Journal profile · ART
Nka-Journal of Contemporary African Art
ISSN 1075-7163 · eISSN 2152-7792 · Duke University Press
Nka-Journal of Contemporary African Art: CAS Zone 4 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 21 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nka-Journal of Contemporary African Art is published by Duke University Press and is in Zone 4 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, Art, Politics, and Modernism and Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies, together about 43.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (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 Sciences24.8%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities10.8%
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesArts and Humanities7.6%
- Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentSocial Sciences6%
- South African History and CultureSocial Sciences4.5%
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.9%
- Photography and Visual CultureArts and Humanities3.7%
- Architecture, Art, EducationArts and Humanities3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| 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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 79OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.06OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 16LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,026 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 27 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 27 | 1 | 9 |
| 2021 | 48 | 1 | 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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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
- Duke University Press
- ISSN
- 1075-7163
- Electronic ISSN
- 2152-7792
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Nka-Journal of Contemporary African Art
What CAS zone is Nka-Journal of Contemporary African Art in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Nka-Journal of Contemporary African Art is in Zone 4 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.
Which databases index Nka-Journal of Contemporary African Art?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nka-Journal of Contemporary African Art is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Nka-Journal of Contemporary African Art open access, and what is the APC?
Nka-Journal of Contemporary African Art is a subscription 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: .