South African Journal of Science
Last updated ISSN 0038-2353
South African Journal of Science is published by Academy of Science of South Africa in social sciences. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in South African Journal of Science concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- South African History and Culture
Key facts
| Publisher | Academy of Science of South Africa |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0038-2353, 1996-7489 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 4,201 |
| Publishing since | 1911 |
| Journal website | www.sajs.co.za/ |
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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