Africa Spectrum
Last updated ISSN 0002-0397
Africa Spectrum is published by SAGE Publishing in social sciences. It is open access. There is no article processing charge.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Africa Spectrum concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- African history and culture studies
- International Development and Aid
- Political Conflict and Governance
- African history and culture analysis
- African studies and sociopolitical issues
- Global Peace and Security Dynamics
- Peacebuilding and International Security
- South African History and Culture
- Land Rights and Reforms
- Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics
Key facts
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0002-0397, 1868-6869 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | None |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 799 |
| Publishing since | 1967 |
| Journal website | www.africa-spectrum.org/ |
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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