International Journal of African Historical Studies
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

International Journal of African Historical Studies
Overview

Impact Factor

NA

H Index

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Impact Factor

0.139

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United States
Journal ISSN: 3617882
Publisher: Boston University
History: 1976, 1979-1981, 1985-1989, 1999-2021
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

The International Journal of African Historical Studies IJAHS is devoted to the study of the African past. Norman Bennett was the founder and guiding force behind the journals growth from its first incarnation at Boston University as African Historical Studies in 1968. He remained its editor for more than thirty years. The title was expanded to the International Journal of African Historical Studies in 1972 when Africana Publishers Holmes and Meier took over publication and distribution for the next decade. Beginning in 1982 the African Studies Center once again assumed full responsibility for production and distribution. Jean Hay served as the journals production editor from 1979 to 1995 and editor from 1998 to her retirement in 2005. Michael DiBlasi is the current editor and James McCann and Diana Wylie are associate editors of the journal. Members of the editorial board include Emmanuel Akyeampong Peter Alegi Misty Bastian Sara Berry Barbara Cooper Marc Epprecht Lidwien Kapteijns Meredith McKittrick Pashington Obang David Schoenbrun Heather Sharkey Ann B. Stahl John Thornton and Rudolph Ware III.The journal publishes three issues each year April August and December. Articles notes and documents submitted to the journal should be based on original research and framed in terms of historical analysis. Contributions in archaeology history anthropology historical ecology political science political ecology and economic history are welcome. Articles that highlight European administrators settlers or colonial policies should be submitted elsewhere unless they deal substantially with interactions with or the affects on African societies.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



International Journal of African Historical Studies
SCR Impact Factor

International Journal of African Historical Studies
SCR Journal Ranking

International Journal of African Historical Studies
SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from.

International Journal of African Historical Studies
Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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International Journal of African Historical Studies
Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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International Journal of African Historical Studies
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    0.25 0.212 0.197
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    0.139 0.109 0.147
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    0.282 0.305 0.27
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    0.051 0.074 0.224
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    0.114 0.316 0.317
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    0.378 0.349 0.345
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    0.25 0.256 0.254
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    0.571 0.73 0.755
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    0.484 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    0.281 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    0.515 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    0.647 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    0.636 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    0.167 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    0.269 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    0.304 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    0.333 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    0.03 NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    0.097 NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    0 NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    0 NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    0 NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    0 NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?


III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

International Journal of African Historical Studies
H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

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H-Index History