About the Journal

The African studies is an Green Publication open access journal publishes the articles related to African studies  and development techniques used in African research. It aims to publish most complete reliable source of information with evidence on the discoveries and future developments in the mode of original articles.

It publishes in the form of Research article, Review article, Editorial, Photographic image, Video Article, Short communication, Rapid communication, Case Report, Rapid communication, Survey report, Mini review, etc.

The Journal is using the online System for quality in the peer-review process. online submission and review system, where authors can submit manuscripts and track their progress. Reviewers can download manuscripts and submit their opinions. Editors can manage the whole submission, review, revise and publish process through the online system. Authors can see the manuscripts are in which stage waiting for publication. A 45 days’ rapid review process with international peer-review standards and with quality reviewers. Review processing is performed by the editorial board members of Journal of African studies  or outside experts, at least two to three independent reviewer’s approval followed by editor approval is required for acceptance of any citable manuscript. After publishing articles are freely available through online without any restrictions or any other subscriptions to researchers worldwide.

Open Access Publishing should be seen as a means of accelerating scientific discovery by providing free and unrestricted access of scientific knowledge via the Internet. An essential role of Open Access is the long-term preservation of peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles and research data. Open Access is not only used for journal articles but is also being implemented to theses, scholarly monographs, and book chapters. Promotion of Open Access is very crucial to encourage innovation, socio-economic development, and flow of knowledge around the world. As such, Green Publication Open Access can be defined as an instrument ultimately used for public welfare to stimulate the growth of global science, as well as maintain the quality of scientific achievements at the same time.

Topics:

  • African social sciences
  • African cultural and history studies
  • African language studies
  • African literatures