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Journal of Black Studies Template

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About the Journal of Black Studies format

Journal of Black Studies is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Race, History, and American Society, Critical Race Theory in Education, African cultural and philosophical studies.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Journal of Black Studies, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inRace, History, and American Society Critical Race Theory in Education African cultural and philosophical studies Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies African history and culture studies
ISSN0021-9347
Citation impact (2-yr)0.88
h-index82
i10-index955
Total citations38,305
Top institutions publishing hereTemple University
Journal websitejbs.sagepub.com
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Papers published in Journal of Black Studies per year

44
2014
43
2015
49
2016
41
2017
41
2018
40
2019
57
2020
44
2021
33
2022
43
2023
34
2024
49
2025

Citation impact of Journal of Black Studies by publication year

927
2014
629
2015
799
2016
729
2017
790
2018
362
2019
639
2020
182
2021
154
2022
138
2023
71
2024
24
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Journal of Black Studies

Beyond a Test Score

H. Richard Milner · 3 May 2012

The author shares an opportunity gap explanatory framework to assist educational researchers and theorists in analyzing, explaining, and naming educational practice, especially in highly diverse and urban social contexts. The author argues that too much attention is placed on achievement gaps and challenges researchers and theorists to expand their analyses to opportunity gaps. Focusing on…

The Afrocentric Paradigm

Ama Mazama · 1 Mar 2001

It has been 20 years since Molefi Asante (1980) published Afrocentricity: The Theory of Social Change. This book, along with The Afrocentric Idea (Asante, 1987) and Kemet, Afrocentricity and Knowledge (Asante, 1990), introduced fundamental referential changes in the African community. Today, Afrocentricity is widely discussed in the United States, of course, but also in Africa,…

Race, Gender, and Linked Fate

Evelyn M. Simien · 28 Mar 2005

For African Americans, linked fate is the recognition that individual life chances are inextricably tied to the race as a whole. Using data from the 1996 National Black Election Study, the author empirically tested two competing hypotheses about the effect of gender identification on race identification as measured by linked fate. One hypothesis suggests that…

White Americans, the New Minority?: Non-Blacks and the Ever-Expanding Boundaries of Whiteness

Jonathan Warren, France Winddance Twine · 1 Nov 1997

We Hispanics are, finally, like other immigrant groups… Yes, the Hispanics are going to become more like the majority. Their families will be smaller, better educated, more traveled. Roots will be lost. Language will be lost. Food will be the last to go. We will be eating tacos and tortillas for a long time to…

Journal of Black Studies template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Journal of Black Studies format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Journal of Black Studies template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Journal of Black Studies use?
Journal of Black Studies uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Journal of Black Studies, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Journal of Black Studies?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Journal of Black Studies document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Journal of Black Studies format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Journal of Black Studies?
Journal of Black Studies is a multidisciplinary journal published by SAGE. DocuGuru's Journal of Black Studies template matches SAGE's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Journal of Black Studies PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Journal of Black Studies template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
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