Cadernos de Estudos Africanos

Aims & Scope

Cadernos de Estudos Africanos is a journal published by the Centro de Estudos Internacionais of ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon focusing on an academic approach to Africa.

It welcomes the collaboration of the international scientific community, who specializes in the Social Sciences branch of African Studies, and it is particularly committed to an internationalizing scope, following a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary envisioning.

The journal publishes articles in four languages, Portuguese, English, Spanish and French, and it has been a regular biannual publication since its first issue (July 2001).

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and 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
• 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 Arts and Humanities and 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.

• Youth Mobilisation as Social Navigation. Reflections on the concept of dubriagem

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Henrik

• Corporate Social Responsibility and Chinese Oil Multinationals in the Oil and Gas Industry of Nigeria: An appraisal | Responsabilidade social empresarial e multinacionais chinesas do petróleo na indústria de petróleo e gás da Nigéria: Uma avaliação

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Eghosa Osa

• Jeunes et Imaginaire de la Modernité à Abidjan

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Aghi

• Beyond Agency’s Limits. “Street Children’s” Mobilities in Southern Ghana | Para além dos limites da agência. Mobilidade das “crianças de rua” no sul do Gana

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Christian

• The Effect of Electoral Violence on Electoral Participation in Africa | O impacto da violência eleitoral na participação eleitoral em África

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Carlos, Amílcar

• The Reinvention of Elite Accumulation in the Angolan Oil Sector: Emergent capitalism in a rentier economy1 | A reinvenção da acumulação das elites no sector petrolífero de Angola: O capitalismo emergente numa economia rentista

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Jesse Salah

• Tweeting to Democracy: A new anti-authoritarian liberation struggle in Zimbabwe | Tweetar para a democracia: Uma nova luta de libertação antiautoritária no Zimbábue

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Chipo

• Identidade e Estilo em Lisboa: Kuduro, juventude e imigração africana | Identity and style in Lisbon: Kuduro, youth and African immigration

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Frank Nilton

• La Culture administrative en Afriques : la construction historique des significations du «phénomène bureaucratique»

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Dominique

• Raça, Sangue e Robustez. Os paradigmas da Antropologia Física colonial portuguesa

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Rui M.