Journals

  • Journal of African Real Estate Research

    Journal of African Real Estate Research

    The Journal of African Real Estate Research (JARER), ISSN: 2304-8395, is the official refereed journal of the African Real Estate Society (AfRES). JARER is an open access journal hosted by the Urban Real Estate Research Unit at the University of Cape Town. The journal aims to understand African real estate markets; including their structure and workings; and the nature and impacts of efforts that seek to reform them.

  • Journal of Construction Business and Management

    The Journal of Construction Business and Management (JCBM) is an open-access journal indexed by the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and published bi-annually by the University of Cape Town Libraries in South Africa. It is hosted by the Construction Business and Management Research Group of the University of Cape Town. JCBM aims to explore the experience of construction industry stakeholders and analyse trends within the global construction system. The Journal is dedicated to advancing knowledge in construction business management, project management, strategic management, policy, and related disciplines. The journal is technically supported by the University of Cape Town, including in-kind voluntary support by reviewers and the editorial board.

    The Journal of Construction Business and Management publishes high-quality, original scholarly papers - including scientific articles, reviews, communications, letters, and selected conference papers - that have not been previously published or submitted elsewhere.

    The Journal of Construction Business and Management is an open-access journal that doesn’t charge any fees for readers to read or authors to publish.

    Contributions to the journal shall be submitted in English, with summaries in additional relevant languages where applicable.  The journal is open to all researchers globally, regardless of gender, career stage or ethnic and religious affiliation.

    The Journal is published twice a year.

    The Journal is indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). The journal is also indexed in the ARCOM database and Google Scholar.

    Authors can self-archive the final published PDF or version of the record on institutional repositories, personal websites, academic websites, and social media platforms.

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    Journal of the African Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases

    Journal of the African Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (JAfSPID) is an electronic, peer-reviewed open access journal published by the University of Cape Town Libraries.

    JAfSPID is the official publication of the African Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases. It was launched as an online newsletter called the AfSPID Bulletin in April 2013. In November 2021 it became a peer-review journal. In March 2023, the name was changed to Journal of the African Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases.

     

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    Biodiversity Observations

    Biodiversity Observations is an Open Access ejournal which focuses on the publication of descriptive papers which report observations relating to biodiversity. There is a summary of the activities of the journal for the period 2010-2022 here.

  • Southern Journal of Engineering Education

  • Afrotropical Bird Biology:
    Journal of the Natural History of African Birds

    Afrotropical Bird Biology (ABB), ISSN: 2790-0592, is a free, open-access, online journal for articles that describe aspects of the natural and cultural history of birds in the Afrotropical region, including its offshore islands. These include, but are not restricted to, identification features, sounds, distribution and demography, movements, habitats, diseases and parasites, general habits, foraging and food, breeding, interactions with humans, human cultural beliefs and practices as they pertain to birds, moult and biometrics of birds. 

  • UR@UCT: Undergraduate Research

    UR@UCT journal publishes excellent undergraduate research that has been mentored by a supervisor. The journal will publish two issues annually as well as, if, the need arises, a special issue on a specific topic. UR@UCT is an open access journal that is easily discoverable by all search engines, making UCT's undergraduate research available to an international audience.

  • Global Health Innovation

    Global Health Innovation is an electronic, peer-reviewed open access journal published bi-annually by the University of Cape Town Libraries. The journal has the mission of advancing and disseminating interdisciplinary knowledge on all aspects of social and technological innovation for improved health and healthcare, with an emphasis on research addressing developing settings and with a developmental focus. The journal is the product of a partnership between Northwestern University, the University of Lagos, the University of Ibadan, and the University of Cape Town, and its development has been supported by a grant from the NIH-Fogarty International Center (D43TW009374).