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Africa Spectrum

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Africa Spectrum
Cover of Africa Spectrum, volume 57, issue 3, 2022
DisciplineAfrican studies
LanguageEnglish
Edited byLeonardo R. Arriola and Tim Glawion (2023)
Publication details
History1966–present
Publisher
GIGA (German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Institute of African Affairs), Sage Publications, Ltd. (Germany)
FrequencyTriannual
LicenseCC BY-ND[1]
0.900 (Area Studies, Web of Science). Scopus Citescore 2016: 0.45)[2] (2014)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Afr. Spectr.
Indexing
ISSN0002-0397 (print)
1868-6869 (web)
LCCN2009235670
OCLC no.900986032
Links

Africa Spectrum (also formerly known as Afrika Spectrum) is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed academic journal concentrating on current development issues in Africa south of the Sahara.[3][4] It is the only German academic journal exclusively devoted to Africa and is Platinum Open Access.[3] Africa Spectrum is published three times a year by the GIGA Institute of African Affairs and was founded in 1966. 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 at (Hamburg, Germany). Issues starting from the year 1966 are available at JSTOR, with a three-year moving wall.[5]

Concept

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Africa Spectrum focuses on social science dealing with Africa (African Studies) and aims at academics, students and 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

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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

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  1. ^ "Directory of Open Access Journals. Find open access journals & articles". Directory of Open Access Journals. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Scopus Preview". journalmetrics.scopus.com. Scopus. 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b "SAGE Journals, Africa Spectrum". journals.sagepub.com. SAGE Publishing. 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  4. ^ Africa Spectrum in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
  5. ^ "Africa Spectrum". jstor.org. JSTOR. 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
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