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| Journal of North African Studies | |
|---|---|
| Title | Journal of North African Studies |
| Discipline | Area studies |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| History | 1996–present |
| Issn | 1362-9387 |
| Eissn | 1743-9345 |
Journal of North African Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the modern and contemporary affairs of the Maghreb and surrounding regions, including Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia, as well as transnational links with Europe, the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa. It publishes research on politics, society, culture and international relations with interdisciplinary approaches drawn from history, sociology, anthropology, law and area studies. The journal is published by Routledge and edited by scholars working across universities and research institutes.
The journal was founded in 1996 amid debates following the end of the Cold War, the 1991 post‑colonial transitions in Algeria and the 1990s political reforms in Morocco and Tunisia, engaging with scholarship produced at institutions such as the School of Oriental and African Studies, the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, the University of Edinburgh and the American University of Beirut. Early editorial boards included scholars connected to the British Academy, the Institut Pasteur, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and the Ford Foundation. Over time the journal responded to major events including the Algerian Civil War, the Libyan Civil War, the Arab Spring and the European migrant crisis, while featuring work influenced by archives in Paris, Rome, Madrid, Algiers and Casablanca.
The journal emphasizes interdisciplinary studies of political processes, social movements, legal transformations, urban change and cultural production, publishing contributions by specialists affiliated with the University of Oxford, the London School of Economics, the University of Chicago, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, Berkeley. It encourages comparative analyses involving regions such as Andalusia, Sahara, Sahel and connections to states like France, Spain, Italy, Turkey and Egypt. The editorial remit includes historical research on colonial and postcolonial administrations under the French Protectorate in Morocco, the Italian colonization of Libya, and transnational studies involving organizations such as the African Union, the United Nations, European Commission and NATO missions. Special attention is given to work on identity, migration and diasporas connected to cities like Tunis, Tripoli, Rabat, Algiers and Tangier.
Published quarterly by Routledge, the journal issues print and online editions and participates in publisher platforms used by libraries at the British Library, the Library of Congress, the Bibliothèque nationale de France and university consortia including the Research Excellence Framework contributors. It operates a peer-review process drawing reviewers from institutions such as the University of Manchester, the University of Toronto, the Australian National University and the Max Planck Society. The journal's editorial practices reflect wider discussions about open access in forums hosted by the Wellcome Trust, the Open Society Foundations and national research councils such as the Economic and Social Research Council.
The journal is indexed in major databases and services referenced by scholars at the Institute for Scientific Information, the Scopus database managed by Elsevier, the Directory of Open Access Journals ecosystem, and regional bibliographies maintained by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. It is listed for citation tracking in systems used by the ResearchGate network, the European Research Council project evaluations, and library catalogues including those of the National Library of Israel and the Biblioteca Nacional de España. Abstracting coverage facilitates discoverability alongside journals like Middle East Journal, African Affairs, Comparative Studies in Society and History and International Journal of Middle East Studies.
Scholars citing the journal include researchers associated with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Chatham House, the Brookings Institution, and research programmes funded by the European Commission and the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Its articles have informed policy discussions around the Arab Spring, counterterrorism strategies related to Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, migration policy debates following the 2015 European migrant crisis and reconciliation efforts after the Tunisian Revolution. The journal is used in course reading lists at the University of Leiden, the Sorbonne University, the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and the Georgetown University Centre for Contemporary Arab Studies.
Notable contributions have analyzed the political economy of oil and gas development in Libya and Algeria, explored cultural production linked to the Maghrebian diaspora in Paris and Marseilles, and examined legal reforms after the Tunisian Revolution and constitutional processes in Morocco. Special issues have focused on themes such as the legacy of the French Protectorate in Tunisia, trans-Saharan trade networks involving the Sahel states, gender and social movements referencing activists from Rabat and Tunis, and comparative studies of democratization drawing on cases from Egypt, Mauritania and Sudan. Contributors have included academics who publish with presses like Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Palgrave Macmillan and Indiana University Press.
Category:Area studies journals Category:Maghreb