Review of African Political Economy

Aims & Scope

The Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) is a refereed journal committed to encouraging high quality research and fostering excellence in the understanding of African political economy.

Published quarterly by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group for the ROAPE international collective it has since 1974 provided radical analysis of trends and issues in Africa.

It has paid particular attention to the political economy of inequality, exploitation and oppression, whether driven by global forces or local ones (such as class, race, community and gender), and to materialist interpretations of change in Africa.

It has sustained a critical analysis of the nature of power and the state in Africa.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.6
2024	1.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.524

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	61

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	11090

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	187

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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 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.

• Rebellion of the poor: South Africa's service delivery protests – a preliminary analysis

  Citation: 360

  Authors: Peter

• Land grabbing in Southern Africa: the many faces of the investor rush

  Citation: 244

  Authors: Ruth

• African rural labour, income diversification & livelihood approaches: a long‐term development perspective

  Citation: 140

  Authors: Deborah Fahy

• New African Choices? The Politics of Chinese Engagement

  Citation: 119

  Authors: Giles, Marcus

• Notes on capital and peasantry

  Citation: 110

  Authors: Henry

• Petro-Insurgency or Criminal Syndicate? Conflict & Violence in the Niger Delta

  Citation: 109

  Authors: Michael

• Accumulation and development: a theoretical model

  Citation: 105

  Authors: Samir

• Is fin-tech the new panacea for poverty alleviation and local development? Contesting Suri and Jack’s M-Pesa findings published in Science

  Citation: 105

  Authors: Milford, Maren, Nicholas

• Dependency redux: why Africa is not rising

  Citation: 104

  Authors: Ian

• The Niger delta: ‘petro violence’ and ‘partnership development’1

  Citation: 98

  Authors: Anna

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