History in Africa

Aims & Scope

History in Africa is an international, peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes original research and review essays on methodological and historiographical matters pertaining to African history.

It has been at the forefront of critical discussion of these topics for more than four decades.

It seeks submissions that suggest new methodological approaches, provide insights into source materials, and reflect critically on themes in existing literatures or emerging fields of inquiry.History in Africa is a venue for rigorous analysis of both established and emerging research practices as well as of the resulting scholarly production about the African past.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.207

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	7

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	20739

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	17

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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

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Subjects & Keywords

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

• What Africans Got for Their Slaves: A Master List of European Trade Goods

  Citation: 76

  Authors: Stanley B.

• One Tribe, One Style? Paradigms in the Historiography of African Art

  Citation: 70

  Authors: Sidney Littlefield

• Ethnicity and the Slave Trade: “Lucumi” and “Nago” as Ethnonyms in West Africa

  Citation: 68

  Authors: Robin

• Did They or Didn't They Invent It? Iron in Sub-Saharan Africa

  Citation: 46

  Authors: Stanley B.

• Studying the History of Those Who Would Rather Forget: Oral History and the Experience of Slavery

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Martin A.

• An Outline History of Photography in Africa to ca. 1940

  Citation: 41

  Authors: David, Andrew

• Historians, are Archeologists Your Siblings?

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Jan

• Hodgepodge Historiography: Documents, Itineraries, and the Absence of Archives

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Luise

• The European Introduction of Crops into West Africa in Precolonial Times

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Stanley B.

• Anti-Witchcraft Cults in Asante: An Essay in the Social History of an African People

  Citation: 36

  Authors: T.C.

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