South African Journal of Science

ISSN 0038-2353Academy of Science of South AfricaSouth Africa
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Journal overview

Journal identity
Titles
South African Journal of Science
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE ACAD SCIENCE SOUTH AFRICA - ASSAf
Key identifiers
ISSN
0038-2353
0038-2353
eISSN
1996-7489
NLM ID
Not available
Publisher / basic metadata
Publisher
Academy of Science of South Africa
Country
Language
English

Indexing & coverage

Current indexing summary
Scopus
Currently indexed

Scopus's Sources record lists this journal as active.

Indexing history
Coverage
1973–2026
Indexing services (MEDLINE, Embase)
Not available
Bibliographic inclusion (PubMed)
Not available
Full-text availability (PMC — not an indexing service)
Not available

Metrics

MetricYearValueQuartileRankSource
JIF20252.3Q27030JCR Impact Factor List 2025 — supplied dataset
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) — 2025

Source: SCImago Journal & Country Rank — 2025 dataset. SJR is a metric published by SCImago, presented here as reported.

SJR
0.407
Best Quartile
Q2
H-index
75
Subject categories (quartile varies by category)
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) — Q2
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) — Q2
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) — Q3
More metrics
Coverage
1973–2026
Country
South Africa
Region
Africa
Publisher
Academy of Science of South Africa
Open Access
Yes
Open Access (Diamond)
Yes
Total documents (current year)
113
Total documents (3 years)
378
Total references
3821
Total citations (3 years)
612
Citable documents (3 years)
267
Citations per document (2 years)
1.24
References per document
33.81
Source details
Match confidence
Confirmed — two independent ISSNs agree
Matched via ISSN(s)
1996-7489, 0038-2353
SCImago Source ID
24880
SCImago Rank (across all SCImago source types)
14027

Publication activity

Publication activity
SCImago
2025
113 observed publications
Latest publication activity observed
2025
Current-year activity
Recent publication activity observed

Evidence sources: SCImago. SCImago's count is a source-reported aggregate figure; Crossref/OpenAlex/PubMed counts are distinct article records JCF Labs observed via each provider's own free API — none is guaranteed to be that journal's complete output for the year, and providers may disagree (this is expected, not an error). See this journal's own source evidence above for full context.

Open access

DOAJ — Directory of Open Access Journals

Source: DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals). Listing status and policy details are reported here as DOAJ published them.

Listed in DOAJ
Yes
License
CC BY
APC (article processing charge)
No
More information
Waiver policy
No
Review process
Double anonymous peer review
Plagiarism screening
Yes
Preservation services
Portico
Added to DOAJ
2010-09-13
Journal homepage
DOAJ profile
Source details
Match confidence
Confirmed — two independent ISSNs agree
Matched via ISSN(s)
0038-2353, 1996-7489

Subjects & categories

Subjects / categories
Subject area (SCImago)
MeSH (PubMed)
Not available
Coverage / history
Scopus:1973-2026