Journal of African History

Aims & Scope

The Journal of African History publishes articles and book reviews ranging widely over the African past, from the late Stone Age to the present.

In recent years increasing prominence has been given to economic, cultural and social history and several articles have explored themes which are also of growing interest to historians of other regions such as: gender roles, demography, health and hygiene, propaganda, legal ideology, labour histories, nationalism and resistance, environmental history, the construction of ethnicity, slavery and the slave trade, and photographs as historical sources.

Contributions dealing with pre-colonial historical relationships between Africa and the African diaspora are especially welcome, as are historical approaches to the post-colonial period.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	1.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	18872

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	51

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.243

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	47

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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.

• The Sanitation Syndrome: Bubonic Plague and Urban Native Policy in the Cape Colony, 1900–1909

  Citation: 439

  Authors: Maynard W.

• Wealth in People as Wealth in Knowledge: Accumulation and Composition in Equatorial Africa

  Citation: 278

  Authors: Jane I., Samuel M. Eno

• NEO-TRADITIONALISM AND THE LIMITS OF INVENTION IN BRITISH COLONIAL AFRICA

  Citation: 260

  Authors: THOMAS

• POSSIBILITY AND CONSTRAINT: AFRICAN INDEPENDENCE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

  Citation: 160

  Authors: FREDERICK

• New Linguistic Evidence and ‘The Bantu Expansion’

  Citation: 159

  Authors: J.

• The hamitic hyopthesis; its origin and functions in time perspecive

  Citation: 146

  Authors: Edith R.

• Wealth in People, Wealth in Things – Introduction

  Citation: 118

  Authors: Jane I.

• The Mfecane as Alibi: Thoughts on Dithakong and Mbolompo

  Citation: 113

  Authors: Julian

• The Development of Caste Systems in West Africa

  Citation: 112

  Authors: Tal

• The Volume of the Atlantic Slave Trade: A Synthesis

  Citation: 104

  Authors: Paul E.

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