Africa Development
ISSN 0850-3907 · Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa · Senegal · active 1970–2026
Metrics
- Best Scimago quartile (2025)
- Q3
- Cites per paper (2y)
- 0.7
- SJR
- 0.204
- h-index
- 32
“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.
Data as of 8 November 2026 (venue index build).
Scimago Journal Rank 2025
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Africa Development is Q3 in 2 of its 3 subject categories and Q4 in the other 1. Its best category quartile is Q3.
| Subject category | Quartile | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | Q3 | #456 of 714 |
| Sociology and Political Science | Q3 | #936 of 1,477 |
| Development | Q4 | #236 of 306 |
- Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
- 0.57
The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).
Africa Development is Q3 in 2 of its 3 Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category Political Science and International Relations: Q3, #456 of 714), with SJR 0.204 (Scimago) and an h-index of 32 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, PubMed.
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Indexing & access
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- Access status:
- gold. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
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Frequently asked
Is Africa Development a predatory journal?
Our screening does not flag Africa Development. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, PubMed, which is a positive signal.
Is Africa Development indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Per our venue index, Africa Development appears in: Scopus, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.
What is the impact factor of Africa Development?
Papers in Africa Development are cited about 0.7 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q3, with an h-index of 32. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.
What Scimago quartile is Africa Development (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Africa Development is Q3 in 2 of its 3 subject categories and Q4 in the other 1. By category: Political Science and International Relations: Q3, #456 of 714; Sociology and Political Science: Q3, #936 of 1,477; Development: Q4, #236 of 306. Its best category quartile is Q3. Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Africa Development is cited about 0.7 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 32.
What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Africa Development?
The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Africa Development. The open equivalent is its best Scimago quartile, Q3 in Political Science and International Relations and 1 other category, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.
Is Africa Development open access?
Our index records its access status as "gold". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.
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