African Security

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SCImago
Q2
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
1.3
SJR
0.435
CiteScore
3.8
Categories
Political Science and International Relations
Safety Research
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
2008-2025
journal names
African Security
AFR SECUR
Publications
285
Citations
2 087
h-index
23
Publications
118
Citations
1 511
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
University of Alberta
University of Alberta (21 publications)
King's College London
King's College London (8 publications)
University of Alberta
University of Alberta (11 publications)
McMaster University
McMaster University (5 publications)
University of Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen (3 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (62 publications)
United Kingdom (42 publications)
South Africa (35 publications)
United Kingdom (17 publications)
Canada (16 publications)
Nigeria (15 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Top-100

Citing journals

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African Security Review
52 citations, 2.49%
Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
49 citations, 2.35%
African Security
37 citations, 1.77%
Journal of Asian and African Studies
36 citations, 1.72%
SSRN Electronic Journal
36 citations, 1.72%
Third World Quarterly
35 citations, 1.68%
Conflict, Security and Development
33 citations, 1.58%
Critical Studies on Terrorism
26 citations, 1.25%
International Peacekeeping
26 citations, 1.25%
Small Wars and Insurgencies
25 citations, 1.2%
Journal of Contemporary African Studies
22 citations, 1.05%
Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
22 citations, 1.05%
Cogent Social Sciences
18 citations, 0.86%
Journal of Modern African Studies
17 citations, 0.81%
Security Journal
17 citations, 0.81%
Contemporary Security Policy
16 citations, 0.77%
Insight on Africa
15 citations, 0.72%
European Security
15 citations, 0.72%
African Identities
13 citations, 0.62%
International Spectator
13 citations, 0.62%
Civil Wars
12 citations, 0.57%
Journal of Global Security Studies
12 citations, 0.57%
International Studies Review
11 citations, 0.53%
Religions
11 citations, 0.53%
Armed Forces and Society
11 citations, 0.53%
India’s Africa Policy
11 citations, 0.53%
African Studies Review
10 citations, 0.48%
Marine Policy
10 citations, 0.48%
Review of African Political Economy
10 citations, 0.48%
Security Dialogue
10 citations, 0.48%
Africa Spectrum
9 citations, 0.43%
Journal of Peace Research
9 citations, 0.43%
Canadian Journal of African Studies
9 citations, 0.43%
Geo Journal
9 citations, 0.43%
Journal of Peasant Studies
8 citations, 0.38%
Political Geography
8 citations, 0.38%
Afrique Contemporaine
8 citations, 0.38%
Journal of Eastern African Studies
8 citations, 0.38%
African Security in the Anthropocene
8 citations, 0.38%
Cooperation and Conflict
7 citations, 0.34%
Territory, Politics, Governance
7 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Borderlands Studies
7 citations, 0.34%
Geopolitics
7 citations, 0.34%
Cambridge Review of International Affairs
7 citations, 0.34%
Conflict Management and Peace Science
7 citations, 0.34%
World Development
7 citations, 0.34%
Global Studies Quarterly
7 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Strategic Studies
6 citations, 0.29%
Stability
6 citations, 0.29%
Foreign Policy Analysis
6 citations, 0.29%
Conflict Resolution Quarterly
6 citations, 0.29%
Vestnik RUDN International Relations
6 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Conflict Resolution
5 citations, 0.24%
European Journal of International Relations
5 citations, 0.24%
Politikon
5 citations, 0.24%
International Studies Quarterly
5 citations, 0.24%
Democratization
5 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Human Rights
5 citations, 0.24%
Global Crime
5 citations, 0.24%
Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression
5 citations, 0.24%
Land Use Policy
5 citations, 0.24%
African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review
5 citations, 0.24%
India Quarterly A Journal of International Affairs
5 citations, 0.24%
The European Union in International Affairs
5 citations, 0.24%
Global Policy
4 citations, 0.19%
Defence Studies
4 citations, 0.19%
Environmental Science and Policy
4 citations, 0.19%
Frontiers in Marine Science
4 citations, 0.19%
Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: Pathways toward Terrorism and Genocide
4 citations, 0.19%
Ethnopolitics
4 citations, 0.19%
International Interactions
4 citations, 0.19%
Journal of the Knowledge Economy
4 citations, 0.19%
Peace Review
4 citations, 0.19%
International Studies Perspectives
4 citations, 0.19%
Local Environment
4 citations, 0.19%
Round Table
4 citations, 0.19%
Sustainable Development
4 citations, 0.19%
SAGE Open
4 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Refugee Studies
4 citations, 0.19%
Society
4 citations, 0.19%
Herodote
4 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Peacebuilding and Development
4 citations, 0.19%
Extractive Industries and Society
4 citations, 0.19%
Global Society
4 citations, 0.19%
Critical African Studies
4 citations, 0.19%
Discover Sustainability
4 citations, 0.19%
African Journal of Political Science and International Relations
4 citations, 0.19%
Stosunki Międzynarodowe – International Relations
4 citations, 0.19%
The Use and Utility of Ultimata in Coercive Diplomacy
4 citations, 0.19%
Southern Space Studies
4 citations, 0.19%
Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences
3 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology
3 citations, 0.14%
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
3 citations, 0.14%
World Affairs
3 citations, 0.14%
Society and Natural Resources
3 citations, 0.14%
Development Policy Review
3 citations, 0.14%
International Security
3 citations, 0.14%
Communications in Computer and Information Science
3 citations, 0.14%
Annals of the American Association of Geographers
3 citations, 0.14%
Environmental Research Letters
3 citations, 0.14%
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Citing publishers

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Taylor & Francis
626 citations, 30%
Springer Nature
296 citations, 14.18%
SAGE
180 citations, 8.62%
Oxford University Press
155 citations, 7.43%
Cambridge University Press
105 citations, 5.03%
Elsevier
97 citations, 4.65%
Wiley
71 citations, 3.4%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
35 citations, 1.68%
MDPI
33 citations, 1.58%
Emerald
20 citations, 0.96%
IGI Global
18 citations, 0.86%
Brill
14 citations, 0.67%
Walter de Gruyter
12 citations, 0.57%
Frontiers Media S.A.
12 citations, 0.57%
Unisa Press
8 citations, 0.38%
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
8 citations, 0.38%
OpenEdition
8 citations, 0.38%
Institut fur Afrika-Kunde
7 citations, 0.34%
Academic Journals
7 citations, 0.34%
Ubiquity Press
6 citations, 0.29%
Indiana University Press
5 citations, 0.24%
F1000 Research
5 citations, 0.24%
4 citations, 0.19%
MIT Press
4 citations, 0.19%
IOP Publishing
4 citations, 0.19%
AOSIS
4 citations, 0.19%
Pleiades Publishing
3 citations, 0.14%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
3 citations, 0.14%
University of Chicago Press
2 citations, 0.1%
Belgrade Centre for Security Policy
2 citations, 0.1%
Center for Crisis Society Studies
2 citations, 0.1%
Scientific Research Publishing
2 citations, 0.1%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
2 citations, 0.1%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
1 citation, 0.05%
Trans Tech Publications
1 citation, 0.05%
Mary Ann Liebert
1 citation, 0.05%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1 citation, 0.05%
Universiti Putra Malaysia
1 citation, 0.05%
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
1 citation, 0.05%
PeerJ
1 citation, 0.05%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
1 citation, 0.05%
IWA Publishing
1 citation, 0.05%
AcademicPres
1 citation, 0.05%
Center for International Studies (CIS-IUL) of the Lisbon University Institute (ISCTE)
1 citation, 0.05%
American Geophysical Union
1 citation, 0.05%
Pluto Journals
1 citation, 0.05%
American Economic Association
1 citation, 0.05%
African Journals online
1 citation, 0.05%
Wydawnictwo Naukowe WNPiD UAM
1 citation, 0.05%
International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences
1 citation, 0.05%
Dalloz Editions
1 citation, 0.05%
Institute of Asian Studies at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
1 citation, 0.05%
Inter-Research Science Center
1 citation, 0.05%
Medknow
1 citation, 0.05%
Annual Reviews
1 citation, 0.05%
American Psychological Association (APA)
1 citation, 0.05%
PERSEE Program
1 citation, 0.05%
The Russian Academy of Sciences
1 citation, 0.05%
Brieflands
1 citation, 0.05%
Consortium Erudit
1 citation, 0.05%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
1 citation, 0.05%
Bristol University Press
1 citation, 0.05%
South Florida Publishing LLC
1 citation, 0.05%
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID)
1 citation, 0.05%
Aurora Group, s.r.o
1 citation, 0.05%
Vereinigung zur Kritik der politischen Okonomie e.V.
1 citation, 0.05%
Hans Publishers
1 citation, 0.05%
Moscow State Institute of International Relations
1 citation, 0.05%
AMO Publisher
1 citation, 0.05%
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University of Alberta
21 publications, 7.37%
University of the Witwatersrand
12 publications, 4.21%
King's College London
8 publications, 2.81%
University of Gothenburg
7 publications, 2.46%
University of St Andrews
5 publications, 1.75%
McMaster University
5 publications, 1.75%
Leipzig University
5 publications, 1.75%
University of Portsmouth
5 publications, 1.75%
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
4 publications, 1.4%
University of South Africa
4 publications, 1.4%
University of Nigeria
4 publications, 1.4%
Obafemi Awolowo University
4 publications, 1.4%
University of Oxford
3 publications, 1.05%
University of Copenhagen
3 publications, 1.05%
University of Pretoria
3 publications, 1.05%
University of Johannesburg
3 publications, 1.05%
North-West University
3 publications, 1.05%
George Washington University
3 publications, 1.05%
University of Ibadan
3 publications, 1.05%
University of Benin
3 publications, 1.05%
Niger Delta University
3 publications, 1.05%
Addis Ababa University
3 publications, 1.05%
University of East Anglia
3 publications, 1.05%
University of Manitoba
3 publications, 1.05%
Coventry University
3 publications, 1.05%
Khalifa University
2 publications, 0.7%
Qatar University
2 publications, 0.7%
Australian National University
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Basel
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Cambridge
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Edinburgh
2 publications, 0.7%
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Agder
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Waikato
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Cape Town
2 publications, 0.7%
Stellenbosch University
2 publications, 0.7%
University of the Free State
2 publications, 0.7%
Durban University of Technology
2 publications, 0.7%
American University
2 publications, 0.7%
Makerere University
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Illinois at Chicago
2 publications, 0.7%
George Mason University
2 publications, 0.7%
University of California, Berkeley
2 publications, 0.7%
Harvard University
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Central Florida
2 publications, 0.7%
University of South Florida
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Ghana
2 publications, 0.7%
German Institute for Global and Area Studies (Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien)
2 publications, 0.7%
McGill University
2 publications, 0.7%
Leiden University
2 publications, 0.7%
Cardiff University
2 publications, 0.7%
Florida International University
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Florida
2 publications, 0.7%
University of Zimbabwe
2 publications, 0.7%
Ambrose Alli University
2 publications, 0.7%
Nazarbayev University
1 publication, 0.35%
Ankara University
1 publication, 0.35%
Marmara University
1 publication, 0.35%
Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel
1 publication, 0.35%
Punjabi University
1 publication, 0.35%
University of Genoa
1 publication, 0.35%
University of Bayreuth
1 publication, 0.35%
Free University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.35%
Northern University of Malaysia
1 publication, 0.35%
University of Naples - L'Orientale
1 publication, 0.35%
Renmin University of China
1 publication, 0.35%
University of Milan
1 publication, 0.35%
Université Catholique de Louvain
1 publication, 0.35%
University of Lucerne
1 publication, 0.35%
University of Antwerp
1 publication, 0.35%
Roskilde University
1 publication, 0.35%
London School of Economics and Political Science
1 publication, 0.35%
Nottingham Trent University
1 publication, 0.35%
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
1 publication, 0.35%
Roma Tre University
1 publication, 0.35%
University of Auckland
1 publication, 0.35%
University of Otago
1 publication, 0.35%
Monash University
1 publication, 0.35%
University of Western Australia
1 publication, 0.35%
University of Adelaide
1 publication, 0.35%
Macquarie University
1 publication, 0.35%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
1 publication, 0.35%
Georgetown University
1 publication, 0.35%
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
1 publication, 0.35%
Princeton University
1 publication, 0.35%
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
1 publication, 0.35%
University of Zululand
1 publication, 0.35%
University of Rwanda
1 publication, 0.35%
Covenant University
1 publication, 0.35%
Landmark University
1 publication, 0.35%
University of Port Harcourt
1 publication, 0.35%
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
1 publication, 0.35%
Nnamdi Azikiwe University
1 publication, 0.35%
Osun State University
1 publication, 0.35%
Baze University
1 publication, 0.35%
Veritas University
1 publication, 0.35%
Federal University Oye Ekiti
1 publication, 0.35%
Ekiti State University
1 publication, 0.35%
Redeemer's University
1 publication, 0.35%
Nile University of Nigeria
1 publication, 0.35%
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Publishing organizations in 5 years

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University of Alberta
11 publications, 9.32%
McMaster University
5 publications, 4.24%
University of Copenhagen
3 publications, 2.54%
King's College London
3 publications, 2.54%
University of Ibadan
3 publications, 2.54%
University of Portsmouth
3 publications, 2.54%
University of Edinburgh
2 publications, 1.69%
University of the Witwatersrand
2 publications, 1.69%
University of Johannesburg
2 publications, 1.69%
University of Nigeria
2 publications, 1.69%
Obafemi Awolowo University
2 publications, 1.69%
George Mason University
2 publications, 1.69%
Addis Ababa University
2 publications, 1.69%
University of Florida
2 publications, 1.69%
Ankara University
1 publication, 0.85%
Khalifa University
1 publication, 0.85%
Marmara University
1 publication, 0.85%
Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel
1 publication, 0.85%
Punjabi University
1 publication, 0.85%
Qatar University
1 publication, 0.85%
Northern University of Malaysia
1 publication, 0.85%
University of Gothenburg
1 publication, 0.85%
University of Naples - L'Orientale
1 publication, 0.85%
University of Milan
1 publication, 0.85%
University of Cambridge
1 publication, 0.85%
London School of Economics and Political Science
1 publication, 0.85%
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
1 publication, 0.85%
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
1 publication, 0.85%
Monash University
1 publication, 0.85%
University of Adelaide
1 publication, 0.85%
Stellenbosch University
1 publication, 0.85%
North-West University
1 publication, 0.85%
University of South Africa
1 publication, 0.85%
Princeton University
1 publication, 0.85%
Durban University of Technology
1 publication, 0.85%
Landmark University
1 publication, 0.85%
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
1 publication, 0.85%
Osun State University
1 publication, 0.85%
Baze University
1 publication, 0.85%
Veritas University
1 publication, 0.85%
Ekiti State University
1 publication, 0.85%
Redeemer's University
1 publication, 0.85%
Université de Parakou
1 publication, 0.85%
National Defense University
1 publication, 0.85%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 0.85%
Aberystwyth University
1 publication, 0.85%
University of Pecs
1 publication, 0.85%
Corvinus University of Budapest
1 publication, 0.85%
University of South Florida
1 publication, 0.85%
University of Ghana
1 publication, 0.85%
University of Cape Coast
1 publication, 0.85%
University for Development Studies
1 publication, 0.85%
Central European University
1 publication, 0.85%
University of Bristol
1 publication, 0.85%
University of St Andrews
1 publication, 0.85%
Niger Delta University
1 publication, 0.85%
Leiden University
1 publication, 0.85%
Cardiff University
1 publication, 0.85%
Leipzig University
1 publication, 0.85%
Leeds Beckett University
1 publication, 0.85%
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
1 publication, 0.85%
Kansas State University
1 publication, 0.85%
University of Shizuoka
1 publication, 0.85%
NOVA University Lisbon
1 publication, 0.85%
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
1 publication, 0.85%
University of East Anglia
1 publication, 0.85%
University of Manitoba
1 publication, 0.85%
University of Exeter
1 publication, 0.85%
University of Denver
1 publication, 0.85%
Egerton University
1 publication, 0.85%
Coventry University
1 publication, 0.85%
Riara University
1 publication, 0.85%
Technical University of Mombasa
1 publication, 0.85%
Bowen University
1 publication, 0.85%
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USA, 62, 21.75%
USA
62 publications, 21.75%
United Kingdom, 42, 14.74%
United Kingdom
42 publications, 14.74%
South Africa, 35, 12.28%
South Africa
35 publications, 12.28%
Canada, 34, 11.93%
Canada
34 publications, 11.93%
Nigeria, 32, 11.23%
Nigeria
32 publications, 11.23%
Germany, 14, 4.91%
Germany
14 publications, 4.91%
Norway, 13, 4.56%
Norway
13 publications, 4.56%
Sweden, 9, 3.16%
Sweden
9 publications, 3.16%
Ghana, 8, 2.81%
Ghana
8 publications, 2.81%
Italy, 8, 2.81%
Italy
8 publications, 2.81%
Australia, 6, 2.11%
Australia
6 publications, 2.11%
Belgium, 6, 2.11%
Belgium
6 publications, 2.11%
Denmark, 5, 1.75%
Denmark
5 publications, 1.75%
Netherlands, 5, 1.75%
Netherlands
5 publications, 1.75%
New Zealand, 4, 1.4%
New Zealand
4 publications, 1.4%
Switzerland, 4, 1.4%
Switzerland
4 publications, 1.4%
Ethiopia, 4, 1.4%
Ethiopia
4 publications, 1.4%
Austria, 3, 1.05%
Austria
3 publications, 1.05%
France, 2, 0.7%
France
2 publications, 0.7%
Portugal, 2, 0.7%
Portugal
2 publications, 0.7%
Hungary, 2, 0.7%
Hungary
2 publications, 0.7%
Zimbabwe, 2, 0.7%
Zimbabwe
2 publications, 0.7%
Qatar, 2, 0.7%
Qatar
2 publications, 0.7%
Kenya, 2, 0.7%
Kenya
2 publications, 0.7%
UAE, 2, 0.7%
UAE
2 publications, 0.7%
Rwanda, 2, 0.7%
Rwanda
2 publications, 0.7%
Turkey, 2, 0.7%
Turkey
2 publications, 0.7%
Uganda, 2, 0.7%
Uganda
2 publications, 0.7%
Kazakhstan, 1, 0.35%
Kazakhstan
1 publication, 0.35%
China, 1, 0.35%
China
1 publication, 0.35%
Benin, 1, 0.35%
Benin
1 publication, 0.35%
Brazil, 1, 0.35%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.35%
Israel, 1, 0.35%
Israel
1 publication, 0.35%
India, 1, 0.35%
India
1 publication, 0.35%
Cameroon, 1, 0.35%
Cameroon
1 publication, 0.35%
Malaysia, 1, 0.35%
Malaysia
1 publication, 0.35%
Mali, 1, 0.35%
Mali
1 publication, 0.35%
Poland, 1, 0.35%
Poland
1 publication, 0.35%
Senegal, 1, 0.35%
Senegal
1 publication, 0.35%
Japan, 1, 0.35%
Japan
1 publication, 0.35%
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United Kingdom, 17, 14.41%
United Kingdom
17 publications, 14.41%
Canada, 16, 13.56%
Canada
16 publications, 13.56%
Nigeria, 15, 12.71%
Nigeria
15 publications, 12.71%
USA, 14, 11.86%
USA
14 publications, 11.86%
South Africa, 9, 7.63%
South Africa
9 publications, 7.63%
Ghana, 4, 3.39%
Ghana
4 publications, 3.39%
Norway, 4, 3.39%
Norway
4 publications, 3.39%
Denmark, 3, 2.54%
Denmark
3 publications, 2.54%
Italy, 3, 2.54%
Italy
3 publications, 2.54%
Australia, 2, 1.69%
Australia
2 publications, 1.69%
Hungary, 2, 1.69%
Hungary
2 publications, 1.69%
Turkey, 2, 1.69%
Turkey
2 publications, 1.69%
Ethiopia, 2, 1.69%
Ethiopia
2 publications, 1.69%
Germany, 1, 0.85%
Germany
1 publication, 0.85%
Austria, 1, 0.85%
Austria
1 publication, 0.85%
Benin, 1, 0.85%
Benin
1 publication, 0.85%
Israel, 1, 0.85%
Israel
1 publication, 0.85%
India, 1, 0.85%
India
1 publication, 0.85%
Qatar, 1, 0.85%
Qatar
1 publication, 0.85%
Kenya, 1, 0.85%
Kenya
1 publication, 0.85%
Malaysia, 1, 0.85%
Malaysia
1 publication, 0.85%
Mali, 1, 0.85%
Mali
1 publication, 0.85%
Netherlands, 1, 0.85%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.85%
UAE, 1, 0.85%
UAE
1 publication, 0.85%
Poland, 1, 0.85%
Poland
1 publication, 0.85%
Senegal, 1, 0.85%
Senegal
1 publication, 0.85%
Sweden, 1, 0.85%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.85%
Japan, 1, 0.85%
Japan
1 publication, 0.85%
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