International Journal of African Historical Studies

The International Journal of African Historical Studies (IJAHS) is devoted to the study of the African past. Norman Bennett was the founder and guiding force behind the journal’s growth from its first incarnation at Boston University as African Historical Studies in 1968. He remained its editor for more than thirty years. The title was expanded to the International Journal of African Historical Studies in 1972, when Africana Publishers Holmes and Meier took over publication and distribution for the next decade. Beginning in 1982, the African Studies Center once again assumed full responsibility for production and distribution. Jean Hay served as the journal’s production editor from 1979 to 1995, and editor from 1998 to her retirement in 2005. Michael DiBlasi is the current editor, and James McCann and Diana Wylie are associate editors of the journal. Members of the editorial board include: Emmanuel Akyeampong, Peter Alegi, Misty Bastian, Sara Berry, Barbara Cooper, Marc Epprecht, Lidwien Kapteijns, Meredith McKittrick, Pashington Obang, David Schoenbrun, Heather Sharkey, Ann B. Stahl, John Thornton, and Rudolph Ware III. The journal publishes three issues each year (April, August, and December). Articles, notes, and documents submitted to the journal should be based on original research and framed in terms of historical analysis. Contributions in archaeology, history, anthropology, historical ecology, political science, political ecology, and economic history are welcome. Articles that highlight European administrators, settlers, or colonial policies should be submitted elsewhere, unless they deal substantially with interactions with (or the affects on) African societies.

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Category	Year	Quartile
Cultural Studies	2000	Q3
Cultural Studies	2001	Q3
Cultural Studies	2002	Q3
Cultural Studies	2003	Q3
Cultural Studies	2004	Q1
Cultural Studies	2005	Q3
Cultural Studies	2006	Q1
Cultural Studies	2007	Q2
Cultural Studies	2008	Q2
Cultural Studies	2009	Q3
Cultural Studies	2010	Q1
Cultural Studies	2011	Q1
Cultural Studies	2012	Q1
Cultural Studies	2013	Q2
Cultural Studies	2014	Q2
Cultural Studies	2015	Q1
Cultural Studies	2016	Q2
Cultural Studies	2017	Q3
Cultural Studies	2018	Q2
Cultural Studies	2019	Q3
Cultural Studies	2020	Q2
Cultural Studies	2021	Q4
Cultural Studies	2022	Q3
Cultural Studies	2023	Q2
History	2000	Q3
History	2001	Q3
History	2002	Q3
History	2003	Q4
History	2004	Q2
History	2005	Q3
History	2006	Q1
History	2007	Q2
History	2008	Q2
History	2009	Q3
History	2010	Q1
History	2011	Q1
History	2012	Q1
History	2013	Q2
History	2014	Q2
History	2015	Q1
History	2016	Q2
History	2017	Q3
History	2018	Q2
History	2019	Q3
History	2020	Q2
History	2021	Q4
History	2022	Q3
History	2023	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2000	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2001	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2002	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2003	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2004	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2005	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2006	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2007	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2008	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2009	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2010	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2011	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2012	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2013	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2014	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2015	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2016	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2017	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2018	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2019	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2020	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2021	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2022	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2023	Q3

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
2000	0.104
2001	0.103
2002	0.102
2003	0.101
2004	0.145
2005	0.117
2006	0.305
2007	0.141
2008	0.150
2009	0.114
2010	0.364
2011	0.257
2012	0.236
2013	0.165
2014	0.192
2015	0.310
2016	0.168
2017	0.121
2018	0.176
2019	0.116
2020	0.134
2021	0.101
2022	0.112
2023	0.202

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	5
2000	2
2001	2
2002	14
2003	17
2004	16
2005	11
2006	12
2007	14
2008	16
2009	17
2010	17
2011	16
2012	16
2013	15
2014	6
2015	22
2016	15
2017	20
2018	19
2019	20
2020	16
2021	16
2022	17
2023	12

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.174
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.143
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.265
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.466
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.321
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.245
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.245
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.881
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.719
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.758
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.621
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.406
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.774
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.288
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	0.379
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	0.365
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	0.342
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	0.311
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	0.320
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	0.225
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	0.304
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.111
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.121
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.213
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.341
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.231
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.270
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.214
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.723
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.580
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.800
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.408
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.383
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.757
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.279
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	0.395
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	0.368
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	0.130
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	0.356
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	0.091
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	0.231
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	0.327
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.097
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.030
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.333
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.304
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.269
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.167
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.636
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.647
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.515
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.281
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.484
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.571
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.250
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.432
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	0.143
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	0.103
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	0.308
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	0.111
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	0.281
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	0.303

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	0
Self Cites	2000	0
Self Cites	2001	0
Self Cites	2002	0
Self Cites	2003	0
Self Cites	2004	0
Self Cites	2005	1
Self Cites	2006	1
Self Cites	2007	0
Self Cites	2008	0
Self Cites	2009	1
Self Cites	2010	2
Self Cites	2011	1
Self Cites	2012	1
Self Cites	2013	1
Self Cites	2014	0
Self Cites	2015	1
Self Cites	2016	0
Self Cites	2017	0
Self Cites	2018	0
Self Cites	2019	0
Self Cites	2020	0
Self Cites	2021	0
Self Cites	2022	0
Self Cites	2023	0
Total Cites	1999	0
Total Cites	2000	0
Total Cites	2001	0
Total Cites	2002	0
Total Cites	2003	2
Total Cites	2004	4
Total Cites	2005	10
Total Cites	2006	15
Total Cites	2007	9
Total Cites	2008	10
Total Cites	2009	9
Total Cites	2010	34
Total Cites	2011	29
Total Cites	2012	40
Total Cites	2013	20
Total Cites	2014	18
Total Cites	2015	28
Total Cites	2016	12
Total Cites	2017	17
Total Cites	2018	21
Total Cites	2019	7
Total Cites	2020	21
Total Cites	2021	5
Total Cites	2022	12
Total Cites	2023	16

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0
External Cites per document	2000	0.000
External Cites per document	2001	0.000
External Cites per document	2002	0.000
External Cites per document	2003	0.111
External Cites per document	2004	0.121
External Cites per document	2005	0.191
External Cites per document	2006	0.318
External Cites per document	2007	0.231
External Cites per document	2008	0.270
External Cites per document	2009	0.190
External Cites per document	2010	0.681
External Cites per document	2011	0.560
External Cites per document	2012	0.780
External Cites per document	2013	0.388
External Cites per document	2014	0.383
External Cites per document	2015	0.730
External Cites per document	2016	0.279
External Cites per document	2017	0.395
External Cites per document	2018	0.368
External Cites per document	2019	0.130
External Cites per document	2020	0.356
External Cites per document	2021	0.091
External Cites per document	2022	0.231
External Cites per document	2023	0.327
Cites per document	1999	0.000
Cites per document	2000	0.000
Cites per document	2001	0.000
Cites per document	2002	0.000
Cites per document	2003	0.111
Cites per document	2004	0.121
Cites per document	2005	0.213
Cites per document	2006	0.341
Cites per document	2007	0.231
Cites per document	2008	0.270
Cites per document	2009	0.214
Cites per document	2010	0.723
Cites per document	2011	0.580
Cites per document	2012	0.800
Cites per document	2013	0.408
Cites per document	2014	0.383
Cites per document	2015	0.757
Cites per document	2016	0.279
Cites per document	2017	0.395
Cites per document	2018	0.368
Cites per document	2019	0.130
Cites per document	2020	0.356
Cites per document	2021	0.091
Cites per document	2022	0.231
Cites per document	2023	0.327

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	0.00
2000	0.00
2001	0.00
2002	0.00
2003	0.00
2004	0.00
2005	0.00
2006	0.00
2007	0.00
2008	0.00
2009	5.88
2010	0.00
2011	6.25
2012	6.25
2013	6.67
2014	0.00
2015	9.09
2016	0.00
2017	5.00
2018	0.00
2019	5.00
2020	0.00
2021	25.00
2022	23.53
2023	0.00

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	0
Non-citable documents	2004	0
Non-citable documents	2005	0
Non-citable documents	2006	0
Non-citable documents	2007	0
Non-citable documents	2008	0
Non-citable documents	2009	1
Non-citable documents	2010	2
Non-citable documents	2011	2
Non-citable documents	2012	2
Non-citable documents	2013	1
Non-citable documents	2014	1
Non-citable documents	2015	0
Non-citable documents	2016	0
Non-citable documents	2017	0
Non-citable documents	2018	1
Non-citable documents	2019	5
Non-citable documents	2020	6
Non-citable documents	2021	5
Non-citable documents	2022	1
Non-citable documents	2023	0
Citable documents	1999	0
Citable documents	2000	5
Citable documents	2001	7
Citable documents	2002	9
Citable documents	2003	18
Citable documents	2004	33
Citable documents	2005	47
Citable documents	2006	44
Citable documents	2007	39
Citable documents	2008	37
Citable documents	2009	41
Citable documents	2010	45
Citable documents	2011	48
Citable documents	2012	48
Citable documents	2013	48
Citable documents	2014	46
Citable documents	2015	37
Citable documents	2016	43
Citable documents	2017	43
Citable documents	2018	56
Citable documents	2019	49
Citable documents	2020	53
Citable documents	2021	50
Citable documents	2022	51
Citable documents	2023	49

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	0
Uncited documents	2000	5
Uncited documents	2001	7
Uncited documents	2002	9
Uncited documents	2003	17
Uncited documents	2004	30
Uncited documents	2005	39
Uncited documents	2006	31
Uncited documents	2007	31
Uncited documents	2008	30
Uncited documents	2009	34
Uncited documents	2010	25
Uncited documents	2011	33
Uncited documents	2012	30
Uncited documents	2013	34
Uncited documents	2014	35
Uncited documents	2015	21
Uncited documents	2016	34
Uncited documents	2017	29
Uncited documents	2018	41
Uncited documents	2019	47
Uncited documents	2020	45
Uncited documents	2021	50
Uncited documents	2022	42
Uncited documents	2023	37
Cited documents	1999	0
Cited documents	2000	0
Cited documents	2001	0
Cited documents	2002	0
Cited documents	2003	1
Cited documents	2004	3
Cited documents	2005	8
Cited documents	2006	13
Cited documents	2007	8
Cited documents	2008	7
Cited documents	2009	8
Cited documents	2010	22
Cited documents	2011	17
Cited documents	2012	20
Cited documents	2013	15
Cited documents	2014	12
Cited documents	2015	16
Cited documents	2016	9
Cited documents	2017	14
Cited documents	2018	16
Cited documents	2019	7
Cited documents	2020	14
Cited documents	2021	5
Cited documents	2022	10
Cited documents	2023	12

% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

Year	Female Percent
1999	20.00
2000	50.00
2001	50.00
2002	15.38
2003	29.41
2004	26.67
2005	40.00
2006	46.15
2007	21.43
2008	26.32
2009	35.29
2010	58.82
2011	26.67
2012	35.29
2013	33.33
2014	33.33
2015	42.86
2016	26.67
2017	36.84
2018	12.50
2019	18.18
2020	47.37
2021	35.29
2022	21.74
2023	40.00

Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

Documents	Year	Value
Overton	1999	3
Overton	2000	0
Overton	2001	0
Overton	2002	2
Overton	2003	4
Overton	2004	0
Overton	2005	0
Overton	2006	0
Overton	2007	0
Overton	2008	0
Overton	2009	0
Overton	2010	0
Overton	2011	0
Overton	2012	0
Overton	2013	0
Overton	2014	0
Overton	2015	0
Overton	2016	0
Overton	2017	0
Overton	2018	0
Overton	2019	0
Overton	2020	0
Overton	2021	0
Overton	2022	0
Overton	2023	0