Journal profile · ART
African Arts
ISSN 0001-9933 · eISSN 1937-2108 · MIT Press
African Arts: CAS Zone 3 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; median 116 days to acceptance (81 articles, last 24 months); 53 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
African Arts is published by MIT Press and is in Zone 3 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are African history and culture studies, Global Maritime and Colonial Histories and Cultural Industries and Urban Development, together about 48.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Anthropology and Archeology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): ART
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- African history and culture studiesSocial Sciences30.3%
- Global Maritime and Colonial HistoriesSocial Sciences10.3%
- Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentSocial Sciences8.3%
- African history and culture analysisSocial Sciences6.2%
- Cultural Identity and HeritageArts and Humanities3.4%
- Fashion and Cultural TextilesArts and Humanities3.3%
- Colonialism, slavery, and tradeSocial Sciences3.2%
- Archaeology and Rock Art StudiesSocial Sciences3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Art | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Art | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Art | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- h-index
- 63OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 603OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.19OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 50%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12.28%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 16LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,424 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 53 | 11 | 9 |
| 2024 | 42 | 6 | 14 |
| 2023 | 46 | 5 | 40 |
| 2022 | 56 | 1 | 93 |
| 2021 | 77 | 4 | 81 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
116 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 63 days – 200 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (65 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 140 days
- Sample
- 81 articles with submission and acceptance dates (324 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- ISSN
- 0001-9933
- Electronic ISSN
- 1937-2108
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about African Arts
What CAS zone is African Arts in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, African Arts is in Zone 3 of Arts, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Art. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at African Arts?
Based on the dates recorded on 81 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 116 days (interquartile range 63–200 days). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index African Arts?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, African Arts is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is African Arts open access, and what is the APC?
African Arts is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .