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Q2

South African Journal of Science

Academy of Science of South Africa

South AfricaAgricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q2); Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q2); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q3)ISSN-matched source record
Submission information ↗
Q2Ranking
—Impact Factor (year unverified)
75H-index (SCImago 2025)
0.407SJR (2025)
1973-2026Coverage

About South African Journal of Science

South African Journal of Science is a scholarly journal published by Academy of Science of South Africa. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q2, with an SJR of 0.407 and H-index of 75.

Coverage: 1973-2026. Research categories: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q2); Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q2); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q3).

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2025-12-19. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY
Peer-review processDouble anonymous peer review
APCNo APC reported in the DOAJ snapshot
Waiver policy reportedNo
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightYes
Digital preservationPortico
Reported submission-to-publication time52 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2009 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

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Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)0038-2353, 1996-7489
ISSN-L0038-2353
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationAcademy of Science of South Africa
Publisher country codeZA
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex4,210
Citations recorded in OpenAlex50,450
OpenAlex H-index81
Years represented in OpenAlex1911–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology; Evolution and Paleontology Studies; Archaeology and Rock Art Studies; Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies; Wildlife Ecology and Conservation; Health and Medical Research Impacts.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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