Northeast African Studies

Aims & Scope

Northeast African Studies (NEAS) is a biannual interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that publishes high-quality original research in the social sciences and the humanities on the Horn of Africa and its neighbors.

The region covers primarily Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan, Djibouti, and Somalia/Somaliland.

We welcome submissions from a range of academic disciplines including history, anthropology, political science, sociology, religion, environmental studies, literature, and the arts.

NEAS editors seek contributions that rethink established debates and paradigms in the field, that address issues with comparative implications for scholars working in other parts of the world, or that draw on new source materials and disciplinary methodologies.

We are highly interested in studies adopting transnational, transregional, and comparative perspectives as well as a regional approach to Northeast Africa that transcends the conventional borders of individual countries.

Studies that explore the region’s broader interactions with the Red Sea and Indian Ocean areas, the adjacent Arabian Peninsula, relevant Trans-Saharan connections, or that converse with global history approaches are particularly welcome.

NEAS also publishes scholarly reviews of current books in the field.

Periodically, the editors commission guest-editors or solicit proposals for special issues on specific themes.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.125

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	13

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	26800

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	7

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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 and Social Sciences, 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.

• Red Sea Folk Beliefs: A Maritime Spirit Landscape

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Dionisius A.

• Abyssinia at al-Azhar: Muslim Students from the Horn of Africa in Late Medieval Cairo

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Julien

• Conflict and Cooperation and the Evolution of the Nascent Nile Basin Regime

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Aaron

• Oromo Protests, Repression, and Political Change in Ethiopia, 2014–2020

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Mebratu

• Revisiting Slavery and the Slave Trade in Ethiopia

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Giulia, Alexander

• Cosmopolitan Youth Religious Movements in Ethiopia: Ethiopian Orthodox TäwahÉ™do Youth as Vanguard and Self-Appointed Masters of Ceremony

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Meron

• “Land to the Tiller”: Unrealized Agenda of the Revolution

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Abera

• “Peace Is Not a Free Gift”: Indigenous Conceptions of Peace among the Guji-Oromo in Southern Ethiopia

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Asebe Regassa, Tadesse Jaleta

• Ripeness and the 2008 Djibouti-Eritrea Border Dispute

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Kevin K.

• The Orientalist on Trial: Enrico Cerulli and the United Nations War Crimes Commission

  Citation: 5

  Authors: James

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