African Journal of Legal Studies
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

African Journal of Legal Studies
Overview

Impact Factor

NA

H Index

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Impact Factor

0.156

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

Netherlands
Journal ISSN: 17087384, 22109730
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
History: 2004-2006, 2008-2009, 2011-2021
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

The African Journal of Legal Studies AJLS is a peerreviewed and interdisciplinary academic journal focusing on human rights and rule of law issues in Africa as analyzed by lawyers economists political scientists and others drawn from throughout the continent and the world. The journal which was established by the Africa Law Institute and is now copublished in collaboration with BrillNijhoff aims to serve as the leading forum for the thoughtful and scholarly engagement of a broad range of complex issues at the intersection of law public policy and social change in Africa. AJLS places emphasis on presenting a diversity of perspectives on fundamental longterm systemic problems of human rights and governance as well as emerging issues and possible solutions to them. Towards this end AJLS encourages critical reflections that are based on empirical observations and experience as well as theoretical and multidisciplinary approaches.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



African Journal of Legal Studies
SCR Impact Factor

African Journal of Legal Studies
SCR Journal Ranking

African Journal of Legal Studies
SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from.

African Journal of Legal Studies
Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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African Journal of Legal Studies
Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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African Journal of Legal Studies
Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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African Journal of Legal Studies
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2023 Impact Factor
    0.17 0.238 0.278
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    0.063 0.094 0.103
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    0.156 0.139 0.167
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    0.15 0.125 0.205
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    0 0.071 0.108
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    0 0.061 0.23
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    0.048 0.102 0.143
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    0.216 0.205 0.172
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    0.229 0.265 0.333
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    0.143 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    0.16 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    0.364 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    0.286 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    0 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    0 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    0 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    0.1 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    0.273 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    0.667 NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    0 NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?


III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

African Journal of Legal Studies
H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

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African Journal of Legal Studies
H-Index History