Draft:Hungarian Journal of African Studies

The Hungarian Journal of African Studies is an interdisciplinary journal published by the Africa Research Centre at the University of Pécs. Launched in 2007, the journal is published in both English and Hungarian languages. Its issues examine affairs related to African societies, focusing on those linked to political science and international relations.

History
=== 2007 === The Hungarian Journal of African Studies, which has been published continuously since 2007, issued case studies, interviews, book reviews, research reports and analyses from Hungarian and foreign professionals. The journal aims to help creating a detailed, wide, and unbiased picture of Africa through scientific papers and educational articles. It contributes to the progress of professional discourse regarding Africa in Hungary and Central Europe. As a long-term goal, it strives to become an internationally relevant and influential journal in the field of African Studies.

2013
Every Hungarian article received English abstracts from the first volume of the seventh year starting in 2013. A significant amount of the published articles covered the results of various case studies.

2018
Since 2018 every Hungarian issue of the journal has been accompanied by an issue published entirely in English in a bid to reach a wider audience and gain international recognition, which is one of the journal’s main objectives.

2019
In 2019, the University of Pécs and the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta signed a cooperation agreement to strengthen domestic African studies research by organizing research programs and thematic conferences both in Hungary and abroad. As part of the agreement, the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta has become the main sponsor and a strategic partner of the Hungarian Journal of African Studies.

2021
The journal published at least three English and Hungarian issues annually. In the same year, the Hungarian Journal of African Studies moved to the current web-page, which operates with OJS/PKP, and joined other scientific journals registered by the University of Pécs Library and Knowledge Center.

2023
The Hungarian Journal of African Studies received a grant to further develop the journal as part of an internal scientific tender of the University of Pécs. Thanks to this financial support, it is set to further consolidate its international recognition.

Editors-in-chief
Búr Gábor (Eötvös Loránd University)

Tarrósy István (University of Pécs)

Associate editors
A. Gergely András (1952 - 2023) (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

Vörös Zoltán (University of Pécs )

Marsai Viktor (National University of Public Service)

Biedermann Zsuzsánna (1983 - 2022) (National University of Public Service)

Besenyő János (Óbuda University)

Vasa László (Hungarian Institute of International Affairs and Széchenyi István University)

Hideg Gabriella (University of Pécs)

Pásztor Szabolcs (National University of Public Service)

English language consultants, copyeditors
Peter Andrew Sabath ( University of Pécs)

Leah Balazs Stanzel

Book review editor
Solymári Dániel (Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta and University of Pécs)

Technical editorial assistant
Lovász Dávid (University of Pécs Library and Knowledge Centre)

Editorial assistants
Pamela Chemelil

Hajer Trabelsi

Peszmeg Bence

Editorial Advisory Board
Goran Hyden, University of Florida

Jan Zahorik, University of West Bohemia

Dominik Kopinski, University of Wroclaw

Justin van der Merwe, University of Stellenbosch

Takehiko Ochiai, Ryukoku University

Robert Klosowicz, Jagiellonian University

Agnes Leslie, University of Florida

Balázs Szent-Iványi, Aston University

Douglas Mpondi, Metropolitan State University Denver

Padraig Carmody, Trinity College Dublin

Kuruvilla Mathews, Addis Ababa University

Alexandra Arkhangelskaya, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Mayke Kaag, Leiden University

Judit Kiss, Institute of World Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Jamie Monson, Michigan State University

Darwis Khudori, University of Le Havre

Mohamed Salih, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Main themes
Political science

International relations

Geopolitics

Social geography

Natural geography

Urbanism

Anthropology

Regional economics

History

Abstracting and indexing
MTA, IX. Gazdaság- és Jogtudományok Osztály, Politikatudományi Bizottság (B)

MTA, IX. Gazdaság- és Jogtudományok Osztály, Nemzetközi és Fejlődéstanulmányok Doktori Bizottság (C)

MTA, X. Földtudományok Osztálya (A)

Magyar Tudományos Művek Tára

MATARKA (Searchable database of tables of contents of Hungarian journals)

Pécsi Egyetemi Archívum

Elektronikus Periodika Archívum és Adatbázis

ROAD: the Directory of Open Access Scholarly resources

Crossref

Index Copernicus International World of Journals

CiteFactor

ERIH PLUS (European Reference Index for the Humanities)

Scientific Indexing Services (SIS)

EBSCO

HeinOnline

REAL-J - az MTA Könyvtárának Repozitóriuma

Other information
Frequency of publishing: three issues per year

Review system: double-blind peer review

Access: open

Publication fee (APC): none

License terms: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

DOI: 10.15170/AT