The Journal of African History
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Discipline | History of Africa |
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Language | English |
Edited by | Keith Breckenridge, Shane Doyle, Gregory Mann, and Emily Osborne. |
Publication details | |
Publication history | 1960-present |
Publisher | |
Frequency | Triannually |
0.857 (ISI, History) | |
Standard abbreviations | |
J. Afr. Hist. | |
Indexing | |
ISSN |
0021-8537 (print) 1469-5138 (web) |
LCCN | 63005723 |
OCLC no. | 1039207112 |
Links | |
The Journal of African History is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal. It was established in 1960 and is published by Cambridge University Press. As stated on the journal's site:
The Journal of African History (JAH) publishes articles and book reviews ranging widely over the African past, from ancient times to the present. Historical approaches to all time periods are welcome. The thematic range is equally broad, covering social, economic, political, cultural, and intellectual history. Recent articles have explored diverse themes including: labour and class, gender and sexuality, health and medicine, ethnicity and race, migration and diaspora, nationalism and state politics, religion and ritual, and technology and the environment.[1]
The current editors-in-chief are Professor Keith Breckenridge University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa , Dr Shane Doyle University of Leeds, UK , Professor Gregory Mann Columbia University, USA and Professor Emily Lynn Osborn University of Chicago, USA.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
- British Humanities Index
- Geographical Abstracts
- Current Contents
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index
- Scopus
- International Bibliography of Periodical Literature
- International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature
- International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
According to the official website, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 0.857.[2]
References
[1] Official website
External links
- ↑ Official website
- ↑ "The Journal of African History". 2012 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2013.