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Germany · Institut fur Afrika-Kunde

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Afrika Spectrum

Afrika Spectrum is a journal indexed in SJR in Development and Sociology and Political Science with an H index of 31. It is an CC BY-ND Journal with a Double blind peer review review system The scope of the journal is focused on Africa, politics, social science, culture, economics. It has an SJR impact factor of 0,912 and it has a best quartile of Q1. It is published in English. It has an SJR impact factor of 0,912.

ISSN: 0002-0397

Publisher: Institut fur Afrika-Kunde

Category: Development

Indexation: verifiedScopus / SJR verifiedWeb of Science

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SJR Impact Factor trending_up

0,912 Q1

H-index 31

Acceptance rate pie_chart

39%

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20 weeks

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SJR Impact

0,912

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Docs (year)

Docs 3y

Total refs

1253

Cites 3y

Citable 3y

Cites/Doc 2y

2.37

Ref/Doc

50.12

Immediate OA

—

Embargoed OA

NPD

Non OA / Submission

- €

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Best articles by citations

Book Review: 50 Jahre Unabhängigkeit in Afrika: Kontinuitäten, Bruche, Perspektiven

Zupta's Next Nightmare: The South African Local Government Elections of 3 August 2016

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Book Review: Corruption, Good Governance, and the African State: A Critical Analysis of the Political-Economic Foundations of Corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa

Book Review: Bodies of Truth: Law, Memory and Emancipation in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Book Review: Beyond Religious Tolerance: Muslim, Christian and Traditionalist Encounters in an African Town

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Afrika Spectrum has an SJR of 0,912 (best quartile Q1) in the CountryOfPapers database.

Immediate OA APC is not available (NPD).

The acceptance rate recorded for Afrika Spectrum is 39%.

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