International Journal of African Renaissance Studies

Aims & Scope

International Journal of African Renaissance Studies (IJARS) is a forum for scholarship on the challenges facing Africa today and seeks to promote research, policy analyses and teaching that locate African people at the centre of the development agenda.

The journal covers multi-, inter- and transdisciplinary approaches in examining the African Renaissance and the repositioning of Africa within the world system.

It is committed to producing and using knowledge to empower and strengthen Africa, its people and its Diaspora.

Articles published in IJARS cover a broad range of socio-political and natural sciences, the humanities and other disciplines and topics including capacity building, conflict, development, ecology, economics, education, gender, governance, health, identity, land reform, language, law, leadership, politics and social policy.

In geographical terms, the journal covers both the African continent and the Diaspora.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.4
2024	0.40

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	21775

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	45

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.190

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	9

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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, 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.

• Ubuntu as public policy in South Africa: A conceptual framework

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Gessler

• African women in leadership: Current knowledge and a framework for future studies

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Stella M., Hellicy

• From Guangzhou to Yiwu: Emerging facets of the African Diaspora in China

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Adams B., Grace

• Decolonising Universities in South Africa: Rigged Spaces?

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Cheryl

• Green economy readiness in South Africa: A focus on the national sphere of government

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Godwell

• “African Know Thyself”: Epistemic Injustice and the Quest for Liberative Knowledge

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Pascah

• Traditional food crops as a source of community resilience in Zimbabwe

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Soul, Rob, Marianne E., Cryton

• Towards an Afrokology of knowledge production and African regeneration

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Dani Wadada

• Decolonising the Discourse on Resilience

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Charles

• Denigrating the local, glorifying the foreign: Malawian language policies in the era of African Renaissance

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Gregory H.

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