African Evaluation Journal

Aims & Scope

The journal publishes high quality peer-reviewed articles merit on any subject related to evaluation, and provide targeted information of professional interest to members of AfrEA and its national associations.

Aims of the African Evaluation Journal (AEJ): AEJ aims to be a high-quality, peer-reviewed journal that builds evaluation-related knowledge and practice in support of effective developmental policies on the African continent.

AEJ aims to provide a communication platform for scholars and practitioners of evaluation to share and debate ideas about evaluation theory and practice in Africa.

AEJ aims to promote cross-fertilisation of ideas and methodologies between countries and between evaluation scholars and practitioners in the developed and developing world.

AEJ aims to promote evaluation scholarship and authorship, and a culture of peer-review in the African evaluation community.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 16,880.00 ZAR. Learn more.

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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.

• A Growing Demand for Monitoring and Evaluation in Africa

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Stephen, Ian

• A review of the growth of monitoring and evaluation in South Africa: Monitoring and evaluation as a profession, an industry and a governance tool

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Mark A.

• The emergence of government evaluation systems in Africa: The case of Benin, Uganda and South Africa

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Ian, Albert, Abdoulaye, Laila R., Stanley, Timothy, Damase, Karen

• Evaluation capacity development in Africa: Current landscape of international partners’ initiatives, lessons learned and the way forward

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Michele

• Revisiting decoloniality for more effective research and evaluation

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Fanie, Christelle

• Adapting realist evaluation for Made in Africa evaluation criteria

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Nombeko P., Sarah

• Evaluating the impact of agricultural extension programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and prospects

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Hailemichael

• Operationalising an effective monitoring and evaluation system for local government: Considerations for best practice

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Paul, Purshottama

• Evaluation2 – Evaluating the national evaluation system in South Africa: What has been achieved in the first 5 years?

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Ian, Carol N., Stephen, Zeenat, Laila, Thokozile, Christopher, Gillian, Dugan, Annette, Cara, Siphesihle, Alyna, Jamie

• Participatory evaluation for development: Examining research-based knowledge from within the African context

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Jill A., J. Bradley