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Journal of Contemporary African Studies

Journal of Contemporary African Studies is a journal indexed in SJR in Development and Geography, Planning and Development with an H index of 42. It has an SJR impact factor of 0,266 and it has a best quartile of Q2. It is published in English. It has an SJR impact factor of 0,266.

ISSN: 0258-9001

Publisher: Routledge

Category: Development

Indexation: verifiedScopus / SJR verifiedWeb of Science

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SJR Impact Factor trending_up

0,266 Q2

H-index 42

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34%

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SJR Impact

0,266

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Docs (year)

Docs 3y

114

Total refs

2316

Cites 3y

139

Citable 3y

107

Cites/Doc 2y

1.18

Ref/Doc

51.47

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Best articles by citations

Authoritarian regimes in democratic regional organisations? Exploring regional dimensions of authoritarianism in an increasingly democratic West Africa

Zanzibar: Political Impasse and Commonwealth Mediation

Economic reforms and 'virtual democracy' in South Africa and Zimbabwe: the incompatibility of liberalisation, inclusion and development

Development administration revisited: Administrative attitudes in Tanzania and Botswana

Democracy, development and chieftaincy along South Africa's 'Platinum Highway': some emerging issues

Deliberative democracy and the politics of traditional leadership in South Africa: A case of despotic domination or democratic deliberation?

Courting genocide: Populism, ethno-nationalism and the informalisation of violence in Kenya's 2008 post-election crisis

Constitutional Alternatives for the Regulation of Ethnic Politics? Institution-building Principles in Uganda's and South Africa's Transitions

Changing approaches towards tourism in Africa: Planning and research perspectives

Central-local state contestations and urban management in Zimbabwe

Can an Ethnically-based Civil Society Succeed? The Case of Mauritius

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Black Africa and the apartheid issue: A South African response?

'Limited' Democracy in Ghana and Uganda. What Is Most Important to International Actors: Stability or Political Freedom?

Armed mobilisation and the nexus of territory, identity, and authority: the contested territorial aspirations of the Banyamulenge in eastern DR Congo

Anti-developmental patrimonialism in Zimbabwe

An unsettled belonging: Zimbabwean farm workers in Limpopo Province, South Africa

Alternatives for electoral reform in Kenya: Lessons from southern Africa

Agricultural Maladjustment in Africa: What Have We Learned after Two Decades of Liberalisation?

Africa's Refugees: Patterns, Problems and Policy Challenges

A tale of two cities: urban transformation in gold-centred Butembo and diamond-rich Mbuji-Mayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

A parallel universe -competing interpretations of Zimbabwe's crisis

A New French Policy for Africa?

A Basic Human Rights Approach to Democracy in Uganda

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Journal of Contemporary African Studies has an SJR of 0,266 (best quartile Q2) in the CountryOfPapers database.

Immediate OA APC is not available (NPD).

The acceptance rate recorded for Journal of Contemporary African Studies is 34%.

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