AJOL dataset: structured metadata of articles and journals indexed in African Journals Online

Dataset of African Journals Online publications and journals (last update: February 2024). The dataset contains metadata for articles and journals indexed in African Journals Online (AJOL). It provides the information contained in AJOL in a structured format that can be downloaded and used easily. It also contains a unique identifier matching AJOL articles with their OpenAlex records in order to facilitate the use, comparison, and combination of both data sources.

Details about the download, methods, and findings are reported in the following preprint:

Alonso-Álvarez, P. (2025). A small step towards the epistemic decentralization of science: a dataset of journals and publications indexed in African Journals Online. Zenodo. 10.5281/zenodo.14900054

Detailed information on the database construction process is reported in the following file:

ajol_database_report.pdf

Data files:

ajol_journals.csv: contains metadata from journals, including title, eISSN, ISSN print, country, JPPS category, and open access status (binary for diamond journals).

ajol_journals_area.csv: related journals to their AJOL research area categories. Journals can belong up to three categories.

ajol_pub.csv: contains articles’ metadata, including journal identifiers, article URL, doi, issue, volume, date, year, title, first page, and last page.

ajol_pub_author.csv: relates articles to their authors.

ajol_pub_keyword.csv: includes article keywords.

ajol_pub_openalex.csv: relates AJOL articles to their OpenAlex records using the unique identifiers of each data source.

readme.csv: contains the description of the variables in all data files.

ajol_database_report.pdf: detailed information on the database construction process.