Title | African Health Sciences |
Abbreviation | Afr. Health Sci. |
Publication Type | Journal |
Subject Area, Categories, Scope | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q3) |
h-index | 54 |
Overall Rank/Ranking | 14299 |
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) | 0.327 |
Impact Score | 0.98 |
Publisher | Makerere University, Medical School |
Country | Uganda |
ISSN | 16806905 |
Best Quartile | Q3 |
Coverage History | 2001-2022 |
The African Health Sciences is an internationally refereed journal publishing original articles on research, clinical practice, public health, policy, planning, implementation and evaluation, in the health and related sciences relevant to Africa and the tropics.
African Health Sciences is a journal covering the technologies/fields/categories related to Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q3). It is published by Makerere University, Medical School. The overall rank of African Health Sciences is 14299. According to SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), this journal is ranked 0.327. 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 Q3.
The ISSN of African Health Sciences journal is 16806905. 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. African Health Sciences is cited by a total of 903 articles during the last 3 years (Preceding 2022).
The Impact IF 2022 of African Health Sciences is 0.98, which is computed in 2023 as per its definition. African Health Sciences IF is decreased by a factor of 0.08 and approximate percentage change is -7.55% 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.
Impact IF 2022 of African Health Sciences is 0.98. If the same downward trend persists, Impact IF may fall in 2023 as well.
Year | Impact IF |
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2023/2024 | Coming Soon |
2022 | 0.98 |
2021 | 1.06 |
2020 | 0.86 |
2019 | 0.82 |
2018 | 0.86 |
2017 | 0.88 |
2016 | 0.71 |
2015 | 0.80 |
2014 | 0.91 |
African Health Sciences 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.
The ISSN of African Health Sciences is 16806905. 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.
The overall rank of African Health Sciences is 14299. According to SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), this journal is ranked 0.327. 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.
Year | SJR |
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2023/2024 | Coming Soon |
2022 | 0.327 |
2021 | 0.326 |
2020 | 0.391 |
2019 | 0.381 |
2018 | 0.444 |
2017 | 0.446 |
2016 | 0.385 |
2015 | 0.472 |
2014 | 0.484 |
Year | Ranking |
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2023/2024 | Coming Soon |
2022 | 14299 |
2021 | 13987 |
2020 | 12327 |
2019 | 12167 |
2018 | 10472 |
2017 | 10075 |
2016 | 11336 |
2015 | 9638 |
2014 | 9215 |
African Health Sciences is published by Makerere University, Medical School. It's publishing house is located in Uganda. Coverage history of this journal is as following: 2001-2022. The organization or individual who handles the printing and distribution of printed or digital publications is known as Publisher.
Visit the official website of the journal/conference to check the further details about the call for papers.
The IS0 4 standard abbreviation of African Health Sciences is Afr. Health Sci.. This abbreviation ('Afr. Health Sci.') 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.
If your research field is/are related to Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q3), then please visit the official website of this journal.
The acceptance rate/percentage of any academic journal/conference depends upon many parameters. Some of the critical parameters are listed below.
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.
African Health Sciences latest impact IF is 0.98. It's evaluated in the year 2022. The highest and the lowest impact IF or impact score of this journal are 1.06 (2021) and 0.71 (2016), respectively, in the last 9 years. Moreover, its average IS is 0.88 in the previous 9 years.
The African Health Sciences has an SJR (SCImago Journal Rank) of 0.327, according to the latest data. It is computed in the year 2023. In the past 9 years, this journal has recorded a range of SJR, with the highest being 0.484 in 2014 and the lowest being 0.326 in 2021. Furthermore, the average SJR of the African Health Sciences over the previous 9-year period stands at 0.88.
The latest h-index of the African Health Sciences is 54.
The African Health Sciences is published by the Makerere University, Medical School, with its country of publication being the Uganda.
The African Health Sciences is currently ranked 14299 out of 27955 Journals, Conferences, and Book Series in the latest ranking. Over the course of the last 9 years, this journal has experienced varying rankings, reaching its highest position of 9215 in 2014 and its lowest position of 14299 in 2022.
The standard ISO4 abbreviation for the African Health Sciences is Afr. Health Sci..
African Health Sciences is classified as a journal that the Makerere University, Medical School publishes.
The African Health Sciences encompasses the following areas:
For a more comprehensive understanding of its scope, check the official website of this journal.
The African Health Sciences is assigned the following International Standard Serial Numbers (ISSN): 16806905.
The best quartile for the African Health Sciences is Q3 (2022).
The African Health Sciences coverage history can be summarized as follows: 2001-2022.
Journal/Conference/Workshop/Book Title | Type | Ranking | Publisher | h-index | Impact Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Current Sociology | journal | 6591 | SAGE Publications Ltd | 76 | 2.29 |
Journal of Competition Law and Economics | journal | 14815 | Oxford University Press | 29 | 0.72 |
CESifo Economic Studies | journal | 14012 | Oxford University Press | 32 | 1.70 |
Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection | journal | 14852 | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 29 | 1.14 |
Mathematical Modelling and Analysis | journal | 11315 | Vilnius Gediminas Technical University | 27 | 1.75 |
International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems | journal | 15843 | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 23 | 1.28 |
International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems - ASPLOS | conference and proceedings | 781 | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | 100 | 8.01 |
Exploration Geophysics | journal | 16383 | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 48 | 1.17 |
Indian Phytopathology | journal | 14222 | Springer Nature | 11 | 1.33 |
Proceedings of the International Semiconductor Conference, CAS | conference and proceedings | 25734 | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | 16 | 0.00 |
Year | Impact Score (IS) |
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2023/2024 | Coming Soon |
2022 | 0.98 |
2021 | 1.06 |
2020 | 0.86 |
2019 | 0.82 |
2018 | 0.86 |
2017 | 0.88 |
2016 | 0.71 |
2015 | 0.80 |
2014 | 0.91 |