ISSN 2311-1771 print version
ISSN 2307-6267 online version

ABOUT THE JOURNAL

• Basic Information
• Indexing Sources
• Copyright Statement
• Journal Sponsorship

The Journal of Student Affairs in Africa (JSAA) publishes theoretical, practice–relevant, and reflective contributions from across the scholarly field of Student Development and professional domains of Student Development and Student Affairs, taking due cognizance that the scope is broad, fluid and context dependent. Especially encouraged are submissions from African scholars and professionals working in higher education on the African continent. Submissions dealing with student affairs issues from other contexts (e.g. the African Diaspora, other emerging economies; developed countries) that are transferable to the African context are also considered for publication.

The scope of JSAA is indicated by keywords such as: student affairs, student career development, student counselling, student development theory and research, student discipline, student engagement, student experience, student finances and financial aid, student housing, disability/disabled students, student leadership and governance, student life cycle, student living and learning, student movement, student organisations, student orientation, student policy, student politics and activism, student sport, student support, academic development (and its intersection with the student affairs co–curriculum), graduate attributes, and teaching and learning support. This list of keywords is not exhaustive. Our key focus area is the core functions of student affairs and services in Africa.

The types of articles accepted for submision include Research Articles, Reflective Practice Articles, Book Reviews, Editorials, and Professional Notices.

Primary publication language for Articles and Abstracts is English. Other official African languages and French are accepted. But all these articles must be provided with English translations of the title, abstract and keywords.

Abstracts are also accepted in French

JSAA publishes 2 issues per annum in August and December.

Abbreviated key–title of the journal is J. stud. aff. Afr.

• AJOL
• ROAD
• CROSSREF
• DOAJ

Copyright Holder(s)

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share–alike 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

Copyright Statement

The Journal of Student Affairs in Africa is an Open Access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or their institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, as underwritten by the license Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share–alike 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.


2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non–exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.


3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

University of Pretoria, Faculty of Education