Journal of Modern African Studies

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Basic Information
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Founded in: 1963
Homepage: https://www.cambridge.org/core...
Twitter: @jmodafstudies
Category: Area Studies
Rank:
• 28 / 80 in Area Studies

Authors per paper:
     Average: 1
     Median: 1
References per paper:
     Average: 52
     Median: 55

Journal Impact Factor (JIF) for Journal of Modern African Studies:

  • 2020 Impact Factor: 1.469
  • 2019 Impact Factor: 0.938
  • 2018 Impact Factor: 0.917

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Latest papers
1
Dec
2021
Regime cycles and political change in African autocracies Gold Open Access
Journal of Modern African Studies
1
Dec
2021
The legislature as political control: change and continuity in Cameroon's National Assembly (1973–2019)
Journal of Modern African Studies
1
Dec
2021
Populist parties shifting the political discourse? A case study of the Economic Freedom Fighters in South Africa
Journal of Modern African Studies
1
Dec
2021
Historical Dictionary of Niger (Fifth Edition) by Rahmane Idrissa. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2020. Pp. 642. $140 (hbk), $133 (eBook).
Journal of Modern African Studies
1
Dec
2021
Political Leadership in Africa: leaders and development south of the Sahara by Giovanni Carbone & Alessandro Pellegata Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. Pp. 386. $99.99 (hbk).
Journal of Modern African Studies
1
Dec
2021
Affirmative action measures and electoral candidates’ positioning in Zambia Gold Open Access
Journal of Modern African Studies
1
Dec
2021
Commissions of inquiry and pathways to accountability in Plateau State, Nigeria Gold Open Access
Journal of Modern African Studies
1
Dec
2021
Frictional interactions on Women, Peace and Security in Mali Gold Open Access
Journal of Modern African Studies

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Impactful Papers

Altmetric Attention Score: 143
Chinese entrepreneurial migrants in Ghana: socioeconomic impacts and Ghanaian trader attitudes
Journal of Modern African Studies2019-03-06

Altmetric Attention Score: 80
The African Union and coercive diplomacy: the case of Burundi
Journal of Modern African Studies2018-11-26

Altmetric Attention Score: 54
Re-describing transnational conflict in Africa
Journal of Modern African Studies2019-10-10

Altmetric Attention Score: 45
Cameroon's relations toward Nigeria: a foreign policy of pragmatism
Journal of Modern African Studies2020-02-20

Altmetric Attention Score: 36
Biometric identification technologies and the Ghanaian ‘data revolution’
Journal of Modern African Studies2020-02-20

Altmetric Attention Score: 32
Constructing identity through commemoration: Kwibuka and the rise of survivor nationalism in post-conflict Rwanda
Journal of Modern African Studies2019-10-24

Altmetric Attention Score: 32
When decentralisation undermines representation: ethnic exclusion and state ownership in DR Congo's new provinces
Journal of Modern African Studies2021-06-07

Altmetric Attention Score: 26
Oil to cash in Somaliland: a debate whose time has come
Journal of Modern African Studies2018-11-26


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