Journal profile
AfroAsia
ISSN 0002-0591 · eISSN 1981-1411 · Universidade Federal da Bahia - Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais · Brazil
AfroAsia: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 100 days to acceptance (79 articles, last 24 months); 39 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AfroAsia is published by Universidade Federal da Bahia - Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are History of Colonial Brazil, Colonialism, slavery, and trade and Urban Development and Societal Issues, together about 32.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Anthropology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- History of Colonial BrazilSocial Sciences14.4%
- Colonialism, slavery, and tradeSocial Sciences9.1%
- Urban Development and Societal IssuesSocial Sciences8.8%
- Literature, Culture, and CriticismArts and Humanities8.7%
- Urban and sociocultural dynamicsSocial Sciences7.2%
- Race, Identity, and Education in BrazilSocial Sciences6.1%
- Cultural, Media, and Literary StudiesArts and Humanities5.9%
- African history and culture studiesSocial Sciences4.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 74OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.27OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,152 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | 39 | 6 |
| 2024 | 27 | 27 | 12 |
| 2023 | 93 | 93 | 17 |
| 2022 | 34 | 34 | 23 |
| 2021 | 59 | 59 | 44 |
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
100 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 44 days – 188 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 10 days (64 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 99 days
- Sample
- 79 articles with submission and acceptance dates (271 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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 40 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 40 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Editorial review, Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- Universidade Federal da Bahia - Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
- ISSN
- 0002-0591
- Electronic ISSN
- 1981-1411
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AfroAsia
How long does peer review take at AfroAsia?
Based on the dates recorded on 79 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 100 days (interquartile range 44–188 days); authors report an average review time of about 40 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 AfroAsia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AfroAsia is indexed in DOAJ.
Is AfroAsia open access, and what is the APC?
AfroAsia is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .