Africa
Last updated ISSN 0001-9720
Africa is published by Cambridge University Press in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,550.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Africa concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- African history and culture studies
- African history and culture analysis
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Legal case studies and regulations
- African studies and sociopolitical issues
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Legal Cases and Commentary
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
Key facts
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0001-9720, 1750-0184 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,550 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 12,366 |
| Publishing since | 1928 |
| Journal website | journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=AFR |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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