Scimago Journal & Country Rank

Acta Classica

Country

South Africa

Universities and research institutions in South Africa
Media Ranking in South Africa

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

The aim of the Classical Association of South Africa (CASA)

H-Index

6

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

00651141

Coverage

1973, 1975, 2010-2022

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

hilton@ukzn.ac.za

Scope

Acta Classica (ISSN 0065-1141 [print] / 2227-538X [online]) publishes full articles, miscellaneous articles, review articles and reviews. The language of publication is mainly English, but many contributions have also been written in Afrikaans, German, French, Dutch, Latin, and Italian. Acta Classica is an international journal. It has published work by scholars residing in South Africa, the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Canada, Australia, Germany, The Netherlands, Rhodesia and Nyasaland / Zimbabwe / Tanzania, Belgium, New Zealand, Italy, Israel, Poland, Greece, France, and Japan. The journal publishes work in all fields of Classics, from textual criticism to the Classical Tradition / Reception Studies. Many contributions have been made in the field of Ancient History, but the majority have been literary in nature. Further contributions have been made in the field of Ancient Philosophy and Ancient Religion. Some interesting work has also been done in the history of Classical Scholarship -- including the work of South African Classics scholars -- Lexicography, Epigraphy, Art, and Archaeology. There have also been articles in such diverse areas of study as Research Methodology in Classics and Byzantine / Medieval Studies. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Classics2011Q3
Classics2012Q4
Classics2013Q2
Classics2014Q4
Classics2015Q3
Classics2016Q3
Classics2017Q1
Classics2018Q4
Classics2019Q4
Classics2020Q3
Classics2021Q4
Classics2022Q2
Classics2023Q4
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.

YearSJR
20110.102
20120.101
20130.139
20140.101
20150.102
20160.111
20170.133
20180.101
20190.101
20200.112
20210.101
20220.137
20230.101
Total Documents

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

YearDocuments
201012
20119
201223
20138
201424
20159
201611
201717
201810
201913
202014
202114
202219
202315
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 documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20100.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20110.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20120.095
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20130.182
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20140.135
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20150.078
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20160.125
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20170.212
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20180.049
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20190.149
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20200.176
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20210.111
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20220.255
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20230.067
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20100.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20110.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20120.095
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20130.182
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20140.175
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20150.091
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20160.146
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20170.205
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20180.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20190.132
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20200.175
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20210.108
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20220.268
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20230.085
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20100.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20110.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20120.095
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.250
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20140.194
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20150.094
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20160.121
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20170.250
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20180.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20190.074
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20200.087
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20210.074
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20220.286
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20230.061
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.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites20100
Self Cites20110
Self Cites20120
Self Cites20133
Self Cites20144
Self Cites20150
Self Cites20161
Self Cites20172
Self Cites20180
Self Cites20190
Self Cites20201
Self Cites20211
Self Cites20220
Self Cites20231
Total Cites20100
Total Cites20110
Total Cites20122
Total Cites20138
Total Cites20147
Total Cites20155
Total Cites20166
Total Cites20179
Total Cites20180
Total Cites20195
Total Cites20207
Total Cites20214
Total Cites202211
Total Cites20234
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.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document20100
External Cites per document20110.000
External Cites per document20120.095
External Cites per document20130.114
External Cites per document20140.075
External Cites per document20150.091
External Cites per document20160.122
External Cites per document20170.159
External Cites per document20180.000
External Cites per document20190.132
External Cites per document20200.150
External Cites per document20210.081
External Cites per document20220.268
External Cites per document20230.064
Cites per document20100.000
Cites per document20110.000
Cites per document20120.095
Cites per document20130.182
Cites per document20140.175
Cites per document20150.091
Cites per document20160.146
Cites per document20170.205
Cites per document20180.000
Cites per document20190.132
Cites per document20200.175
Cites per document20210.108
Cites per document20220.268
Cites per document20230.085
% 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.

YearInternational Collaboration
20100.00
20110.00
20120.00
20130.00
201420.83
20150.00
20160.00
20170.00
20180.00
20190.00
20200.00
20210.00
20220.00
20230.00
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.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents20100
Non-citable documents20110
Non-citable documents20120
Non-citable documents20132
Non-citable documents20142
Non-citable documents20153
Non-citable documents20161
Non-citable documents20171
Non-citable documents20181
Non-citable documents20191
Non-citable documents20201
Non-citable documents20211
Non-citable documents20221
Non-citable documents20231
Citable documents20100
Citable documents201112
Citable documents201221
Citable documents201342
Citable documents201438
Citable documents201552
Citable documents201640
Citable documents201743
Citable documents201836
Citable documents201937
Citable documents202039
Citable documents202136
Citable documents202240
Citable documents202346
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.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents20100
Uncited documents201112
Uncited documents201219
Uncited documents201338
Uncited documents201435
Uncited documents201550
Uncited documents201636
Uncited documents201735
Uncited documents201837
Uncited documents201934
Uncited documents202034
Uncited documents202133
Uncited documents202232
Uncited documents202344
Cited documents20100
Cited documents20110
Cited documents20122
Cited documents20136
Cited documents20145
Cited documents20155
Cited documents20165
Cited documents20179
Cited documents20180
Cited documents20194
Cited documents20206
Cited documents20214
Cited documents20229
Cited documents20233
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