The Journal of African History

The Journal of African History

Discipline	History of Africa
Language	English
Edited by	Abou Bamba, Michelle Moyd, Naaborko Sackeyfio-Lenoch, Samuel Severson, Thulasizwe Simpson
Publication details
History	Since 1960
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Frequency	Continuous, online only
Open access	Yes
License	Creative Commons
Impact factor	0.9 (2024)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	J. Afr. Hist.
Indexing CODEN (alt  · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR  · NLM (alt) · Scopus  · W&L
ISSN	0021-8537  (print) 1469-5138  (web)
LCCN	63005723
JSTOR	00218537
OCLC  no.	1039207112
Links
Journal homepage Online access Online archive

The Journal of African History is a triannual peer-reviewed open access academic journal. It was established in 1960 and is published by Cambridge University Press. It covers African history and archaeology and was established by John Fage and Roland Oliver. The editors-in-chief are Michelle Moyd (Michigan State University), Moses Ochonu (Vanderbilt University), and Thulasizwe Simpson (University of Pretoria).

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

• Arts and Humanities Citation Index ^[1]
• Current Contents/Arts & Humanities ^[1]
• EBSCO databases ^[2]
• GEOBASE ^[3]
• International Bibliography of Periodical Literature ^[2]
• Linguistic Bibliography ^[2]
• Modern Language Association Database ^[2]
• ProQuest databases ^[2]
• Scopus ^[4]
• Social Sciences Citation Index ^[1]

According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 0.9. ^[5]

References

1. "The Journal of African History". Web of Science Master Journal List. Clarivate . Retrieved 5 November 2025.
2. "The Journal of African History". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals . University of Barcelona . Retrieved 5 November 2025.
3. "Content/Database Overview - GEOBASE Source List". Engineering Village. Elsevier . Retrieved 5 November 2025.
4. "Source details: The Journal of African History". Scopus Preview. Elsevier . Retrieved 5 November 2025.
5. "The Journal of African History". 2024 Journal Citation Reports (Science OR Social Sciences OR Emerging Sources OR Arts and Humanities ed.). Clarivate. 2025 – via Web of Science.

External links

• Official website