Journal metric profile

Review of African Political Economy

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 1.600 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 1.800 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 22/182 Recorded category rank

Review of African Political Economy JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Review of African Political Economy is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ScienceOpen. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 1.600, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 22 out of 182 journals in its listed category. A Q1 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 1,382 total citations, 0 total articles, 0 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 1.800, which is 0.200 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 1.600. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.230.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 12.1 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year.

Journal identifiers and verification

Review of African Political Economy is identified in this record by print ISSN 0305-6244 and electronic ISSN 1740-1720. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameReview of African Political Economy
Abbreviated journalREV AFR POLIT ECON
PublisherScienceOpen
Metric year2025
Overall rank10,174
ISSN0305-6244
eISSN1740-1720
Total cites1,382
Total articles0
Citable items0
Cited half-life12.1 years
Citing half-lifeNot available
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.600
5-Year Impact Factor1.800
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.600
Journal Citation Indicator1.230
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank22/182
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Review of African Political Economy?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Review of African Political Economy is 1.600 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Review of African Political Economy?

Review of African Political Economy is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Review of African Political Economy?

Review of African Political Economy is listed as being published by ScienceOpen.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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