Review of African Political Economy

Journal Abbreviation: REV AFR POLIT ECON
Journal ISSN: 0305-6244

About Review of African Political Economy

    The Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) is a refereed journal committed to encouraging high quality research and fostering excellence in the understanding of African political economy. Published quarterly by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group for the ROAPE international collective it has since 1974 provided radical analysis of trends and issues in Africa. It has paid particular attention to the political economy of inequality, exploitation and oppression, whether driven by global forces or local ones (such as class, race, community and gender), and to materialist interpretations of change in Africa. It has sustained a critical analysis of the nature of power and the state in Africa.
Year Impact Factor (IF) Total Articles Total Cites
2022 (2023 update) 1.3 - 1385
2021 1.882 - 1296
2020 1.231 43 1456
2019 0.988 28 1087
2018 0.989 28 1070
2017 1.032 40 923
2016 0.898 52 827
2015 0.892 43 679
2014 0.762 55 457
2013 0.918 38 450
2012 - -
2011 - -
2010 - -