass
6 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Archaeological Science
6 citations, 0.12%
Ethnomusicology
6 citations, 0.12%
Folklore
6 citations, 0.12%
Journal of the American Academy of Religion
6 citations, 0.12%
South African Historical Journal
6 citations, 0.12%
Ethnography
6 citations, 0.12%
Arts
6 citations, 0.12%
Contemporary Social Issues in East Asian Societies
6 citations, 0.12%
Ethnomusicology Forum
5 citations, 0.1%
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East
5 citations, 0.1%
Current Anthropology
5 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Maritime Archaeology
5 citations, 0.1%
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Citing publishers

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MIT Press
911 citations, 17.51%
Taylor & Francis
878 citations, 16.87%
Duke University Press
322 citations, 6.19%
Springer Nature
280 citations, 5.38%
Cambridge University Press
266 citations, 5.11%
Wiley
239 citations, 4.59%
SAGE
201 citations, 3.86%
Elsevier
100 citations, 1.92%
OpenEdition
89 citations, 1.71%
University of Chicago Press
62 citations, 1.19%
African Studies Association
58 citations, 1.11%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
55 citations, 1.06%
CAIRN
38 citations, 0.73%
MDPI
33 citations, 0.63%
Brill
28 citations, 0.54%
Indiana University Press
26 citations, 0.5%
21 citations, 0.4%
IGI Global
21 citations, 0.4%
Emerald
20 citations, 0.38%
Intellect
20 citations, 0.38%
Walter de Gruyter
16 citations, 0.31%
University of Illinois Press
13 citations, 0.25%
Consortium Erudit
13 citations, 0.25%
Oxford University Press
12 citations, 0.23%
SciELO
12 citations, 0.23%
AOSIS
12 citations, 0.23%
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski - Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego
11 citations, 0.21%
University of California Press
9 citations, 0.17%
Annual Reviews
9 citations, 0.17%
Frontiers Media S.A.
8 citations, 0.15%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
7 citations, 0.13%
Kyushu University
7 citations, 0.13%
American Psychological Association (APA)
6 citations, 0.12%
Japan Association for African Studies
6 citations, 0.12%
EDP Sciences
5 citations, 0.1%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
5 citations, 0.1%
Masaryk University Press
5 citations, 0.1%
Archaeological Institute of America
5 citations, 0.1%
University of Adelaide
5 citations, 0.1%
Montana State University
5 citations, 0.1%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
5 citations, 0.1%
Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
4 citations, 0.08%
Center for Western Studies
4 citations, 0.08%
Hindawi Limited
4 citations, 0.08%
Equinox Publishing
4 citations, 0.08%
Trans Tech Publications
3 citations, 0.06%
Unisa Press
3 citations, 0.06%
Institut National d'histoire de l'art
3 citations, 0.06%
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
3 citations, 0.06%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
3 citations, 0.06%
JSTOR
3 citations, 0.06%
Scientific Research Publishing
3 citations, 0.06%
Cognizant, LLC
3 citations, 0.06%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
3 citations, 0.06%
Berghahn Books
3 citations, 0.06%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
2 citations, 0.04%
2 citations, 0.04%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
2 citations, 0.04%
Maisonneuve et Larose
2 citations, 0.04%
2 citations, 0.04%
Societe des Americanistes
2 citations, 0.04%
Academic Journals
2 citations, 0.04%
BMJ
2 citations, 0.04%
PERSEE Program
2 citations, 0.04%
JMIR Publications
2 citations, 0.04%
The Magnetics Society of Japan
2 citations, 0.04%
UCL Press
2 citations, 0.04%
Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona
2 citations, 0.04%
SLACK
2 citations, 0.04%
Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS
2 citations, 0.04%
Japan Surgical Association
2 citations, 0.04%
Japan Society of Spring Engineers
2 citations, 0.04%
IMR Press
1 citation, 0.02%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
1 citation, 0.02%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
1 citation, 0.02%
Edinburgh University Press
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
1 citation, 0.02%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1 citation, 0.02%
AIP Publishing
1 citation, 0.02%
The Royal Society
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
Max-Planck Institute for Demographic Research/Max-Planck-institut fur Demografische Forschung
1 citation, 0.02%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
1 citation, 0.02%
Societe des Oceanistes
1 citation, 0.02%
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
1 citation, 0.02%
Nouveau Monde Editions
1 citation, 0.02%
University of Warsaw
1 citation, 0.02%
Pensoft Publishers
1 citation, 0.02%
Eco-Vector LLC
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
Brazilian Anthropology Association
1 citation, 0.02%
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society
1 citation, 0.02%
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
1 citation, 0.02%
Architectural Institute of Japan
1 citation, 0.02%
Society for Music Theory
1 citation, 0.02%
Duzce University
1 citation, 0.02%
International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
1 citation, 0.02%
Ministere de la Culture
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
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University of California, Los Angeles
46 publications, 1.11%
Columbia University
20 publications, 0.48%
School of Oriental and African Studies
18 publications, 0.44%
Indiana University Bloomington
17 publications, 0.41%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
15 publications, 0.36%
Harvard University
14 publications, 0.34%
Emory University
14 publications, 0.34%
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
13 publications, 0.31%
Boston University
13 publications, 0.31%
University of the Witwatersrand
12 publications, 0.29%
University of Florida
12 publications, 0.29%
University of Chicago
11 publications, 0.27%
Smithsonian Institution
11 publications, 0.27%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
10 publications, 0.24%
University of Oxford
9 publications, 0.22%
Rhodes University
8 publications, 0.19%
University of Michigan
8 publications, 0.19%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
8 publications, 0.19%
University of Johannesburg
7 publications, 0.17%
California State University, Fullerton
7 publications, 0.17%
California State University, Northridge
7 publications, 0.17%
University of Basel
5 publications, 0.12%
University of Cape Town
5 publications, 0.12%
University of Toronto
5 publications, 0.12%
Ghent University
4 publications, 0.1%
University of Cambridge
4 publications, 0.1%
Stony Brook University
4 publications, 0.1%
Yale University
4 publications, 0.1%
Stanford University
4 publications, 0.1%
Princeton University
4 publications, 0.1%
University of Washington
4 publications, 0.1%
University of California, Santa Barbara
4 publications, 0.1%
University of California, Santa Cruz
4 publications, 0.1%
University of Maryland, College Park
4 publications, 0.1%
University of East Anglia
4 publications, 0.1%
Brandeis University
4 publications, 0.1%
University of Iowa
4 publications, 0.1%
Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
3 publications, 0.07%
University of Bayreuth
3 publications, 0.07%
Free University of Berlin
3 publications, 0.07%
Örebro University Hospital
3 publications, 0.07%
Cornell University
3 publications, 0.07%
University of Nigeria
3 publications, 0.07%
University of Benin
3 publications, 0.07%
Obafemi Awolowo University
3 publications, 0.07%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
3 publications, 0.07%
New York University
3 publications, 0.07%
Tufts University
3 publications, 0.07%
Dartmouth College
3 publications, 0.07%
University of Vienna
3 publications, 0.07%
Miami University
3 publications, 0.07%
City College of New York
3 publications, 0.07%
Clark University
3 publications, 0.07%
Istanbul Arel University
2 publications, 0.05%
University of Edinburgh
2 publications, 0.05%
University of Manchester
2 publications, 0.05%
Michigan State University
2 publications, 0.05%
Pennsylvania State University
2 publications, 0.05%
University of Pretoria
2 publications, 0.05%
Northwestern University
2 publications, 0.05%
Case Western Reserve University
2 publications, 0.05%
Duke University
2 publications, 0.05%
Ohio State University
2 publications, 0.05%
University of California, Davis
2 publications, 0.05%
University of Texas at Austin
2 publications, 0.05%
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2 publications, 0.05%
American Museum of Natural History
2 publications, 0.05%
University of Abomey-Calavi
2 publications, 0.05%
NOVA University Lisbon
2 publications, 0.05%
University of Pennsylvania
2 publications, 0.05%
University of Kentucky
2 publications, 0.05%
Louisiana State University
2 publications, 0.05%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2 publications, 0.05%
Binghamton University
2 publications, 0.05%
University of Houston
2 publications, 0.05%
University of Ulster
2 publications, 0.05%
Birkbeck, University of London
2 publications, 0.05%
ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
2 publications, 0.05%
Brooklyn College
2 publications, 0.05%
University of Kansas
2 publications, 0.05%
Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
2 publications, 0.05%
Ege University
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
1 publication, 0.02%
Radboud University Nijmegen
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Bordeaux
1 publication, 0.02%
Humboldt University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Zurich
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Geneva
1 publication, 0.02%
Australian National University
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Neuchâtel
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Bologna
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Milano-Bicocca
1 publication, 0.02%
Université Catholique de Louvain
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Turin
1 publication, 0.02%
University College London
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Liverpool
1 publication, 0.02%
London School of Economics and Political Science
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Southern California
1 publication, 0.02%
Loughborough University
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Southampton
1 publication, 0.02%
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University of California, Los Angeles
2 publications, 0.87%
University of Basel
1 publication, 0.44%
Columbia University
1 publication, 0.44%
Georgetown University
1 publication, 0.44%
Duke University
1 publication, 0.44%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.44%
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USA, 306, 7.41%
USA
306 publications, 7.41%
South Africa, 40, 0.97%
South Africa
40 publications, 0.97%
United Kingdom, 30, 0.73%
United Kingdom
30 publications, 0.73%
Nigeria, 25, 0.61%
Nigeria
25 publications, 0.61%
Italy, 24, 0.58%
Italy
24 publications, 0.58%
Belgium, 23, 0.56%
Belgium
23 publications, 0.56%
Germany, 13, 0.31%
Germany
13 publications, 0.31%
Switzerland, 10, 0.24%
Switzerland
10 publications, 0.24%
Canada, 9, 0.22%
Canada
9 publications, 0.22%
Senegal, 9, 0.22%
Senegal
9 publications, 0.22%
Ghana, 6, 0.15%
Ghana
6 publications, 0.15%
Benin, 5, 0.12%
Benin
5 publications, 0.12%
Greece, 5, 0.12%
Greece
5 publications, 0.12%
Sweden, 5, 0.12%
Sweden
5 publications, 0.12%
Portugal, 4, 0.1%
Portugal
4 publications, 0.1%
Brazil, 4, 0.1%
Brazil
4 publications, 0.1%
Mali, 4, 0.1%
Mali
4 publications, 0.1%
Netherlands, 4, 0.1%
Netherlands
4 publications, 0.1%
Russia, 3, 0.07%
Russia
3 publications, 0.07%
France, 3, 0.07%
France
3 publications, 0.07%
Austria, 3, 0.07%
Austria
3 publications, 0.07%
Turkey, 3, 0.07%
Turkey
3 publications, 0.07%
Ethiopia, 3, 0.07%
Ethiopia
3 publications, 0.07%
Australia, 2, 0.05%
Australia
2 publications, 0.05%
Burkina Faso, 2, 0.05%
Burkina Faso
2 publications, 0.05%
Georgia, 2, 0.05%
Georgia
2 publications, 0.05%
Zambia, 2, 0.05%
Zambia
2 publications, 0.05%
Cameroon, 2, 0.05%
Cameroon
2 publications, 0.05%
Kenya, 2, 0.05%
Kenya
2 publications, 0.05%
Morocco, 2, 0.05%
Morocco
2 publications, 0.05%
Uganda, 2, 0.05%
Uganda
2 publications, 0.05%
Czech Republic, 2, 0.05%
Czech Republic
2 publications, 0.05%
China, 1, 0.02%
China
1 publication, 0.02%
Algeria, 1, 0.02%
Algeria
1 publication, 0.02%
Bahrain, 1, 0.02%
Bahrain
1 publication, 0.02%
Gabon, 1, 0.02%
Gabon
1 publication, 0.02%
Haiti, 1, 0.02%
Haiti
1 publication, 0.02%
Egypt, 1, 0.02%
Egypt
1 publication, 0.02%
Zimbabwe, 1, 0.02%
Zimbabwe
1 publication, 0.02%
India, 1, 0.02%
India
1 publication, 0.02%
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1, 0.02%
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 publication, 0.02%
Côte d'Ivoire, 1, 0.02%
Côte d'Ivoire
1 publication, 0.02%
Mauritania, 1, 0.02%
Mauritania
1 publication, 0.02%
Mexico, 1, 0.02%
Mexico
1 publication, 0.02%
Mozambique, 1, 0.02%
Mozambique
1 publication, 0.02%
Panama, 1, 0.02%
Panama
1 publication, 0.02%
Rwanda, 1, 0.02%
Rwanda
1 publication, 0.02%
Somalia, 1, 0.02%
Somalia
1 publication, 0.02%
Sudan, 1, 0.02%
Sudan
1 publication, 0.02%
Sierra Leone, 1, 0.02%
Sierra Leone
1 publication, 0.02%
Togo, 1, 0.02%
Togo
1 publication, 0.02%
Trinidad and Tobago, 1, 0.02%
Trinidad and Tobago
1 publication, 0.02%
Japan, 1, 0.02%
Japan
1 publication, 0.02%
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USA, 6, 2.62%
USA
6 publications, 2.62%
Switzerland, 1, 0.44%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0.44%
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