Journal profile · Social Sciences-Demography
Etude de la Population Africaine
ISSN 0850-5780 · eISSN 2308-7854 · Union pour l'etude de la population africaine
Etude de la Population Africaine: fully open access; APC about USD 250; 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2021 (Volume 35, Issue 1): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Etude de la Population Africaine is published by Union pour l'etude de la population africaine. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Reproductive Health and Contraception, Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences and Global Maternal and Child Health, together about 37% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
African Population Studies is a biannual, peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research articles, reviews, commentaries, letters and case studies on topics related to the disciplines represented by the Union for African Population Studies Association. These disciplines include demography, population studies, public health, epidemiology, social statistics, population geography, development studies, economics and other social sciences that deal with population and development interrelationships that are unique and relevant to Africa and global audience. Focus et champ d’application L’Etude de la Population Africaine est un journal biannuel dont l’évaluation des articles est faite par les pairs et qui publie des articles de recherche originale, des revues, des commentaires, des lettres et études de cas sur des sujets se rapportant aux disciplines de l’Union pour l’Etude de la Population Africaine. Ces disciplines sont la démographie, les études de population, la santé publique, l’épidémiologie, les statistiques sociales, la géographie de la population, l’économie et d’autres sciences sociales concernées par les interrelations entre population et développement spécifiques et pertinentes pour l’Afrique et le public mondial.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Demography
Editor-in-chief Clifford OdimegwuPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named South Africa 8, United States 3, Kenya 3, United Kingdom 2, Belgium 2 (21 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Reproductive Health and ContraceptionMedicine15.6%
- Demographic Trends and Gender PreferencesSocial Sciences11.2%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine10.2%
- Family Dynamics and RelationshipsSocial Sciences8.1%
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthHealth Professions6.3%
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine5.7%
- Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk ManagementSocial Sciences4.8%
- Gender, Labor, and Family DynamicsSocial Sciences3.8%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demography | Q3 | 82/135 | 39th |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 140OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 662 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 158 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 326 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 432 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 540 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 526 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 557 |
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
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 250 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 250 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- License & copyright Copyright & License Terms / Droits d’auteur et conditions de licence
Copyright on articles is owned by the Journal. All articles published in APS can be re-used under the following CC license: CC BY-SA-4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Droits d’auteur et conditions de licence Le droit d’auteur sur les articles appartient au Journal. Tous les articles publiés dans l’EPA peuvent être réutilisés suivant les conditions de licence de CC license: CC B…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
African Population Policy is an Open Access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.Reviews should be conducted objectively, and observations should be formulated clearly with supporting arguments, so that authors can use them for improving the paper.Any selected referee who feels …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism / Plagiat
Plagiarism is defined as the use of another’s work, words or ideas without attribution or permission, and representation of them as one’s own original work. Plagiarism may take many forms, ranging from major plagiarism (the copy-and-paste of large amounts of text), to minor plagiarism without dishonest intent (e.g. when an author uses parts of an introduction from an earlier paper) and even self-p…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Union pour l'etude de la population africaine
- ISSN
- 0850-5780
- Electronic ISSN
- 2308-7854
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 35, Issue 1 (2021)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Etude de la Population Africaine
Where are the editorial board members of Etude de la Population Africaine based?
Of the 21 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are South Africa (8), United States (3) and Kenya (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Etude de la Population Africaine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Etude de la Population Africaine is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Etude de la Population Africaine open access, and what is the APC?
Etude de la Population Africaine is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 250.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .