Journal of Modern African Studies

Journal of Modern African Studies

Discipline	African studies
Language	English
Edited by	Ian Taylor, Ebenezer Obadare
Publication details
History	1963–present
Publisher	Cambridge University Press (United Kingdom)
Frequency	Quarterly
Impact factor	1.137 (2021)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt1 · alt2) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	J. Mod. Afr. Stud.
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus
ISSN	0022-278X (print) 1469-7777 (web)
LCCN	2001-227388
JSTOR	0022278X
OCLC no.	48535892
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The Journal of Modern African Studies is a quarterly academic journal of African studies covering developments in modern African politics and society. Its main emphasis is on current issues in African politics, economies, societies, and international relations. The journal is published by Cambridge University Press and as of 2018 its editors-in-chief are Ian Taylor (St. Andrews University) and Ebenezer Obadare (Council on Foreign Relations). It was edited by Leonardo A. Villalón (University of Florida) and Paul Nugent (University of Edinburgh) from 2012 to 2017, and by Christopher Clapham (University of Cambridge) from 1997 to 2012. David Kimble (National University of Lesotho) served as its founding editor from 1963 to 1997.