About the Journal
African Affairs is published on behalf of the Royal African Society. It publishes articles on recent political, social and economic developments in sub-Saharan countries. Also included are historical studies that illuminate current events in the continent.
Each issue of African Affairs contains a substantial section of book reviews, with occasional review articles. There is also an invaluable list of recently published books, and a listing of articles on Africa that have appeared in non-Africanist journals.
The Journal has an impact factor of 1.098 and is ranked 2/37 in the Area Studies category of the ISI Journal Citation Reports (2007).
Abstracting and Indexing Services
African Affairs is covered by the following abstracting and indexing services:
ABC CLIO: America: History and Life
ABC CLIO: Historical Abstracts
Anthropological Index Online
Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
British Humanities Index
CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Geo Abstracts
Humanities Index
Geobase/Geo Abstracts Index
ISI: Social Sciences Citation Index, Research Alert, Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, and Social Scisearch
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
International Political Science Abstracts
Periodical Contents Index (PCI)
Peace Research Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts
The Library of the African Studies Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
| Year | Impact Factor | Social Area Studies |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1.098 | 2 out of 37 |
| 2006 | 0.852 | |
| 2005 | 0.870 |