South African Journal of Economics

The South African Journal of Economics (SAJE) has a long and distinguished history, ranking amongst the oldest generalist journals in economics. In terms of editorial focus, the journal remains a generalist journal covering all fields in economics, but with a particular focus on developmental and African contexts. Toward this end, the editorial policy of the SAJE emphasizes scholarly work on developing countries, with African and Southern African development challenges receiving particular attention. While the SAJE remains a generalist journal, it encourages empirical work on developing and African economies. Importantly the focus is on both theoretical developments and methodological innovations that reflect developing country and African contexts and the policy challenges they pose. The objective of the journal is to be the premier vehicle for the publication of the most innovative work on development country and particularly African economic problems. It aims to be the target journal of choice not only for scholars located in Southern Africa, but of any scholar interested in the analysis of development challenges and their African applications. Clear theoretical foundations to work published should be a hallmark of the journal, and innovation in both theory and empirics appropriate to developing country and the African contexts are encouraged. In terms of submissions, the journal invites submissions primarily of original research articles, as well as survey articles and book reviews relevant to its context. In the case of both survey articles and book reviews, authors should note that a key minimum requirement is a critical reflection on the broader context of the existing literature.

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Category	Year	Quartile
Economics and Econometrics	1999	Q4
Economics and Econometrics	2000	Q4
Economics and Econometrics	2001	Q3
Economics and Econometrics	2002	Q3
Economics and Econometrics	2003	Q3
Economics and Econometrics	2004	Q3
Economics and Econometrics	2005	Q4
Economics and Econometrics	2006	Q3
Economics and Econometrics	2007	Q3
Economics and Econometrics	2008	Q3
Economics and Econometrics	2009	Q3
Economics and Econometrics	2010	Q3
Economics and Econometrics	2011	Q3
Economics and Econometrics	2012	Q3
Economics and Econometrics	2013	Q3
Economics and Econometrics	2014	Q3
Economics and Econometrics	2015	Q3
Economics and Econometrics	2016	Q3
Economics and Econometrics	2017	Q3
Economics and Econometrics	2018	Q3
Economics and Econometrics	2019	Q3
Economics and Econometrics	2020	Q2
Economics and Econometrics	2021	Q3
Economics and Econometrics	2022	Q2
Economics and Econometrics	2023	Q3

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.135
2000	0.153
2001	0.389
2002	0.300
2003	0.258
2004	0.389
2005	0.206
2006	0.264
2007	0.259
2008	0.329
2009	0.226
2010	0.292
2011	0.392
2012	0.239
2013	0.246
2014	0.291
2015	0.210
2016	0.404
2017	0.329
2018	0.416
2019	0.376
2020	0.502
2021	0.332
2022	0.459
2023	0.394

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	21
2000	35
2001	29
2002	60
2003	34
2004	48
2005	54
2006	51
2007	43
2008	66
2009	35
2010	26
2011	29
2012	32
2013	31
2014	35
2015	34
2016	32
2017	28
2018	30
2019	23
2020	24
2021	29
2022	25
2023	24

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.091
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.163
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.324
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.568
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.379
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.601
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.550
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.464
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.444
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.541
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.603
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.574
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.571
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.538
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.475
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.695
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.598
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.902
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.038
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.295
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	1.484
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	1.823
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	1.619
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	1.868
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	1.614
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.091
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.192
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.354
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.682
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.395
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.593
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.500
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.375
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.458
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.480
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.431
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.451
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.575
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.444
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.425
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.728
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.541
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.900
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	1.040
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.149
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	1.533
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	1.901
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.429
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	1.697
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	1.705
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.115
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.213
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.482
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.656
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.382
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.596
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.402
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.343
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.352
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.394
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.312
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.475
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.607
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.364
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.246
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.635
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.576
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.870
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	1.106
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.017
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	1.345
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.698
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	0.809
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.925
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	2.056

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	2
Self Cites	2000	2
Self Cites	2001	7
Self Cites	2002	28
Self Cites	2003	27
Self Cites	2004	19
Self Cites	2005	37
Self Cites	2006	21
Self Cites	2007	32
Self Cites	2008	22
Self Cites	2009	19
Self Cites	2010	18
Self Cites	2011	17
Self Cites	2012	6
Self Cites	2013	2
Self Cites	2014	3
Self Cites	2015	6
Self Cites	2016	6
Self Cites	2017	5
Self Cites	2018	11
Self Cites	2019	0
Self Cites	2020	11
Self Cites	2021	3
Self Cites	2022	3
Self Cites	2023	5
Total Cites	1999	7
Total Cites	2000	14
Total Cites	2001	29
Total Cites	2002	58
Total Cites	2003	49
Total Cites	2004	73
Total Cites	2005	71
Total Cites	2006	51
Total Cites	2007	70
Total Cites	2008	71
Total Cites	2009	69
Total Cites	2010	65
Total Cites	2011	73
Total Cites	2012	40
Total Cites	2013	37
Total Cites	2014	67
Total Cites	2015	53
Total Cites	2016	90
Total Cites	2017	105
Total Cites	2018	108
Total Cites	2019	138
Total Cites	2020	154
Total Cites	2021	110
Total Cites	2022	129
Total Cites	2023	133

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.065
External Cites per document	2000	0.164
External Cites per document	2001	0.268
External Cites per document	2002	0.353
External Cites per document	2003	0.177
External Cites per document	2004	0.439
External Cites per document	2005	0.239
External Cites per document	2006	0.221
External Cites per document	2007	0.248
External Cites per document	2008	0.331
External Cites per document	2009	0.313
External Cites per document	2010	0.326
External Cites per document	2011	0.441
External Cites per document	2012	0.378
External Cites per document	2013	0.402
External Cites per document	2014	0.696
External Cites per document	2015	0.480
External Cites per document	2016	0.840
External Cites per document	2017	0.990
External Cites per document	2018	1.032
External Cites per document	2019	1.533
External Cites per document	2020	1.765
External Cites per document	2021	1.390
External Cites per document	2022	1.658
External Cites per document	2023	1.641
Cites per document	1999	0.091
Cites per document	2000	0.192
Cites per document	2001	0.354
Cites per document	2002	0.682
Cites per document	2003	0.395
Cites per document	2004	0.593
Cites per document	2005	0.500
Cites per document	2006	0.375
Cites per document	2007	0.458
Cites per document	2008	0.480
Cites per document	2009	0.431
Cites per document	2010	0.451
Cites per document	2011	0.575
Cites per document	2012	0.444
Cites per document	2013	0.425
Cites per document	2014	0.728
Cites per document	2015	0.541
Cites per document	2016	0.900
Cites per document	2017	1.040
Cites per document	2018	1.149
Cites per document	2019	1.533
Cites per document	2020	1.901
Cites per document	2021	1.429
Cites per document	2022	1.697
Cites per document	2023	1.705

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	9.52
2000	8.57
2001	10.34
2002	6.67
2003	11.76
2004	20.83
2005	18.52
2006	25.49
2007	11.63
2008	21.21
2009	14.29
2010	15.38
2011	24.14
2012	12.50
2013	35.48
2014	20.00
2015	20.59
2016	34.38
2017	28.57
2018	43.33
2019	26.09
2020	50.00
2021	34.48
2022	32.00
2023	29.17

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	0
Non-citable documents	2004	0
Non-citable documents	2005	1
Non-citable documents	2006	2
Non-citable documents	2007	2
Non-citable documents	2008	1
Non-citable documents	2009	2
Non-citable documents	2010	2
Non-citable documents	2011	2
Non-citable documents	2012	1
Non-citable documents	2013	1
Non-citable documents	2014	1
Non-citable documents	2015	0
Non-citable documents	2016	0
Non-citable documents	2017	0
Non-citable documents	2018	0
Non-citable documents	2019	1
Non-citable documents	2020	1
Non-citable documents	2021	1
Non-citable documents	2022	0
Non-citable documents	2023	0
Citable documents	1999	77
Citable documents	2000	73
Citable documents	2001	82
Citable documents	2002	85
Citable documents	2003	124
Citable documents	2004	123
Citable documents	2005	141
Citable documents	2006	134
Citable documents	2007	151
Citable documents	2008	147
Citable documents	2009	158
Citable documents	2010	142
Citable documents	2011	125
Citable documents	2012	89
Citable documents	2013	86
Citable documents	2014	91
Citable documents	2015	98
Citable documents	2016	100
Citable documents	2017	101
Citable documents	2018	94
Citable documents	2019	89
Citable documents	2020	80
Citable documents	2021	76
Citable documents	2022	76
Citable documents	2023	78

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	70
Uncited documents	2000	60
Uncited documents	2001	64
Uncited documents	2002	48
Uncited documents	2003	88
Uncited documents	2004	73
Uncited documents	2005	93
Uncited documents	2006	99
Uncited documents	2007	105
Uncited documents	2008	101
Uncited documents	2009	117
Uncited documents	2010	102
Uncited documents	2011	79
Uncited documents	2012	59
Uncited documents	2013	58
Uncited documents	2014	53
Uncited documents	2015	63
Uncited documents	2016	58
Uncited documents	2017	51
Uncited documents	2018	49
Uncited documents	2019	42
Uncited documents	2020	31
Uncited documents	2021	36
Uncited documents	2022	33
Uncited documents	2023	31
Cited documents	1999	7
Cited documents	2000	13
Cited documents	2001	18
Cited documents	2002	37
Cited documents	2003	36
Cited documents	2004	50
Cited documents	2005	49
Cited documents	2006	37
Cited documents	2007	48
Cited documents	2008	47
Cited documents	2009	43
Cited documents	2010	42
Cited documents	2011	48
Cited documents	2012	31
Cited documents	2013	29
Cited documents	2014	39
Cited documents	2015	35
Cited documents	2016	42
Cited documents	2017	50
Cited documents	2018	45
Cited documents	2019	48
Cited documents	2020	50
Cited documents	2021	41
Cited documents	2022	43
Cited documents	2023	47