North Africa has been understudied despite its significant historical, political, social, economic, cultural and literary legacies and its links to Europe, West Asia, and Saharan and Sahelian Africa. Its principal constituent countries stretch from Mauritania in the west to Egypt in the east and include Morocco (along with the disputed Western Sahara), Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Sudan. North African revolutions initiated and inspired the “Arab Spring” and current interest in the region and its strategic importance has grown exponentially.
The Journal of North African Studies provides an interdisciplinary forum for scholars of and from the region. Its contents cover both country-based and regional themes, which range from historical inquiries to political, sociological, cultural, anthropological, and economic studies. It is the first academic journal in English to analyze historic and current affairs of an important region of the Mediterranean basin linking West Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Peer Review Statement
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing.
Journal metrics
Usage
102K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.8 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
1.0 (2023) 5 year IF
2.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.367 (2023) SNIP
0.543 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
24 days avg. from submission to first
decision
76 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
12 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
15% acceptance rate
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and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
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Impact Factor*:
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Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
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Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
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Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
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journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editors: Shana Cohen - University of Cambridge, UK Samia Errazzouki - Stanford University,USA Andrea Khalil - The City University of New York, NY, USA
Special Issue Editor and Social Media Editor: Anne Wolf - University of Oxford, UK
Associate Editor: David Stenner - Christopher Newport University, USA
Book Review Editors: Yasser Elhariry - Dartmouth College, USA Arun Kapil - FASSE, Institut Catholique de Paris, France David Stenner - Christopher Newport University, USA
Founding Editor: George Joffé - POLIS, University of Cambridge, UK
George Joffé launched the British-based JNAS in 1996 as the Senior Editor and he was joined in 1998 by John Entelis as Co-Editor of a newly reconstituted JNAS with dual USA and UK representation.
International Advisory Board Members: Eva Bellin - Brandeis University, USA Dina Bishari - University of Alabama, USA Aomar Boum - UCLA, USA Laurie Brand - University of Southern California, USA Michael Brett - SOAS, University of London, UK Edmund Burke III - University of California, Santa Cruz, USA Mounira M. Charrad - University of Texas, USA John P. Entelis - Fordham University, USA Abdellah Hammoudi - Princeton University, USA Jonathan Hill - Kings College, London, UK Adria Lawrence - Johns Hopkins University, USA Driss Maghraoui Al-Akhawayn - University in Ifrane, Morocco James McDougall - Trinity College Oxford, UK Emma Murphy - CMEIS, Durham, UK Phillip C. Naylor - Department of History, Marquette University, USA Valérie K. Orlando - University of Maryland, USA C.R. Pennell - University of Melbourne, Australia Kenneth Perkins - University of South Carolina, USA Larbi Sadiki - Middle East Council on Global Affairs, Qatar Etty Terem - Rhodes College, USA Mark Tessler - University of Michigan, USA Álvaro Vasconcelos - Forum Demos in Porto (Portugal) Greg White - Smith College, USA Yahia Zoubir - EUROMED, Marseille, France Katja Zvan-Elliott - Al-Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco
Abstracting and indexing
The Journal of North African Studies is currently noted in:
British Humanities Index
GEOBASE
International Development Abstracts
International Political Science Abstracts
SCOPUS
Social Planning/Policy and Development Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts
Open access
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Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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This association was founded in 1984 to promote the systematic study of North Africa among interested scholars, specialists, students, and others concerned with the region. In addition to sponsoring The Journal of North African Studies, AIMS sponsors yearly academic conferences in North Africa, provides funding support for students and scholars to undertake research in the region, administers overseas research centres in Tunisia (Tunis-CEMAT) and Algeria (Oran-CEMA), and has a long-standing partnership with its centre in Morocco (Tangier-TALIM).
Individuals interested in becoming members should email: Terry Ryan, AIMS US Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. Email: [email protected]. Current membership dues are $100 for individuals, $50 for students, and $500 for instiutions. For more information, please visit the AIMS website.
Print ISSN:
1362-9387
Online ISSN:
1743-9345
6 issues per year
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