GIGA Journal Family | 06/07/2023
The GIGA journals, our open access publications at SAGE, were able to further increase their reach in 2022. This is shown by recently published impact factors and rankings among renowned Area Studies journals.
The recently published impact factors (referring to 2022) attest to the resounding success of the journals in the GIGA Journal Family, especially of the three journals that are indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) or the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI):
Africa Spectrum indexed in SSCI: impact factor of 2.0 (up from 1.81 last year), rank 17 of 84 among Area Studies journals (up from rank 21 last year).
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs indexed in SSCI: impact factor of 2.5 (up from 1.89 last year), rank 9 of 84 among Area Studies journals (up from rank 15 last year).
Journal of Politics in Latin America indexed in ESCI: impact factor of 1.3 (first impact factor, thus no comparison to last year).
GIGA President together with the entire GIGA Executive Board thanks the GIGA editors and their external co-editors for this very successful development of the GIGA Journal Family.
The GIGA is proud of its four journals and we are pleased with the successful cooperation with SAGE. We guarantee Open Access in the "Platinum Standard" (free of charge for readers and authors) and will continue to do so in the future.