SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE Impact factor 2025

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The latest impact factor of SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE and all the other Web of Science journals was released on 20th June 2025 by Clarivate. Through this web page, researchers can check the impact factor, total citation, journal quartile, and journal aim & scope.

SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE: Aim & Scope

SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE is a Web of Science indexed journal tha publishes research in the area: Multidisciplinary Sciences.
The ISSN of this journal is 1996-7489.

Impact factor of SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

Journal Title	SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
Impact Factor	1.5
SJR	0.34
ISSN	1996-7489
Quartile	Q2

Impact Factor from year 2018-2024

Year	Impact Factor
2018	1.191
2019	1.351
2020	1.866
2021	2.197
2022
2023	2.4
2025	1.5

The Journal Impact Factor is defined as citations to the journal in the JCR year to items published in the previous two years, divided by the total number of scholarly items, also known as citable items, (these comprise articles and reviews) published in the journal in the previous two years.

Impact factor data has a strong influence on the scientific community, affecting decisions on where to publish, whom to promote or hire, the success of grant applications, and even salary bonuses.

Only journals listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) receive an Impact Factor.

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