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: 1
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
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Nov
2021
Introduction: The social reproductive question of land contestations in Africa
African Affairs
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Oct
2021
Robust electoral violence prevention: An example from Ghana
African Affairs
26
Oct
2021
Agaciro’ vernacular memory, and the politics of memory in post-genocide Rwanda Gold Open Access
African Affairs
26
Oct
2021
Undocumented citizens and the making of id documents in Nigeria: An ethnography of the politics of suspicion in jos
African Affairs
21
Oct
2021
Interpreting Africa: Imperialism and independence in African Affairs
African Affairs
21
Oct
2021
Briefing: Contextualizing the Bobi Wine factor in Uganda’s 2021 elections
African Affairs
21
Oct
2021
Book Review
African Affairs
21
Oct
2021
Understanding handouts in candidate selection: Challenging party authority in Malawi
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: 165
The Motivations and Dynamics of Zimbabwe’s 2017 Military Coup
African Affairs2019-10-30

Altmetric Attention Score: 139
From peace campaigns to peaceocracy: Elections, order and authority in Africa
African Affairs2019-07-22

Altmetric Attention Score: 133
Ideology and power in TPLF’s Ethiopia: A historic reversal in the making?
African Affairs2019-05-29

Altmetric Attention Score: 124
‘Africa+1’ summit diplomacy and the ‘new scramble’ narrative: Recentreing African Agency
African Affairs2020-06-04

Altmetric Attention Score: 113
Nigerian Soldiers On The War Against Boko Haram
African Affairs2021-03-29

Altmetric Attention Score: 105
The politics of cholera, crisis and citizenship in urban Zimbabwe: ‘People were dying like flies’
African Affairs2019-01-18

Altmetric Attention Score: 91
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

Scholars
Authors who recently published in African Affairs:
Scholar Affiliation
Ragnhild Louise Muriaas Norway
Eloïse Bertrand N/A
Edem Adotey N/A
Kaden Paulson-Smith N/A
Portia Roelofs N/A
Aili Mari Tripp N/A
Paul Hebinck Netherlands
Leila Demarest Netherlands
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