African Affairs
Last updated ISSN 0001-9909
African Affairs is published by Oxford University Press in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $4,544.
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What it publishes
Recent work in African Affairs concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- African history and culture studies
- African studies and sociopolitical issues
- African history and culture analysis
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- South African History and Culture
- Legal case studies and regulations
- International Development and Aid
- Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics
- Global Peace and Security Dynamics
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0001-9909, 1468-2621 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $4,544 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 10,982 |
| Publishing since | 1901 |
| Journal website | afraf.oxfordjournals.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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