African Affairs

Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
ISSN: 00019909, 14682621
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
1.9
SJR
0.686
CiteScore
4.3
Categories
Geography, Planning and Development
Sociology and Political Science
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1901-2024
Publications
10 858
Citations
32 556
h-index
75
Publications
207
Citations
13 747
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham (108 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (69 publications)
University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh (60 publications)
University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh (4 publications)
Leiden University
Leiden University (3 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (2 publications)
Top-3 countries
United Kingdom (777 publications)
USA (319 publications)
South Africa (99 publications)
United Kingdom (12 publications)
USA (11 publications)
Italy (5 publications)

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Top-100

Citing journals

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SSRN Electronic Journal
773 citations, 2.37%
Journal of Eastern African Studies
521 citations, 1.6%
Journal of Modern African Studies
462 citations, 1.42%
Review of African Political Economy
354 citations, 1.09%
Africa
347 citations, 1.07%
World Development
346 citations, 1.06%
African Studies Review
314 citations, 0.96%
Journal of Contemporary African Studies
306 citations, 0.94%
Third World Quarterly
254 citations, 0.78%
Development and Change
248 citations, 0.76%
Journal of Asian and African Studies
215 citations, 0.66%
Conflict, Security and Development
200 citations, 0.61%
Extractive Industries and Society
198 citations, 0.61%
Canadian Journal of African Studies
187 citations, 0.57%
Africa Spectrum
179 citations, 0.55%
Geoforum
179 citations, 0.55%
Political Geography
160 citations, 0.49%
African Studies
154 citations, 0.47%
Democratization
149 citations, 0.46%
Commonwealth and Comparative Politics
145 citations, 0.45%
Journal of African History
133 citations, 0.41%
Journal of Southern African Studies
124 citations, 0.38%
Journal of Development Studies
119 citations, 0.37%
Journal of Peace Research
116 citations, 0.36%
A Current Bibliography on African Affairs
116 citations, 0.36%
Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
115 citations, 0.35%
Development Policy Review
114 citations, 0.35%
Critical African Studies
110 citations, 0.34%
Comparative Political Studies
97 citations, 0.3%
Journal of International Development
94 citations, 0.29%
Politikon
93 citations, 0.29%
Resources Policy
92 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
86 citations, 0.26%
Civil Wars
83 citations, 0.25%
African Security Review
82 citations, 0.25%
Land Use Policy
78 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Peasant Studies
75 citations, 0.23%
Third World Thematics A TWQ Journal
73 citations, 0.22%
History in Africa
72 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Conflict Resolution
71 citations, 0.22%
African Identities
71 citations, 0.22%
European Journal of Development Research
69 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Agrarian Change
67 citations, 0.21%
Social Dynamics
64 citations, 0.2%
Social Science and Medicine
62 citations, 0.19%
Politique africaine
62 citations, 0.19%
Journal of African Cultural Studies
60 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
60 citations, 0.18%
Studies in Comparative International Development
59 citations, 0.18%
Small Wars and Insurgencies
58 citations, 0.18%
Urban Forum
58 citations, 0.18%
Southern African Geographical Journal
56 citations, 0.17%
Ethnopolitics
52 citations, 0.16%
Sustainability
52 citations, 0.16%
International Peacekeeping
51 citations, 0.16%
Antipode
50 citations, 0.15%
Forum for Development Studies
50 citations, 0.15%
American Ethnologist
50 citations, 0.15%
Energy Research and Social Science
50 citations, 0.15%
Round Table
49 citations, 0.15%
Comparative Studies in Society and History
48 citations, 0.15%
American Political Science Review
48 citations, 0.15%
Land
47 citations, 0.14%
Afrique Contemporaine
47 citations, 0.14%
Conflict Management and Peace Science
47 citations, 0.14%
African Geographical Review
46 citations, 0.14%
Africa Today
46 citations, 0.14%
Disasters
45 citations, 0.14%
Urban Studies
45 citations, 0.14%
African Historical Review
44 citations, 0.14%
International Studies Quarterly
44 citations, 0.14%
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
44 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Rural Studies
41 citations, 0.13%
Electoral Studies
40 citations, 0.12%
Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines
39 citations, 0.12%
PLoS ONE
39 citations, 0.12%
Nations and Nationalism
38 citations, 0.12%
Party Politics
37 citations, 0.11%
Cogent Social Sciences
37 citations, 0.11%
Security Dialogue
37 citations, 0.11%
International Journal of African Renaissance Studies
36 citations, 0.11%
Progress in Development Studies
36 citations, 0.11%
Globalizations
35 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Politics
34 citations, 0.1%
Development Southern Africa
34 citations, 0.1%
Progress in Human Geography
34 citations, 0.1%
South African Historical Journal
34 citations, 0.1%
Geo Journal
34 citations, 0.1%
Africa Review
34 citations, 0.1%
Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
34 citations, 0.1%
Ethnic and Racial Studies
33 citations, 0.1%
Government and Opposition
33 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Peacebuilding and Development
33 citations, 0.1%
Public Administration and Development
33 citations, 0.1%
Review of International Studies
32 citations, 0.1%
History Compass
31 citations, 0.1%
International Political Science Review
31 citations, 0.1%
Current Anthropology
30 citations, 0.09%
Stability
30 citations, 0.09%
Insight on Africa
30 citations, 0.09%
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Taylor & Francis
7102 citations, 21.81%
Cambridge University Press
4060 citations, 12.47%
Elsevier
2290 citations, 7.03%
SAGE
2114 citations, 6.49%
Wiley
2110 citations, 6.48%
Springer Nature
1742 citations, 5.35%
Oxford University Press
879 citations, 2.7%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
767 citations, 2.36%
Emerald
254 citations, 0.78%
CAIRN
226 citations, 0.69%
MDPI
223 citations, 0.68%
Duke University Press
195 citations, 0.6%
Institut fur Afrika-Kunde
178 citations, 0.55%
OpenEdition
171 citations, 0.53%
University of Chicago Press
156 citations, 0.48%
Brill
154 citations, 0.47%
IGI Global
145 citations, 0.45%
Annual Reviews
75 citations, 0.23%
Indiana University Press
74 citations, 0.23%
African Studies Association
73 citations, 0.22%
Frontiers Media S.A.
66 citations, 0.2%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
62 citations, 0.19%
AOSIS
58 citations, 0.18%
Walter de Gruyter
57 citations, 0.18%
MIT Press
53 citations, 0.16%
52 citations, 0.16%
Ubiquity Press
51 citations, 0.16%
Academic Journals
49 citations, 0.15%
Unisa Press
46 citations, 0.14%
Consortium Erudit
43 citations, 0.13%
40 citations, 0.12%
Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, University of Sussex
35 citations, 0.11%
Intellect
35 citations, 0.11%
Berghahn Books
32 citations, 0.1%
Center for International Studies (CIS-IUL) of the Lisbon University Institute (ISCTE)
30 citations, 0.09%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
26 citations, 0.08%
Institute of Asian Studies at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
20 citations, 0.06%
JSTOR
20 citations, 0.06%
Scientific Research Publishing
20 citations, 0.06%
University of California Press
19 citations, 0.06%
Bristol University Press
19 citations, 0.06%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
18 citations, 0.06%
American Anthropological Association
17 citations, 0.05%
BMJ
17 citations, 0.05%
SciELO
17 citations, 0.05%
Liverpool University Press
16 citations, 0.05%
PERSEE Program
16 citations, 0.05%
Project MUSE
15 citations, 0.05%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
15 citations, 0.05%
University of Adelaide
14 citations, 0.04%
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
14 citations, 0.04%
14 citations, 0.04%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
12 citations, 0.04%
IntechOpen
12 citations, 0.04%
World Scientific
11 citations, 0.03%
Edinburgh University Press
11 citations, 0.03%
The Royal Society
11 citations, 0.03%
11 citations, 0.03%
F1000 Research
11 citations, 0.03%
Hindawi Limited
10 citations, 0.03%
Virtus Interpress
10 citations, 0.03%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
9 citations, 0.03%
Katholieke Universiteit, Instituut voor Culturele en Sociale Antropologie, University Of Nijmegen
9 citations, 0.03%
Academy of Management
9 citations, 0.03%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
9 citations, 0.03%
University of Johannesburg
9 citations, 0.03%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
8 citations, 0.02%
City University of New York
8 citations, 0.02%
IOS Press
7 citations, 0.02%
7 citations, 0.02%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
7 citations, 0.02%
IOP Publishing
7 citations, 0.02%
Copernicus
7 citations, 0.02%
International Monetary Fund
7 citations, 0.02%
Mineralogical Society
7 citations, 0.02%
Max-Planck Institute for Demographic Research/Max-Planck-institut fur Demografische Forschung
6 citations, 0.02%
University of Illinois Press
6 citations, 0.02%
6 citations, 0.02%
Bureau for Economic Research
6 citations, 0.02%
MGIMO University
6 citations, 0.02%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
6 citations, 0.02%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
5 citations, 0.02%
American Economic Association
5 citations, 0.02%
Centro de estudos sociais
5 citations, 0.02%
Kamla Raj Enterprises
5 citations, 0.02%
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID)
5 citations, 0.02%
National Inquiry Services Center (NISC)
5 citations, 0.02%
Mary Ann Liebert
4 citations, 0.01%
American Meteorological Society
4 citations, 0.01%
Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
4 citations, 0.01%
Pluto Journals
4 citations, 0.01%
Stockholm University Press
4 citations, 0.01%
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
4 citations, 0.01%
CSIRO Publishing
4 citations, 0.01%
Center for Crisis Society Studies
4 citations, 0.01%
Academy of Science of South Africa
4 citations, 0.01%
Equinox Publishing
4 citations, 0.01%
Cogitatio
4 citations, 0.01%
EDP Sciences
3 citations, 0.01%
Trans Tech Publications
3 citations, 0.01%
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University of Birmingham
108 publications, 0.99%
University of Oxford
69 publications, 0.64%
University of Edinburgh
60 publications, 0.55%
University College London
43 publications, 0.4%
Ege University
41 publications, 0.38%
University of Sussex
40 publications, 0.37%
University of Bristol
34 publications, 0.31%
University of Manchester
30 publications, 0.28%
University of Cambridge
26 publications, 0.24%
University of Leeds
26 publications, 0.24%
University of Reading
26 publications, 0.24%
University of Cape Town
24 publications, 0.22%
University of Warwick
17 publications, 0.16%
London School of Economics and Political Science
17 publications, 0.16%
Lancaster University
17 publications, 0.16%
University of the Witwatersrand
16 publications, 0.15%
Harvard University
14 publications, 0.13%
University of Liverpool
13 publications, 0.12%
King's College London
13 publications, 0.12%
Leiden University
13 publications, 0.12%
University of Copenhagen
12 publications, 0.11%
University of Glasgow
11 publications, 0.1%
University of Ibadan
11 publications, 0.1%
University of Antwerp
10 publications, 0.09%
Obafemi Awolowo University
10 publications, 0.09%
Northwestern University
10 publications, 0.09%
Queen's University Belfast
10 publications, 0.09%
Keele University
10 publications, 0.09%
University of the Free State
9 publications, 0.08%
University of Ghana
9 publications, 0.08%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
9 publications, 0.08%
University of Florida
9 publications, 0.08%
Brunel University London
8 publications, 0.07%
Roskilde University
8 publications, 0.07%
Columbia University
8 publications, 0.07%
University of Pretoria
8 publications, 0.07%
Newcastle University
8 publications, 0.07%
University of Aberdeen
8 publications, 0.07%
Wageningen University and Research Centre
8 publications, 0.07%
Durham University
7 publications, 0.06%
Royal Holloway University of London
7 publications, 0.06%
Michigan State University
7 publications, 0.06%
University of Johannesburg
7 publications, 0.06%
University of Botswana
7 publications, 0.06%
University of St Andrews
7 publications, 0.06%
University of Sheffield
7 publications, 0.06%
University of Exeter
7 publications, 0.06%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
6 publications, 0.06%
Humboldt University of Berlin
6 publications, 0.06%
Oxford Brookes University
6 publications, 0.06%
University of South Africa
6 publications, 0.06%
Princeton University
6 publications, 0.06%
Dalhousie University
6 publications, 0.06%
University of East Anglia
6 publications, 0.06%
Stellenbosch University
5 publications, 0.05%
Stanford University
5 publications, 0.05%
University of the Western Cape
5 publications, 0.05%
Rhodes University
5 publications, 0.05%
Boston University
5 publications, 0.05%
American University
5 publications, 0.05%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
5 publications, 0.05%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
5 publications, 0.05%
University of Michigan
5 publications, 0.05%
Bucknell University
5 publications, 0.05%
Carleton University
5 publications, 0.05%
University of Ottawa
5 publications, 0.05%
University of Leicester
5 publications, 0.05%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
4 publications, 0.04%
Uppsala University
4 publications, 0.04%
University of Gothenburg
4 publications, 0.04%
University of Basel
4 publications, 0.04%
Université Catholique de Louvain
4 publications, 0.04%
University of Dundee
4 publications, 0.04%
University of Bergen
4 publications, 0.04%
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
4 publications, 0.04%
University of Southampton
4 publications, 0.04%
Yale University
4 publications, 0.04%
University of Strathclyde
4 publications, 0.04%
University of Lagos
4 publications, 0.04%
Ahmadu Bello University
4 publications, 0.04%
Makerere University
4 publications, 0.04%
Duke University
4 publications, 0.04%
University of California, Los Angeles
4 publications, 0.04%
University of California, Davis
4 publications, 0.04%
University of Texas at Austin
4 publications, 0.04%
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
4 publications, 0.04%
Swansea University
4 publications, 0.04%
University of Amsterdam
4 publications, 0.04%
De Montfort University
4 publications, 0.04%
West Texas A&M University
4 publications, 0.04%
Ghent University
3 publications, 0.03%
University of Zurich
3 publications, 0.03%
Australian National University
3 publications, 0.03%
Cornell University
3 publications, 0.03%
Johns Hopkins University
3 publications, 0.03%
University of Sydney
3 publications, 0.03%
University of Adelaide
3 publications, 0.03%
University of Jos
3 publications, 0.03%
Lagos State University
3 publications, 0.03%
University of Dar es Salaam
3 publications, 0.03%
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University of Edinburgh
4 publications, 1.93%
Leiden University
3 publications, 1.45%
University of Oxford
2 publications, 0.97%
University of Antwerp
2 publications, 0.97%
Harvard University
2 publications, 0.97%
University of Michigan
2 publications, 0.97%
University of Leeds
2 publications, 0.97%
Wageningen University and Research Centre
2 publications, 0.97%
University of Ottawa
2 publications, 0.97%
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
1 publication, 0.48%
Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.48%
Tsinghua University
1 publication, 0.48%
Ghent University
1 publication, 0.48%
Lund University
1 publication, 0.48%
University of Gothenburg
1 publication, 0.48%
University of Cambridge
1 publication, 0.48%
University of Copenhagen
1 publication, 0.48%
University of Southern Denmark
1 publication, 0.48%
Copenhagen Business School
1 publication, 0.48%
National University of Singapore
1 publication, 0.48%
Cornell University
1 publication, 0.48%
University of the Witwatersrand
1 publication, 0.48%
University of Johannesburg
1 publication, 0.48%
University of the Free State
1 publication, 0.48%
University of Fort Hare
1 publication, 0.48%
University of Jos
1 publication, 0.48%
Lagos State University
1 publication, 0.48%
Duke University
1 publication, 0.48%
University of California, Berkeley
1 publication, 0.48%
University of Ghana
1 publication, 0.48%
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.48%
University of Botswana
1 publication, 0.48%
Addis Ababa University
1 publication, 0.48%
Northumbria University
1 publication, 0.48%
Coastal Carolina University
1 publication, 0.48%
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United Kingdom, 777, 7.16%
United Kingdom
777 publications, 7.16%
USA, 319, 2.94%
USA
319 publications, 2.94%
South Africa, 99, 0.91%
South Africa
99 publications, 0.91%
Italy, 92, 0.85%
Italy
92 publications, 0.85%
Nigeria, 78, 0.72%
Nigeria
78 publications, 0.72%
Netherlands, 57, 0.52%
Netherlands
57 publications, 0.52%
Turkey, 45, 0.41%
Turkey
45 publications, 0.41%
Canada, 42, 0.39%
Canada
42 publications, 0.39%
Germany, 31, 0.29%
Germany
31 publications, 0.29%
Belgium, 28, 0.26%
Belgium
28 publications, 0.26%
Denmark, 27, 0.25%
Denmark
27 publications, 0.25%
Australia, 25, 0.23%
Australia
25 publications, 0.23%
Zambia, 20, 0.18%
Zambia
20 publications, 0.18%
Kenya, 17, 0.16%
Kenya
17 publications, 0.16%
Ghana, 15, 0.14%
Ghana
15 publications, 0.14%
Sweden, 14, 0.13%
Sweden
14 publications, 0.13%
Zimbabwe, 13, 0.12%
Zimbabwe
13 publications, 0.12%
Switzerland, 13, 0.12%
Switzerland
13 publications, 0.12%
Uganda, 12, 0.11%
Uganda
12 publications, 0.11%
Malawi, 10, 0.09%
Malawi
10 publications, 0.09%
Sudan, 10, 0.09%
Sudan
10 publications, 0.09%
Israel, 9, 0.08%
Israel
9 publications, 0.08%
France, 8, 0.07%
France
8 publications, 0.07%
Lesotho, 8, 0.07%
Lesotho
8 publications, 0.07%
China, 7, 0.06%
China
7 publications, 0.06%
Botswana, 7, 0.06%
Botswana
7 publications, 0.06%
New Zealand, 6, 0.06%
New Zealand
6 publications, 0.06%
Tanzania, 6, 0.06%
Tanzania
6 publications, 0.06%
Brazil, 5, 0.05%
Brazil
5 publications, 0.05%
Norway, 5, 0.05%
Norway
5 publications, 0.05%
Sierra Leone, 5, 0.05%
Sierra Leone
5 publications, 0.05%
Ethiopia, 5, 0.05%
Ethiopia
5 publications, 0.05%
Greece, 4, 0.04%
Greece
4 publications, 0.04%
Ireland, 4, 0.04%
Ireland
4 publications, 0.04%
Cameroon, 4, 0.04%
Cameroon
4 publications, 0.04%
Panama, 4, 0.04%
Panama
4 publications, 0.04%
Eswatini, 4, 0.04%
Eswatini
4 publications, 0.04%
India, 3, 0.03%
India
3 publications, 0.03%
Papua New Guinea, 3, 0.03%
Papua New Guinea
3 publications, 0.03%
Russia, 2, 0.02%
Russia
2 publications, 0.02%
Austria, 2, 0.02%
Austria
2 publications, 0.02%
Kuwait, 2, 0.02%
Kuwait
2 publications, 0.02%
Madagascar, 2, 0.02%
Madagascar
2 publications, 0.02%
Republic of Korea, 2, 0.02%
Republic of Korea
2 publications, 0.02%
Eritrea, 2, 0.02%
Eritrea
2 publications, 0.02%
Portugal, 1, 0.01%
Portugal
1 publication, 0.01%
Angola, 1, 0.01%
Angola
1 publication, 0.01%
Hungary, 1, 0.01%
Hungary
1 publication, 0.01%
Djibouti, 1, 0.01%
Djibouti
1 publication, 0.01%
Egypt, 1, 0.01%
Egypt
1 publication, 0.01%
Iran, 1, 0.01%
Iran
1 publication, 0.01%
Spain, 1, 0.01%
Spain
1 publication, 0.01%
Qatar, 1, 0.01%
Qatar
1 publication, 0.01%
Cyprus, 1, 0.01%
Cyprus
1 publication, 0.01%
Liberia, 1, 0.01%
Liberia
1 publication, 0.01%
Mauritius, 1, 0.01%
Mauritius
1 publication, 0.01%
Morocco, 1, 0.01%
Morocco
1 publication, 0.01%
Romania, 1, 0.01%
Romania
1 publication, 0.01%
Sao Tome and Principe, 1, 0.01%
Sao Tome and Principe
1 publication, 0.01%
Senegal, 1, 0.01%
Senegal
1 publication, 0.01%
Singapore, 1, 0.01%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.01%
Philippines, 1, 0.01%
Philippines
1 publication, 0.01%
Falkland Islands (Malvinas), 1, 0.01%
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
1 publication, 0.01%
South Sudan, 1, 0.01%
South Sudan
1 publication, 0.01%
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United Kingdom, 12, 5.8%
United Kingdom
12 publications, 5.8%
USA, 11, 5.31%
USA
11 publications, 5.31%
Italy, 5, 2.42%
Italy
5 publications, 2.42%
Netherlands, 4, 1.93%
Netherlands
4 publications, 1.93%
South Africa, 4, 1.93%
South Africa
4 publications, 1.93%
Belgium, 3, 1.45%
Belgium
3 publications, 1.45%
Denmark, 3, 1.45%
Denmark
3 publications, 1.45%
Nigeria, 3, 1.45%
Nigeria
3 publications, 1.45%
China, 2, 0.97%
China
2 publications, 0.97%
Ghana, 2, 0.97%
Ghana
2 publications, 0.97%
Canada, 2, 0.97%
Canada
2 publications, 0.97%
Sweden, 2, 0.97%
Sweden
2 publications, 0.97%
Russia, 1, 0.48%
Russia
1 publication, 0.48%
Botswana, 1, 0.48%
Botswana
1 publication, 0.48%
Zambia, 1, 0.48%
Zambia
1 publication, 0.48%
Ireland, 1, 0.48%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.48%
Romania, 1, 0.48%
Romania
1 publication, 0.48%
Singapore, 1, 0.48%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.48%
Turkey, 1, 0.48%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.48%
Eritrea, 1, 0.48%
Eritrea
1 publication, 0.48%
Ethiopia, 1, 0.48%
Ethiopia
1 publication, 0.48%
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