The Journal of African History
Last updated ISSN 0021-8537
The Journal of African History 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 The Journal of African History concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- African history and culture studies
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- African history and culture analysis
- Colonialism, slavery, and trade
- African studies and sociopolitical issues
- South African History and Culture
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Educational Robotics and Engineering
- African Studies and Geopolitics
- Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics
Key facts
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0021-8537, 1469-5138 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,550 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Arts & Humanities Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 6,340 |
| Publishing since | 1960 |
| Journal website | journals.cambridge.org/jid_AFH |
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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