African Human Rights Law Journal - Impact Factor, Indexing, Rank, and APC 2025

Aims & Scope

African Human Rights Law Journal (AHRLJ), a leading peer-reviewed journal focused on human rights related topics of relevance to Africa, Africans and scholars of Africa.

As democratic practices and the protection of human rights struggle to become rooted in Africa, the Journal aims to contribute towards strengthening indigenous African scholarship.

The first issue of the AHRLJ appeared in 2001.

Since then, the Journal has appeared twice a year, in July and December, without interruption.

The full text of the AHRLJ is made freely available online immediately upon publication.

The AHRLJ is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

The copyright of articles are retained by the author(s), without restriction; and the author(s) also retain publishing rights.

The Journal does not have any submission or article processing charges.

The AHRLJ is published by the Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) which took over from Juta as publisher in 2013.

It is published in association with the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria.

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	42

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.239

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	19073

Abstracting & Indexing

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

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.

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 does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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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.