Africa Spectrum

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Basic Information
Publisher: GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Founded in: 1966
Homepage: https://journals.sub.uni-hambu...
Twitter: @AfricaSpectrum
Association: GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies (@GIGA_Institute)
Category: Area Studies
Rank:
• 48 / 80 in Area Studies

Authors per paper:
     Average: 1
     Median: 2
References per paper:
     Average: 41
     Median: 38

Journal Impact Factor (JIF) for Africa Spectrum:

  • 2020 Impact Factor: 0.900
  • 2019 Impact Factor: 0.903
  • 2018 Impact Factor: 0.833

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Latest papers
8
Dec
2021
Book Review: African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa by Gomez, Michael Gold Open Access
Africa Spectrum
20
Nov
2021
Book Review: African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa by Michael Gomez
Africa Spectrum
12
Nov
2021
Understanding African Agency in Peace and Security: Tanzania’s Implementation of “Non-Indifference” in Somalia Gold Open Access
Africa Spectrum
11
Nov
2021
Precarity, Permits, and Prayers: “Working Practices” of Congolese Asylum-Seeking Women in Cape Town Gold Open Access
Africa Spectrum
10
Nov
2021
African and Not Religious: The State of Research on Sub-Saharan Religious Nones and New Scholarly Horizons Gold Open Access
Africa Spectrum
27
Oct
2021
Exploring Africa's Agency in International Politics Gold Open Access
Africa Spectrum
18
Oct
2021
Book Review: Classify, Exclude, Police: Urban Lives in South Africa and Nigeria by Laurent Fourchard Gold Open Access
Africa Spectrum
24
Aug
2021
The Winning Party Platform: Voter Perceptions of Party Positions and Voting in Urban Africa Gold Open Access
Africa Spectrum

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Impactful Papers

Altmetric Attention Score: 7
Ethnicity, Exclusion, and Exams: Education Policy and Politics in Burundi from the Independent Republics to the Civil War (1966–1993)
Africa Spectrum2021-06-28

Altmetric Attention Score: 6
Precarity, Permits, and Prayers: “Working Practices” of Congolese Asylum-Seeking Women in Cape Town Gold Open Access
Africa Spectrum2021-11-11

Altmetric Attention Score: 5
Exploring Africa's Agency in International Politics Gold Open Access
Africa Spectrum2021-10-27

Altmetric Attention Score: 3
Understanding African Agency in Peace and Security: Tanzania’s Implementation of “Non-Indifference” in Somalia Gold Open Access
Africa Spectrum2021-11-12

Altmetric Attention Score: 2
Patronage, Repression, and Co-Optation: Bobi Wine and the Political Economy of Activist Musicians in Uganda
Africa Spectrum2021-06-28

Altmetric Attention Score: 1
Book Review: Implementing Inequality: The Invisible Labor of International Development Gold Open Access
Africa Spectrum2021-07-20

Altmetric Attention Score: 1
Book Review: Classify, Exclude, Police: Urban Lives in South Africa and Nigeria by Laurent Fourchard Gold Open Access
Africa Spectrum2021-10-18

Altmetric Attention Score: 0
African and Not Religious: The State of Research on Sub-Saharan Religious Nones and New Scholarly Horizons Gold Open Access
Africa Spectrum2021-11-10


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Cited median publication year:
2014

Scholars
Authors who recently published in Africa Spectrum:
Scholar Affiliation
Georgi Asatryan Russia
Nadia Beider Israel
Yonatan N. Gez Germany
Amanda Coffie Ghana
Leila Demarest Netherlands
Hye-Sung Kim USA
Eun Kyung Kim South Korea
Emily Dunlop USA
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