Review of African Political Economy

Impact, Factor and Metrics, Impact Score, Ranking, h-index, SJR, Rating, Publisher, ISSN, and More

Aim and Scope

The Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) is a refereed journal committed to encouraging high quality research and fostering excellence in the understanding of African political economy. Published quarterly by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group for the ROAPE international collective it has since 1974 provided radical analysis of trends and issues in Africa. It has paid particular attention to the political economy of inequality, exploitation and oppression, whether driven by global forces or local ones (such as class, race, community and gender), and to materialist interpretations of change in Africa. It has sustained a critical analysis of the nature of power and the state in Africa.

About Review of African Political Economy

Review of African Political Economy is a journal covering the technologies/fields/categories related to Development (Q1); Geography, Planning and Development (Q1); Political Science and International Relations (Q1). It is published by Routledge. The overall rank of Review of African Political Economy is 4654. According to SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), this journal is ranked 0.940. SCImago Journal Rank is an indicator, which measures the scientific influence of journals. It considers the number of citations received by a journal and the importance of the journals from where these citations come. SJR acts as an alternative to the Journal Impact Factor (or an average number of citations received in last 2 years). This journal has an h-index of 54. The best quartile for this journal is Q1.

The ISSN of Review of African Political Economy journal is 03056244, 17401720. An International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is a unique code of 8 digits. It is used for the recognition of journals, newspapers, periodicals, and magazines in all kind of forms, be it print-media or electronic. Review of African Political Economy is cited by a total of 221 articles during the last 3 years (Preceding 2022).

Review of African Political Economy Impact IF 2022-2023

The Impact IF 2022 of Review of African Political Economy is 1.34, which is computed in 2023 as per its definition. Review of African Political Economy IF is decreased by a factor of 0.23 and approximate percentage change is -14.65% when compared to preceding year 2021, which shows a falling trend. The impact IF, also denoted as Journal impact score (JIS), of an academic journal is a measure of the yearly average number of citations to recent articles published in that journal. It is based on Scopus data.

Review of African Political Economy Impact IF 2023 Prediction

Impact IF 2022 of Review of African Political Economy is 1.34. If the same downward trend persists, Impact IF may fall in 2023 as well.

Review of African Political Economy h-index

 

Review of African Political Economy has an h-index of 54. It means 54 articles of this journal have more than 54 number of citations. The h-index is a way of measuring the productivity and citation impact of the publications. The h-index is defined as the maximum value of h such that the given journal/author has published h papers that have each been cited at least h number of times.

Review of African Political Economy ISSN

The ISSN of Review of African Political Economy is 03056244, 17401720. ISSN stands for International Standard Serial Number.

An ISSN is a unique code of 8 digits. It is used for the recognition of journals, newspapers, periodicals, and magazines in all kind of forms, be it print-media or electronic.

Review of African Political Economy Rank and SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)

The overall rank of Review of African Political Economy is 4654. According to SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), this journal is ranked 0.940. SCImago Journal Rank is an indicator, which measures the scientific influence of journals. It considers the number of citations received by a journal and the importance of the journals from where these citations come.

SJR of Review of African Political Economy by Year

Ranking of Review of African Political Economy by Year

Review of African Political Economy Publisher

Review of African Political Economy is published by Routledge. It's publishing house is located in United Kingdom. Coverage history of this journal is as following: 1974-2022. The organization or individual who handles the printing and distribution of printed or digital publications is known as Publisher.

Call For Papers

Visit the official website of the journal/conference to check the further details about the call for papers.

Abbreviation

The IS0 4 standard abbreviation of Review of African Political Economy is Rev. Afr. Political Econ.. This abbreviation ('Rev. Afr. Political Econ.') is well recommended and approved for the purpose of indexing, abstraction, referencing and citing goals. It meets all the essential criteria of ISO 4 standard.

ISO 4 (International Organization for Standardization 4) is an international standard that defines a uniform and consistent system for abbreviating serial publication titles and journals.

How to publish in Review of African Political Economy

If your research field is/are related to Development (Q1); Geography, Planning and Development (Q1); Political Science and International Relations (Q1), then please visit the official website of this journal.

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate/percentage of any academic journal/conference depends upon many parameters. Some of the critical parameters are listed below.

• The demand or interest of researchers/scientists in publishing in a specific Journal/Conference.
• Peer review complexity and timeline.
• The mix of unsolicited and invited submissions.
• The time it takes from manuscript submission to final publication.
• And Many More.

It is essential to understand that the acceptance rate/rejection rate of papers varies among journals. Some Journals considers all the manuscripts submissions as a basis of acceptance rate computation. On the other hand, few consider the only manuscripts sent for peer review or few even not bother about the accurate maintenance of total submissions. Hence, it can provide a rough estimation only.

The best way to find out the acceptance rate is to reach out to the associated editor or to check the official website of the Journal/Conference.

Credits and Sources

• Scimago Journal & Country Rank (SJR), https://www.scimagojr.com/
• Journal Impact Factor, https://clarivate.com/