Review of African Political Economy explained

Review of African Political Economy
Discipline:Political economy
Editor:Janet Bujra
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Abbreviation:Rev. Afr. Political Econ.
History:1974–present
Frequency:Quarterly
Impact:0.988
Impact-Year:2019
Website:http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/crea20/current
Link1:http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/crea20
Link1-Name:Online archive
Issn:0305-6244
Eissn:1470-1014
Jstor:03056244
Oclc:2243506
Lccn:75647118
Coden:RAPEF9

The Review of African Political Economy is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering African political economy.[1] It was founded with the help of Lionel Cliffe and is published quarterly by Taylor & Francis since 1974. As of January 2024 the journal will leave Taylor & Francis and become open access.[2] It focuses in particular on 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.[3]

The editor-in-chief is Janet Bujra (University of Bradford).

Impact and indexing

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2019 impact factor of 0.988, ranking it 118th out of 181 journals in the category "Political Science".[4] . It is indexed in a number of databases, including Scopus (Elsevier), Social Sciences Citation Index (Clarivate), IBZ Online (De Gruyter), Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest), Social Sciences Abstracts (EBSCO), ABI/INFORM (ProQuest), Business Source Ultimate (EBSCO), CAB Abstracts (CABI), Humanities Abstracts (EBSCO), and Index Islamicus (Brill).[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Review of African Political Economy. Published by Science Open from 2024 . 21 March 2024 . tandfonline.com . Taylor & Francis Group. Informa UK Limited..
  2. Web site: ROAPE . 2023-03-21 . ROAPE in 2024 – an end and a new beginning - ROAPE . 2024-03-21 . en-US . roape.net . ROAPE Publications.
  3. Web site: Review of African Political Economy 1997 - 2023 . econpapers.repec.org . 21 March 2024 . EconPapers, School of Business, Örebro University.
  4. Book: 2019 Journal Citation Reports. Journal Citation Reports. Thomson Reuters. 2021. Social Sciences. Web of Science. Journals Ranked by Impact: Political Science.
  5. Web site: REVIEW OF AFRICAN POLITICAL ECONOMY, ISSN 0305-6244 . 21 March 2024 . miar.ub.edu . MIAR Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. Versión 2024. Universitat de Barcelona. Facultat d'Informació i Mitjans audiovisuals.