History in Africa

African Studies Association
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SCImago
Q1
SJR
0.207
CiteScore
0.7
Categories
History
Areas
Arts and Humanities
Years of issue
1974, 1988, 1999-2001, 2017-2025
journal names
History in Africa
Publications
1 237
Citations
5 074
h-index
26
Publications
85
Citations
1 707
Top-3 citing journals
History in Africa (429 citations)
Journal of African History
Journal of African History (189 citations)
African Studies Review
African Studies Review (125 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Liverpool
University of Liverpool (33 publications)
University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham (29 publications)
Emory University
Emory University (4 publications)
University of Johannesburg
University of Johannesburg (4 publications)
Obafemi Awolowo University
Obafemi Awolowo University (3 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (306 publications)
United Kingdom (107 publications)
Canada (40 publications)
USA (21 publications)
South Africa (9 publications)
United Kingdom (4 publications)
Top-1 researchers by articles count

Most cited in 5 years

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Top-100

Citing journals

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History in Africa
429 citations, 8.45%
Journal of African History
189 citations, 3.72%
African Studies Review
125 citations, 2.46%
Africa
87 citations, 1.71%
African Archaeological Review
76 citations, 1.5%
Azania
60 citations, 1.18%
Canadian Journal of African Studies
55 citations, 1.08%
African Arts
46 citations, 0.91%
Afriques
46 citations, 0.91%
Journal of Eastern African Studies
36 citations, 0.71%
South African Historical Journal
33 citations, 0.65%
Hommes et sociétés
33 citations, 0.65%
African Studies
29 citations, 0.57%
Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
28 citations, 0.55%
Itinerario
24 citations, 0.47%
Social Dynamics
24 citations, 0.47%
Slavery and Abolition
23 citations, 0.45%
Comparative Studies in Society and History
21 citations, 0.41%
History Compass
21 citations, 0.41%
African Research & Documentation
20 citations, 0.39%
Journal of African Cultural Studies
19 citations, 0.37%
Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines
18 citations, 0.35%
History and Anthropology
16 citations, 0.32%
Journal of Asian and African Studies
15 citations, 0.3%
Historical and Archaeological Perspectives on Gender Transformations
15 citations, 0.3%
Annales: Economies, Societies, Civilsations
14 citations, 0.28%
Current Anthropology
13 citations, 0.26%
Economic History Review
13 citations, 0.26%
Atlantic Studies : Global Currents
13 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Social Archaeology
12 citations, 0.24%
African Historical Review
12 citations, 0.24%
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East
11 citations, 0.22%
African Identities
11 citations, 0.22%
International Journal of Historical Archaeology
11 citations, 0.22%
Isis
11 citations, 0.22%
Historical Archaeology
11 citations, 0.22%
Economic History of Developing Regions
10 citations, 0.2%
Annual Review of Anthropology
10 citations, 0.2%
SSRN Electronic Journal
10 citations, 0.2%
Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
10 citations, 0.2%
American Anthropologist
9 citations, 0.18%
Colonial Latin American Review
9 citations, 0.18%
Varia Historia
9 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Southern African Studies
9 citations, 0.18%
Afrique Archeologie et Arts
9 citations, 0.18%
Tempo (Brazil)
8 citations, 0.16%
International Labor and Working-Class History
8 citations, 0.16%
Religions
8 citations, 0.16%
International Review of Social History
8 citations, 0.16%
PLoS ONE
8 citations, 0.16%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
7 citations, 0.14%
Journal of World Prehistory
7 citations, 0.14%
Social History
7 citations, 0.14%
American Antiquity
7 citations, 0.14%
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
7 citations, 0.14%
Visual Anthropology
7 citations, 0.14%
Africa Today
7 citations, 0.14%
Cultural Anthropology
7 citations, 0.14%
Afrique & histoire
7 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Global History
6 citations, 0.12%
Molecular Biology and Evolution
6 citations, 0.12%
Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage
6 citations, 0.12%
Quaternary International
6 citations, 0.12%
American Ethnologist
6 citations, 0.12%
Anthropology Southern Africa
6 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Contemporary African Studies
6 citations, 0.12%
South African Journal of African Languages
6 citations, 0.12%
Research in African Literatures
6 citations, 0.12%
English Studies in Africa
6 citations, 0.12%
Radical History Review
6 citations, 0.12%
World Development
6 citations, 0.12%
Critical Interventions
6 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
5 citations, 0.1%
World Archaeology
5 citations, 0.1%
Safundi
5 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Conflict Archaeology
5 citations, 0.1%
Geography Compass
5 citations, 0.1%
International Journal of African Renaissance Studies
5 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Peasant Studies
5 citations, 0.1%
Biological Invasions
5 citations, 0.1%
Historical Journal
5 citations, 0.1%
Progress in Human Geography
5 citations, 0.1%
Africa Spectrum
5 citations, 0.1%
HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory
5 citations, 0.1%
Urban Forum
5 citations, 0.1%
Social Anthropology
5 citations, 0.1%
Homme
5 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Archaeological Science
5 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
5 citations, 0.1%
Review of African Political Economy
5 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Refugee Studies
5 citations, 0.1%
Postmedieval
5 citations, 0.1%
Critical African Studies
5 citations, 0.1%
Journal des africanistes
5 citations, 0.1%
Les Cahiers d Afrique de lEst
5 citations, 0.1%
Almanack
5 citations, 0.1%
Labor History
4 citations, 0.08%
Leiden Journal of International Law
4 citations, 0.08%
Ethnomusicology Forum
4 citations, 0.08%
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies
4 citations, 0.08%
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Citing publishers

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Cambridge University Press
1077 citations, 21.23%
Taylor & Francis
733 citations, 14.45%
African Studies Association
400 citations, 7.88%
Springer Nature
305 citations, 6.01%
Duke University Press
230 citations, 4.53%
Wiley
161 citations, 3.17%
SAGE
116 citations, 2.29%
OpenEdition
94 citations, 1.85%
Elsevier
91 citations, 1.79%
CAIRN
58 citations, 1.14%
Oxford University Press
51 citations, 1.01%
MIT Press
47 citations, 0.93%
University of Chicago Press
43 citations, 0.85%
SciELO
26 citations, 0.51%
MDPI
20 citations, 0.39%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
18 citations, 0.35%
16 citations, 0.32%
Brill
15 citations, 0.3%
Indiana University Press
14 citations, 0.28%
Annual Reviews
13 citations, 0.26%
IGI Global
13 citations, 0.26%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
10 citations, 0.2%
Walter de Gruyter
9 citations, 0.18%
Emerald
8 citations, 0.16%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
8 citations, 0.16%
Unisa Press
8 citations, 0.16%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
8 citations, 0.16%
AOSIS
8 citations, 0.16%
University of California Press
7 citations, 0.14%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
7 citations, 0.14%
Frontiers Media S.A.
7 citations, 0.14%
American Anthropological Association
7 citations, 0.14%
Edinburgh University Press
6 citations, 0.12%
PERSEE Program
5 citations, 0.1%
Consortium Erudit
5 citations, 0.1%
Equinox Publishing
5 citations, 0.1%
4 citations, 0.08%
Project MUSE
4 citations, 0.08%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
4 citations, 0.08%
Japan Association for African Studies
4 citations, 0.08%
IOS Press
3 citations, 0.06%
3 citations, 0.06%
Africa Magna Verlag
3 citations, 0.06%
Institut fur Afrika-Kunde
3 citations, 0.06%
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski - Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego
3 citations, 0.06%
Scientific Research Publishing
3 citations, 0.06%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2 citations, 0.04%
The Royal Society
2 citations, 0.04%
2 citations, 0.04%
University of Illinois Press
2 citations, 0.04%
ISCTE-IUL
2 citations, 0.04%
Brown University
2 citations, 0.04%
Center for International Studies (CIS-IUL) of the Lisbon University Institute (ISCTE)
2 citations, 0.04%
Associacao Nacional dos Professores Universitarios de Historia, ANPUH
2 citations, 0.04%
International Council for Traditional Music
2 citations, 0.04%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
2 citations, 0.04%
Intellect
2 citations, 0.04%
Berghahn Books
2 citations, 0.04%
National Inquiry Services Center (NISC)
2 citations, 0.04%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
1 citation, 0.02%
Michigan State University Press
1 citation, 0.02%
Pleiades Publishing
1 citation, 0.02%
University of Minnesota Press
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
Modern Humanities Research Association
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
Magnolia Press
1 citation, 0.02%
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
1 citation, 0.02%
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz
1 citation, 0.02%
Central Missouri State University
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
IWA Publishing
1 citation, 0.02%
Maisonneuve et Larose
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
Fundacao Getulio Vargas
1 citation, 0.02%
Academy of Management
1 citation, 0.02%
American Library Association
1 citation, 0.02%
North American Society for Sport History
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
IOP Publishing
1 citation, 0.02%
Gyandhara International Academic Publications
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas, Pagu, Centro de Estudos de Genero
1 citation, 0.02%
Alcohol and Drugs History Society
1 citation, 0.02%
University of Maryland
1 citation, 0.02%
Societe des Americanistes
1 citation, 0.02%
African Journals online
1 citation, 0.02%
Society of Petroleum Engineers
1 citation, 0.02%
University of Calgary Press
1 citation, 0.02%
Bibliopolis, Edizioni Di Filosofia E Scienze
1 citation, 0.02%
Hofstra University Press
1 citation, 0.02%
Federal University of Bahia Human Resources Center
1 citation, 0.02%
Sun Media Corporation
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
British Ornithologists' Club
1 citation, 0.02%
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
1 citation, 0.02%
Edisud Publishers
1 citation, 0.02%
Montana State University
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
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University of Wisconsin–Madison
68 publications, 5.5%
University of Liverpool
33 publications, 2.67%
University of Birmingham
29 publications, 2.34%
University of Stirling
20 publications, 1.62%
University of Ghana
13 publications, 1.05%
University of Texas at Austin
12 publications, 0.97%
Obafemi Awolowo University
11 publications, 0.89%
School of Oriental and African Studies
11 publications, 0.89%
Michigan State University
10 publications, 0.81%
University of Cape Town
10 publications, 0.81%
Northwestern University
10 publications, 0.81%
Indiana University Bloomington
10 publications, 0.81%
Stanford University
9 publications, 0.73%
Leiden University
9 publications, 0.73%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
8 publications, 0.65%
Western Michigan University
8 publications, 0.65%
Goethe University Frankfurt
8 publications, 0.65%
Dalhousie University
7 publications, 0.57%
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
6 publications, 0.49%
York University
6 publications, 0.49%
Yale University
5 publications, 0.4%
Rhodes University
5 publications, 0.4%
University of Nigeria
5 publications, 0.4%
West Virginia University
5 publications, 0.4%
University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
5 publications, 0.4%
Emory University
5 publications, 0.4%
Wesleyan University
5 publications, 0.4%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
4 publications, 0.32%
University of Bergen
4 publications, 0.32%
University of Edinburgh
4 publications, 0.32%
University of Johannesburg
4 publications, 0.32%
Boston University
4 publications, 0.32%
University of Ibadan
4 publications, 0.32%
University of Lagos
4 publications, 0.32%
University of Ilorin
4 publications, 0.32%
University of Dar es Salaam
4 publications, 0.32%
University of California, Los Angeles
4 publications, 0.32%
Northeastern Illinois University
4 publications, 0.32%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
4 publications, 0.32%
University of Michigan
4 publications, 0.32%
Marquette University
4 publications, 0.32%
University of Groningen
4 publications, 0.32%
University of Sheffield
4 publications, 0.32%
Trent University
4 publications, 0.32%
University of Zambia
4 publications, 0.32%
University of Georgia
4 publications, 0.32%
University of Basel
3 publications, 0.24%
La Trobe University
3 publications, 0.24%
University of the Witwatersrand
3 publications, 0.24%
Columbia University
3 publications, 0.24%
University of Pretoria
3 publications, 0.24%
University of Fort Hare
3 publications, 0.24%
Simon Fraser University
3 publications, 0.24%
Toronto Metropolitan University
3 publications, 0.24%
University of Alberta
3 publications, 0.24%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3 publications, 0.24%
Texas A&M University
3 publications, 0.24%
University of Zimbabwe
3 publications, 0.24%
Eduardo Mondlane University
3 publications, 0.24%
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
3 publications, 0.24%
Smithsonian Institution
3 publications, 0.24%
University of Burundi
3 publications, 0.24%
University of Lisbon
2 publications, 0.16%
University of Bayreuth
2 publications, 0.16%
Humboldt University of Berlin
2 publications, 0.16%
University of Zurich
2 publications, 0.16%
University of Bologna
2 publications, 0.16%
University of Oxford
2 publications, 0.16%
University of Cambridge
2 publications, 0.16%
University of Oslo
2 publications, 0.16%
King's College London
2 publications, 0.16%
Johns Hopkins University
2 publications, 0.16%
University of Antananarivo
2 publications, 0.16%
University of Western Australia
2 publications, 0.16%
Howard University
2 publications, 0.16%
Colorado State University
2 publications, 0.16%
George Mason University
2 publications, 0.16%
Syracuse University
2 publications, 0.16%
University of Chicago
2 publications, 0.16%
Ohio University
2 publications, 0.16%
Boston College
2 publications, 0.16%
McGill University
2 publications, 0.16%
Queen's University at Kingston
2 publications, 0.16%
Purdue University
2 publications, 0.16%
Leipzig University
2 publications, 0.16%
University of Maryland, College Park
2 publications, 0.16%
Shippensburg University
2 publications, 0.16%
Université Laval
2 publications, 0.16%
University of Sussex
2 publications, 0.16%
University of Florida
2 publications, 0.16%
Miami University
2 publications, 0.16%
University of Colorado Boulder
2 publications, 0.16%
University of Denver
2 publications, 0.16%
University of Rhode Island
2 publications, 0.16%
Brigham Young University
2 publications, 0.16%
University of Memphis
2 publications, 0.16%
Southern Connecticut State University
2 publications, 0.16%
Moi University
2 publications, 0.16%
University of Asmara
2 publications, 0.16%
University of Ulster
2 publications, 0.16%
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University of Johannesburg
4 publications, 4.71%
Emory University
4 publications, 4.71%
Obafemi Awolowo University
3 publications, 3.53%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
3 publications, 3.53%
King's College London
2 publications, 2.35%
University of Nigeria
2 publications, 2.35%
University of Ghana
2 publications, 2.35%
Leiden University
2 publications, 2.35%
Georgetown University in Qatar
1 publication, 1.18%
Ghent University
1 publication, 1.18%
University of Lisbon
1 publication, 1.18%
University of Geneva
1 publication, 1.18%
University of Bologna
1 publication, 1.18%
Yale University
1 publication, 1.18%
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
1 publication, 1.18%
University of Western Australia
1 publication, 1.18%
University of Cape Town
1 publication, 1.18%
University of Pretoria
1 publication, 1.18%
University of the Western Cape
1 publication, 1.18%
University of Fort Hare
1 publication, 1.18%
Rhodes University
1 publication, 1.18%
Boston University
1 publication, 1.18%
Princeton University
1 publication, 1.18%
American University of Paris
1 publication, 1.18%
Makerere University
1 publication, 1.18%
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 1.18%
Virginia Tech
1 publication, 1.18%
West Virginia University
1 publication, 1.18%
Harvard University
1 publication, 1.18%
University of Washington
1 publication, 1.18%
San Francisco State University
1 publication, 1.18%
University of California, Davis
1 publication, 1.18%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
1 publication, 1.18%
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 1.18%
University of Education, Winneba
1 publication, 1.18%
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
1 publication, 1.18%
University of Michigan
1 publication, 1.18%
Boston College
1 publication, 1.18%
University of Leeds
1 publication, 1.18%
University of Vienna
1 publication, 1.18%
Open University of Catalonia
1 publication, 1.18%
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
1 publication, 1.18%
Sheffield Hallam University
1 publication, 1.18%
Bucknell University
1 publication, 1.18%
University of East Anglia
1 publication, 1.18%
University of Florida
1 publication, 1.18%
University of Denver
1 publication, 1.18%
Brigham Young University
1 publication, 1.18%
Utah State University
1 publication, 1.18%
Texas Woman's University
1 publication, 1.18%
Wesleyan University
1 publication, 1.18%
Great Zimbabwe University
1 publication, 1.18%
University of Virginia
1 publication, 1.18%
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USA, 306, 24.74%
USA
306 publications, 24.74%
United Kingdom, 107, 8.65%
United Kingdom
107 publications, 8.65%
Canada, 40, 3.23%
Canada
40 publications, 3.23%
Germany, 33, 2.67%
Germany
33 publications, 2.67%
Nigeria, 32, 2.59%
Nigeria
32 publications, 2.59%
South Africa, 28, 2.26%
South Africa
28 publications, 2.26%
Ghana, 16, 1.29%
Ghana
16 publications, 1.29%
Netherlands, 16, 1.29%
Netherlands
16 publications, 1.29%
Norway, 10, 0.81%
Norway
10 publications, 0.81%
Australia, 7, 0.57%
Australia
7 publications, 0.57%
Belgium, 6, 0.49%
Belgium
6 publications, 0.49%
Zimbabwe, 5, 0.4%
Zimbabwe
5 publications, 0.4%
Switzerland, 5, 0.4%
Switzerland
5 publications, 0.4%
Benin, 4, 0.32%
Benin
4 publications, 0.32%
Zambia, 4, 0.32%
Zambia
4 publications, 0.32%
Israel, 4, 0.32%
Israel
4 publications, 0.32%
Tanzania, 4, 0.32%
Tanzania
4 publications, 0.32%
Burundi, 3, 0.24%
Burundi
3 publications, 0.24%
Portugal, 2, 0.16%
Portugal
2 publications, 0.16%
Botswana, 2, 0.16%
Botswana
2 publications, 0.16%
Greece, 2, 0.16%
Greece
2 publications, 0.16%
Italy, 2, 0.16%
Italy
2 publications, 0.16%
Kenya, 2, 0.16%
Kenya
2 publications, 0.16%
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2, 0.16%
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 publications, 0.16%
Madagascar, 2, 0.16%
Madagascar
2 publications, 0.16%
Uganda, 2, 0.16%
Uganda
2 publications, 0.16%
Finland, 2, 0.16%
Finland
2 publications, 0.16%
Eritrea, 2, 0.16%
Eritrea
2 publications, 0.16%
Ethiopia, 2, 0.16%
Ethiopia
2 publications, 0.16%
Austria, 1, 0.08%
Austria
1 publication, 0.08%
Brazil, 1, 0.08%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.08%
Hungary, 1, 0.08%
Hungary
1 publication, 0.08%
Iceland, 1, 0.08%
Iceland
1 publication, 0.08%
Spain, 1, 0.08%
Spain
1 publication, 0.08%
Cameroon, 1, 0.08%
Cameroon
1 publication, 0.08%
Qatar, 1, 0.08%
Qatar
1 publication, 0.08%
New Zealand, 1, 0.08%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.08%
Pakistan, 1, 0.08%
Pakistan
1 publication, 0.08%
Panama, 1, 0.08%
Panama
1 publication, 0.08%
Sudan, 1, 0.08%
Sudan
1 publication, 0.08%
Sierra Leone, 1, 0.08%
Sierra Leone
1 publication, 0.08%
Togo, 1, 0.08%
Togo
1 publication, 0.08%
Turkey, 1, 0.08%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.08%
Sweden, 1, 0.08%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.08%
Eswatini, 1, 0.08%
Eswatini
1 publication, 0.08%
South Sudan, 1, 0.08%
South Sudan
1 publication, 0.08%
Japan, 1, 0.08%
Japan
1 publication, 0.08%
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USA, 21, 24.71%
USA
21 publications, 24.71%
South Africa, 9, 10.59%
South Africa
9 publications, 10.59%
United Kingdom, 4, 4.71%
United Kingdom
4 publications, 4.71%
Nigeria, 3, 3.53%
Nigeria
3 publications, 3.53%
Belgium, 2, 2.35%
Belgium
2 publications, 2.35%
Ghana, 2, 2.35%
Ghana
2 publications, 2.35%
Zimbabwe, 2, 2.35%
Zimbabwe
2 publications, 2.35%
Uganda, 2, 2.35%
Uganda
2 publications, 2.35%
Australia, 1, 1.18%
Australia
1 publication, 1.18%
Austria, 1, 1.18%
Austria
1 publication, 1.18%
Spain, 1, 1.18%
Spain
1 publication, 1.18%
Italy, 1, 1.18%
Italy
1 publication, 1.18%
Qatar, 1, 1.18%
Qatar
1 publication, 1.18%
Netherlands, 1, 1.18%
Netherlands
1 publication, 1.18%
Switzerland, 1, 1.18%
Switzerland
1 publication, 1.18%
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