Africa Development/Afrique et Developpement

Social Sciences

Impact Factor

0.352

2023

H-Index

18.000

2023

SJR

0.271

2023

I. Journal Information

ISSN	8503907
Country	Senegal
Publisher	Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
Subject Areas	Social Sciences
Publication Type	Journals
Active Years	1978-1979, 1981-1986, 1990, 1994-1995, 2007-2021
Website	Visit journal

II. Scope & Description

Africa Development ISSN 0850 3907 is the quarterly bilingual journal of CODESRIA published since 1976. It is a social science journal whose major focus is on issues which are central to the development of society.Its principal objective is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas among African scholars from a variety of intellectual persuasions and various disciplines. The journal also encourages other contributors working on Africa or those undertaking comparative analysis of developing world issues.Africa Development welcomes contributions which cut across disciplinary boundaries. Articles with a narrow focus and incomprehensible to people outside their discipline are unlikely to be accepted.

III. Impact Factor History

Year	2-Year IF	3-Year IF	4-Year IF
2023	0.352	0.486	0.444
2022	0.409	0.385	0.417
2021	0.087	0.127	0.512
2020	0.081	0.345	0.331
2019	0.267	0.274	0.364
2018	0.136	0.212	0.276
2017	0.132	0.167	0.194
2016	0.113	0.161	0.340
2015	0.240	0.365	0.402
2014	0.298	—	—
2013	0.119	—	—
2012	0.086	—	—
2011	0.161	—	—
2010	0.150	—	—
2009	0.015	—	—
2008	0.031	—	—

Note: impact factor data for reference only.

IV. SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)

SJR measures scientific influence, weighting citations by the prestige of the citing journal.

Year	SJR Score
2023	0.271
2022	0.139
2021	0.126
2020	0.179
2019	0.129
2018	0.130
2017	0.155
2016	0.123
2015	0.179

V. H-Index

The H-Index measures both the productivity and citation impact of a journal's publications.

Year	H-Index
2023	18.000
2022	16.000
2021	14.000

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