African Affairs

The statistics shown below contain data since 1 November 2018.
Basic Information
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Founded in: 1901
Homepage: https://academic.oup.com/afraf...
Twitter: @AfrAfJournal
Association: Royal African Society (@royafrisoc)
Category: Political Science Area Studies
Rank:
• 4 / 80 in Area Studies
• 56 / 235 in Political Science & International Relations
‣ 48 / 182 in Political Science

Authors per paper:
     Average: 2
     Median: 2
References per paper:
     Average: No data available.
     Median: No data available.

Journal Impact Factor (JIF) for African Affairs:

  • 2020 Impact Factor: 3.203
  • 2019 Impact Factor: 2.145
  • 2018 Impact Factor: 2.188

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Latest papers
26
Jul
2021
Multiplicity and simultaneity in ethnographic research: Exploring the use of drones in Ghana
African Affairs
26
Jul
2021
Urban renewal in Ibadan, Nigeria: World class but essentially Yoruba Gold Open Access
African Affairs
17
Jul
2021
State aesthetics and state meanings: Political architecture in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire Gold Open Access
African Affairs
10
Jul
2021
Women’s Rights And Critical JUNCTURES In Constitutional Reform In Africa (1951–2019)
African Affairs
24
Jun
2021
Fighting fences and land grabbers in the struggle for the commons in Na Jaqna, Namibia
African Affairs
28
May
2021
The path to genocide in Rwanda: Security, opportunity, and authority in an ethnocratic state
African Affairs
28
May
2021
African economic development: Evidence, theory, policy
African Affairs
9
Apr
2021
Nomination Violence In Uganda’s National Resistance Movement
African Affairs

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Impactful Papers

Altmetric Attention Score: 170
The Successes and Failures of Economic Reform in Nigeria’s Post-Military Political Settlement
African Affairs2019-12-16

Altmetric Attention Score: 158
The Motivations and Dynamics of Zimbabwe’s 2017 Military Coup
African Affairs2019-10-30

Altmetric Attention Score: 132
From peace campaigns to peaceocracy: Elections, order and authority in Africa
African Affairs2019-07-22

Altmetric Attention Score: 123
Ideology and power in TPLF’s Ethiopia: A historic reversal in the making?
African Affairs2019-05-29

Altmetric Attention Score: 117
Nigerian Soldiers On The War Against Boko Haram
African Affairs2021-03-29

Altmetric Attention Score: 114
‘Africa+1’ summit diplomacy and the ‘new scramble’ narrative: Recentreing African Agency
African Affairs2020-06-04

Altmetric Attention Score: 109
The politics of cholera, crisis and citizenship in urban Zimbabwe: ‘People were dying like flies’
African Affairs2019-01-18

Altmetric Attention Score: 92
Zimbabwe: The coup that never was, and the election that could have been
African Affairs2019-04-15


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Cited Half-Life

Cited publication years:

Cited median publication year:
2011