Peer-Reviewed Journals by Focus and Area

Conflict and Peace

African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review (ACPR) 
Indiana University Press
Print ISSN: 2156695X
Online ISSN: 2156-7263

African Journal on Conflict Resolution 
The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) 
ISSN 1562-6997

Cooperation and Conflict 
Journal of the Nordic International Studies Association
Print ISSN: 0010-8367
Online ISSN: 1460-3691

Ethics and Global Politics
Routledge
Print ISSN: 1654-4951
Online ISSN: 1654-6369

In Factis Pax: Journal of Peace Education and Social Justice
The University of Toledo
Online ISSN: 2578-6857

International Journal on World Peace 
Professors World Peace Academy
ISSN: 0742-3640

International Peacekeeping
Routledge
Online ISSN: 1743-906X
Print ISSN: 1353-3312

Journal of Conflict Resolution 
SAGE Journals, Peace Science Society
ISSN: 0022-0027
Online ISSN: 1552-8766

Journal of Peacebuilding and Development 
SAGE Journals, Kennesaw State University
ISSN: 1542-3166
Online ISSN: 2165-7440

Journal of Peace Education 
Routledge
Print ISSN: 1740-0201
Online ISSN: 1740-021X

Journal of Peace Research 
SAGE Journals, Peace Research Institute Oslo
ISSN: 0022-3433
Online ISSN: 1460-3578

Peace and Conflict Studies 
Network of Peace and Conflict Studies (Nova Southeastern University)
ISSN: 1082-7307

Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice 
Routledge
Print ISSN: 1040-2659
Online ISSN: 1469-9982

Social Justice
ISSN: 10431578
Online ISSN: 2327641X

Strategic Review for Southern Africa
Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
ISSN: 1013-1108

Violence: An International Journal
SAGE Journals, Foundation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme
ISSN: 2633-0024
Online ISSN: 2633-0032

Peacebuilding

International Journal of Peace and Development Studies 
International Peace Research Association (IPRA)
ISSN: 2141-6621

Journal of Global Peace and Conflict 
American Research Institute for Policy Development
Online ISSN: 2333-5858
Print ISSN: 2333-584X

Journal of Resistance Studies

Peace and Change
Wiley Periodicals and the Peace History Society
Online ISSN:1468-0130
Print ISSN:0149-0508

Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy 
De Gruyter
ISSN: 1554-8597

International Intervention and Statebuilding

African Journal of Development Studies (formerly AFFRIKA: Journal of Politics, Economics, and Society)
Adonis & Abbey Publishers
Print ISSN: 2634-3630
Online ISSN: 2634-3649

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations
Academic Journals
ISSN 1996-0832

International Journal of Peace and Development Studies
Academic Journals
ISSN 2141-6621

Journal of Global Security Studies
Oxford University Press, International Studies Association
Online ISSN: 2057-3189
Print ISSN: 2057-3170

Reconciliation

International Journal of Conflict & Reconciliation
University of Missouri-Columbia Peace Studies Program
ISSN: 2157-0620

Journal of Conflict Resolution 
SAGE Journals
ISSN: 0022-0027
Online ISSN: 1552-8766

Journal of Law and Conflict Resolution
Academic Journals
ISSN 2006-9804

Peacebuilding in Africa

Conflict Trends
The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
ISSN: 1561-9818

Leeds African Studies Bulletin 
Leeds University Centre for African Studies (LUCAS)

Peace and Security in Africa

African Security
Routledge
Print ISSN: 1939-2206
Online ISSN: 1939-2214

African Security Review
Taylor & Francis and Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
Print ISSN: 1024-6029
Online ISSN: 2154-0128

Peace and Security (General)

Armed Forces & Society
SAGE Journals, Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society
ISSN: 0095-327X
Online ISSN: 1556-0848

Conflict and Health
BMC
ISSN: 1752-1505

Conflict and Society
Berghahn Journals
Online ISSN: 2164-4551
Print ISSN: 2164-4543

Global Change, Peace & Security
Routledge
Print ISSN: 1478-1158
Online ISSN: 1478-1166

Journal of Refugee Studies
Oxford University Press
Online ISSN 1471-6925
Print ISSN 0951-6328

Media, War & Conflict
SAGE Journals
ISSN: 1750-6352
Online ISSN: 1750-6360

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology
American Psychological Association
Print ISSN: 1078-1919
Online ISSN: 1532-7949

Race and Class
Institute of Race Relations, SAGE Journals
ISSN: 0306-3968
Online ISSN: 1741-3125

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
Routledge
Print ISSN: 1057-610X
Online ISSN: 1521-0731

Small Wars & Insurgencies
Routledge
Print ISSN: 0959-2318
Online ISSN: 1743-9558

Gender and Peacebuilding in Africa

Feminist Africa Journal
Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana
ISSN 1726-4596

International Feminist Journal of Politics
Routledge
Print ISSN: 1461-6742
Online ISSN: 1468-4470

Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Africa

African Journal on Conflict Resolution 
The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
ISSN 1562-6997

Conflict Prevention and Peace in Africa

African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review (ACPR) 
Indiana University Press
Print ISSN: 2156695X
Online ISSN: 2156-7263

African Journal of Democracy and Governance 
Institute for Democracy, Governance, Peace and Development in Africa (IDGPA)
ISSN 2313-6529

African Journal of International Criminal Justice
Eleven Law International Publishing
ISSN 2352-068X

Journal of African Conflicts and Peace Studies (JACAPS)
The National University of Rwanda’s (NUR) Center for Conflict Management (CCM), and the University of South Florida Libraries
ISSN 2325-484X

African Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies (formerly Ubuntu: Journal of Conflict Transformation)
Adonis Abbey Publishers Ltd.
Print ISSN: 2634-3657
Online ISSN: 2634-3665

African Union/African Peace and Security Architecture

African Human Rights Law Journal
Pretoria University Law Press (PULP)
Print ISSN: 1609-073X
Online ISSN: 1996-2096

African Journal of International and Comparative Law
African Society of International and Comparative Law and Edinburgh University Press
Print ISSN: 0954-8890
Online ISSN: 1755-1609

African Journal on Terrorism
African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism, African Union

African Solutions (AfSol) Journal
Institute for Peace & Security Studies, University of Addis Ababa

South African Journal of International Affairs
Routledge, South African Institute of International Affairs
Print ISSN: 1022-0461
Online ISSN: 1938-0275

African Regional Economic Communities: SADC, ECOWAS, ECCAS, EAC, AMU, COMESA, IGAD, CEN-SAD

African Journal of Economic Policy
Trade Policy Research and Training Programme, Economics Department, University of Ibadan
ISSN: 1116-4875

East African Social Science Research Review
OSSREA Publications
ISSN: 1027-1775

ESARBICA Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives
The International Council on Archives
ISSN: 0376-4753

Africa (General)

Africa
Cambridge University Press, International African Institute (IAI)
Print ISSN: 0001-9720
Online ISSN: 1750-0184

African Affairs
Oxford University Press, Royal African Society
Online ISSN: 1468-2621
Print ISSN: 0001-9909

Africa Development
CODESRIA
ISSN: 0850-3907

African Identities
Routledge
Print ISSN: 1472-5843
Online ISSN: 1472-5851

Africa Spectrum
SAGE Journals, German Institute of Global and Area Studies
ISSN: 0002-0397
Online ISSN: 1868-6869

African Studies Review
African Studies Association, Cambridge University Press
Print ISSN: 0002-0206
Online ISSN: 1555-2462

Africa Today
Indiana University Press
Print ISSN: 00019887
Online ISSN: 15271978

Canadian Journal of African Studies
Canadian Association of African Studies, Routledge
Print ISSN: 0008-3968
Online ISSN: 1923-3051

Contemporary Journal of African Studies
Institute of Africa Studies, University of Ghana
ISSN: 2343-6530

Critical African Studies
Routledge, University of Edinburgh Centre of African Studies
Print ISSN: 2168-1392
Online ISSN: 2040-7211

Development Southern Africa
Routledge, Government Technical Advisory Centre
Print ISSN: 0376-835X
Online ISSN: 1470-3637

Journal of African Cultural Studies
Routledge, International African Institute
Print ISSN: 1369-6815
Online ISSN: 1469-9346

Journal of Asian and African Studies
SAGE Journals
ISSN: 0021-9096
Online ISSN: 1745-2538

Journal of Contemporary African Studies
Institute of Social and Economic Research (Rhodes University), Routledge
Print ISSN: 0258-9001
Online ISSN: 1469-9397

Journal of Eastern African Studies
Routledge, British Institute in Eastern Africa
Print ISSN: 1753-1055
Online ISSN: 1753-1063

Journal of Modern African Studies
Cambridge University Press
Print ISSN: 0022-278X
Online ISSN: 1469-7777

Journal of Southern African Studies
Routledge
Print ISSN: 0305-7070
Online ISSN: 1465-3893

Journal of West African History
Michigan State University Press
Print ISSN: 2327-1868
Online ISSN: 2327-1876

Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies
Routledge, South African Association of Political Studies
Print ISSN: 0258-9346
Online ISSN: 1470-1014

Review of African Political Economy
Routledge, ROAPE Publications
Print ISSN: 0305-6244
Online ISSN: 1740-1720

The Journal of North African Studies
Routledge, American Institute for Maghrib Studies
Print ISSN: 1362-9387
Online ISSN: 1743-9345

World Affairs

Alternatives: Global, Local, Politics
SAGE Journals
ISSN: 0304-3754
Online ISSN: 2163-3150

Contemporary Security Policy
Routledge
Print ISSN: 1352-3260
Online ISSN: 1743-8764

Development in Practice
Development Studies Association of Australia, Routledge
Print ISSN: 0961-4524
Online ISSN: 1364-9213

Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations
Academic Council of the United Nations System (ACUNS), Brill Publishers
Print ISSN: 1075-2846
Online ISSN: 1942-6720

International Affairs
Oxford University Press, Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs
Online ISSN: 1468-2346
Print ISSN: 0020-5850

International Interactions
Routledge
Print ISSN: 0305-0629
Online ISSN: 1547-7444

International Relations
SAGE Journals
ISSN: 0047-1178
Online ISSN: 1741-2862

International Organizations
Cambridge University Press, International Organization Foundation
Print ISSN: 0020-8183
Online ISSN: 1531-5088

International Political Sociology
Oxford University Press, International Studies Association
Online ISSN: 1749-5687
Print ISSN: 1749-5679

International Studies Perspectives
Oxford University Press, International Studies Association
Online ISSN: 1528-3585
Print ISSN: 1528-3577

International Studies Review
Oxford University Press, International Studies Association
Online ISSN: 1468-2486
Print ISSN: 1521-9488

Journal of Global Security Studies
Oxford University Press, International Studies Association
Online ISSN: 2057-3189
Print ISSN: 2057-3170

Security Dialogue
Peace Research Institute Oslo, SAGE Journals
ISSN: 0967-0106
Online ISSN: 1460-3640

Third World Quarterly
Taylor & Francis
Print ISSN: 0143-6597
Online ISSN: 1360-2241

 

Additional Resources: Predatory Journals and Publishers

Beall’s List of Potential Predatory Journals and Publishers

The Predatory Publishers List 2023

The Predatory Journals List 2023