South African Journal on Human Rights

Aims & Scope

Founded in 1985 by the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) and housed at the School of Law, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, the SAJHR is the leading South African public law journal, publishing scholarship of the highest standard for a worldwide readership.

The Journal appears four times a year and is published by CALS and Taylor & Francis.

SAJHR is dedicated to the advancement of scholarship on human rights and justice-related law in South Africa.

While this remains the primary focus of the Journal, the editors accept submissions dealing with the enforcement of human rights in other countries where direct and substantive relevance to South Africa is demonstrated.

Contributions from scholars on the African continent and the Global South that comply with this focus are encouraged.

Thematically, the editors accept submissions that deal with human rights, legal philosophy, law and society, constitutional law, administrative law and public international law.

Submissions taking an interdisciplinary or empirical approach to these subjects are also considered.

All manuscripts submitted should be in English and must be an original, unpublished work that is not simultaneously being considered for publication by another journal.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.6
2024	0.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.179

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	17

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	22549

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	38

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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.

• Legal Culture and Transformative Constitutionalism

  Citation: 172

  Authors: Karl E

• A Bridge to Where? Introducing the Interim Bill of Rights

  Citation: 64

  Authors: Etienne

• The Value of Human Dignity in Interpreting Socio-Economic Rights

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Sandra

• Preventing Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in South Africa: Background, Strategies and Outcomes of the Treatment Action Campaign Case against the Minister of Health

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Heywood

• Autonomous weapons in armed conflict and the right to a dignified life: an African perspective

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Christof

• The Colour of Law, Power and Knowledge: Introducing Critical Race Theory in (Post-) Apartheid South Africa

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Joel

• Facing the Challenge of Transformation: Difficulties in the Development of an Indigenous Jurisprudence of Equality

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Cathi, Beth

• The Role of the Courts in the Conflict Between African Customary Law and Human RightS

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Wieland

• Coming to Terms with Judicial Enforcement of Socio-Economic Rights

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Marius

• Transformative Constitutionalism and the Common and Customary Law

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Dennis M, Karl

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