Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines

Aims & Scope

The Cahiers d’Études africaines is an international, interdisciplinary journal, published in French and English, founded in 1960 providing original contributions attesting to the latest research, theory, fieldwork and the discussions these elicit.

The thematic issues become reference works on a region, an issue or the state of a discipline.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.2
2024	0.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.118

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	22

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	27469

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	33

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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 Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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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.

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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.

• Essai d'interprétation du phénomène économique dans les sociétés traditionnelles d'auto-subsistance

  Citation: 100

  Authors: Claude

• The Garrison-Entrepôt

  Citation: 98

  Authors: Janet

• Imaged or Imagined? Cultural Representations and the “Tourismification” of Peoples and Places | Imagé ou imaginé ? Les représentations culturelles et la « tourismification » des peuples et des lieux

  Citation: 74

  Authors: Noel B.

• South Africa : A World in one Country. Moments in International Tourist Encounters with Wildlife, the Primitive and the Modem

  Citation: 71

  Authors: Ciraj, Leslie

• Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in the New South Africa

  Citation: 63

  Authors: Adam

• Une étrange familiarité

  Citation: 61

  Authors: Fatoumata

• Ethnicity and National Integration in West Africa

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Immanuel

• Tribalism in modem British Central Africa

  Citation: 58

  Authors: Max

• Congolese Rumba and Other Cosmopolitanisms | La rumba congolaise et autres cosmopolitismes

  Citation: 57

  Authors: Bob W.

• Les courtiers du développement en milieu rural sénégalais

  Citation: 56

  Authors: Georgio

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