African and Black Diaspora is a multi-disciplinary peer-reviewed international journal that seeks to broaden and deepen our understanding of the lived experiences of people of African descent across the globe by publishing theoretically and historically informed as well as empirically grounded works in the social sciences and humanities that are intellectually challenging and illuminating.
The aim of the journal is to advance the analytical and interrogative discourse that constitutes the distinctive field of African diaspora studies in the production of knowledge by focusing on issues such as power, knowledge, gender, race and other forms of social identity. It seeks to encourage the study of the African diaspora through an inter-disciplinary and comparative framework that illuminates the state of the broad field in critical ways.
The journal publishes research articles, commentaries and book reviews twice a year with a mix of regular and special theme issues. Individuals who are interested to Guest Edit special issues should directly contact the Editors.
Peer Review Statement
All research articles are subject to a rigorous peer review process, based on initial Editor screening and double anonymous refereeing by a minimum of two external specialist referees. Editorials, introductions, book reviews, poetry and prose are assessed by the Editors but are not externally peer reviewed.
Journal metrics
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31K annual downloads/views
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Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
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:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
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.
Martin L. Boston - California State University, Sacramento, USA
Associate Editor:
Garhe Osiebe - Rhodes University, South Africa
Associate Editor for Communications:
Thabani Mutambasere - University of Edinburgh, UK
International Editorial Board:
Edward A. Alpers - University of California, USA Kwame Anthony Appiah - Princeton University, USA Sarah Fila-Bakabadio - Université de Cergy-Pontoise, France Houston Baker - Vanderbilt University, USA Filip De Boeck - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Eliane Cavalleiro - Independent scholar, San Francisco, USA Brent Hayes Edwards - Columbia University, New York, USA Michael Gomez - New York University, USA Michael Hanchard - John Hopkins University, USA Zine Magubane - Boston College, USA J. Lorand Matory - Duke University, USA Erik S. McDuffie - University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, USA Achille Mbembe - University of Witwatersrand, South Africa Tejumola Olaniyan - University of Wisconsin, USA Lena Sawyer - University of Gothenburg, Sweden Chernoh Sesay Jr. - DePaul University, USA Mimi Sheller - Drexel University, USA AbdouMaliq Simone - Urban Institute, University of Sheffield, UK Ari Sitas - University of Cape Town, South Africa Tyler Stovall - University of California-Berkeley, USA Julio Cesar de Tavares - Federal Fluminense University, Brazil Maurce-Taonezvi Vambe - University of South Africa, South Africa Tunde Zack-Williams - University of Central Lancashire, UK
International Advisory Board:
Robert L. Adams Jr. - Fetzer Institute, Michigan, USA Pal Ahluwalia - University of Portsmouth, UK Teresa Cruz e Silva - Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique Manthia Diawara - New York University, USA Darrell Fields - University of Arkansas, USA Silvia Lorenso - University of Texas, Austin, USA Mpalive-Hangson Msiska - University of London, UK Charmaine Nelson - McGill University, Quebec, Canada Zenebeworke Tadesse - Independent scholar, Ethiopia
Founding Editors
Dr Fassil Demissie - Public Policy Studies, DePaul University, USA Dr Sandra Jackson - Women and Gender Studies, DePaul University, USA
Updated 03-05-2024
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