African Economic History

Aims & Scope

African Economic History was founded in 1974 by the African Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin and subsequently has also been associated with the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and Its Diasporas at York University.

The journal publishes scholarly essays in English, French, and Portuguese on the economic history of African societies from precolonial times to the present.

It features research in a variety of fields and time periods, including studies on labor, slavery, trade and commercial networks, economic transformations, colonialism, migration, development policies, social and economic inequalities, and poverty.

The audience includes historians, economists, anthropologists, sociologists, political scientists, policymakers, and a range of other scholars interested in African economies—past and present.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.3

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.142

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• From Petty Traders to International Merchants: A Historical Account of Three IGBO Women of Nigeria in Trade and Commerce, 1886 to 1970

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Gloria Ifeoma

• The Population History of Luanda during the Late Atlantic Slave Trade, 1781-1844

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Jose C., Raymond R.

• Colonial Forced Labor Policies for Road-Building in Southern Ghana and International Anti-Forced Labor Pressures, 1900-1940

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Kwabena Opare

• The World Abir Made: The Margina-Lopori Basin, 1885-1903

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Robert

• Alcohol and Empire: "Illicit" Gin Prohibition and Control in Colonial Eastern Nigeria

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Chima J.

• The Maasai and Their Neighbors: Variables of Interaction

  Citation: 22

  Authors: John L.

• The East African Groundnut Scheme: Lessons of a Large-Scale Agricultural Failure

  Citation: 22

  Authors: J. S., K. M.

• The Evolution OF Cape Verde's Agriculture

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Emilio F.

• The Slave Trade in Seventeenth-Century Allada: A Revision

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Robin

• Domestication of African Cereals

  Citation: 20

  Authors: J. M. J.

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