Africa Spectrum
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 Cover of Africa Spectrum, volume 57, issue 3, 2022 | |
| Discipline | African studies |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Maxine Rubin and Martha C. Johnson (2024) |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1966–present |
| Publisher | GIGA (German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Institute of African Affairs), Sage Publications, Ltd. (Germany) |
| Frequency | Triannual |
| License | CC BY-ND[1] |
| 1.9 (Area Studies, Web of Science). Scopus Citescore 2016: 0.45)[2] (2014) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Afr. Spectr. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0002-0397 (print) 1868-6869 (web) |
| LCCN | 2009235670 |
| OCLC no. | 900986032 |
| Links | |
Africa Spectrum (also formerly known as Afrika Spectrum) is an interdisciplinary double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal concentrating on current political, sociological, historical, and development matters in Africa.[3][4] It was founded in 1966 and was the only German academic journal exclusively devoted to Africa. Today, Africa Spectrum is published in English and is Platinum Open Access.[3] Africa Spectrum is published three times a year by the GIGA Institute of African Affairs. The journal is part of the GIGA Journal Family of the GIGA-Institute of African Affairs (Deutsches Institut für Afrika-Forschung/Institute of African Studies (Hamburg) within the German Institute for Global and Area Studies in (Hamburg, Germany). Issues starting from the year 1966 are available at JSTOR, with a three-year moving wall.[5]
Concept
[edit]Africa Spectrum publishes scientific knowledge on politics, societies, and development in Africa, as well as Africa's role in the international system. Africa Spectrum is double-blind peer reviewed and, as of 2024, tied as the highest ranked African studies journal. Its intended audiences are academics, students, general readers, and practitioners with a concern for contemporary Africa. Since 2003, the journal collaborates closely with the Association of Africanists in Germany (Vereinigung für Afrikawissenschaften in Deutschland, VAD).
Indexing
[edit]The journal is indexed by the Social Sciences Citation Index, African Studies Abstracts Online, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Scopus, and the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences.
References
[edit]- ^ "Directory of Open Access Journals. Find open access journals & articles". Directory of Open Access Journals. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ "Scopus Preview". journalmetrics.scopus.com. Scopus. 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ a b "SAGE Journals, Africa Spectrum". journals.sagepub.com. SAGE Publishing. 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ Africa Spectrum in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- ^ "Africa Spectrum". jstor.org. JSTOR. 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
External links
[edit]- "Africa Spectrum". journals.sagepub.com. SAGE Journals. 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- "GIGA Journal Family". giga-journal-family.org. GIGA German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien. 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- "[Home] Research & Transfer, Publications, Events, The GIGA". giga-hamburg.de/en. GIGA German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien. 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
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