Journal profile · Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
Afrika Focus
ISSN 0772-084X · eISSN 2031-356X · Gents Afrika Platform, Afrika Brug · Belgium
Afrika Focus: fully open access; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 27 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Afrika Focus is published by Gents Afrika Platform, Afrika Brug. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are African Studies and Ethnography, African history and culture studies and Political Conflict and Governance, together about 44% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- African Studies and EthnographySocial Sciences19.7%
- African history and culture studiesSocial Sciences19.3%
- Political Conflict and GovernanceSocial Sciences5%
- African Botany and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.7%
- International Development and AidSocial Sciences4.5%
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesArts and Humanities4.3%
- Global Political and Social DynamicsSocial Sciences3.8%
- South African History and CultureSocial Sciences3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Studies | Q3 | 1051/1434 | — |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q4 | 659/744 | — |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 84OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.39OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.15%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 19LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,462 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 200 |
| 2025 | 27 | 27 | 310 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 258 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 302 |
| 2022 | 28 | 28 | 445 |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 | 379 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Gents Afrika Platform, Afrika Brug
- Country or region
- Belgium
- Language
- English, French
- ISSN
- 0772-084X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2031-356X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Afrika Focus
How long does peer review take at Afrika Focus?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks. 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 Afrika Focus?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Afrika Focus is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Afrika Focus open access, and what is the APC?
Afrika Focus is a fully open-access 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: .