The Journal of North African Studies provides an interdisciplinary forum for scholars of and from the region. Its contents cover both country-based and regional themes, which range from historical inquiries to political, sociological, cultural, anthropological, and economic studies. It is the first academic journal in English to analyze historic and current affairs of an important region of the Mediterranean basin linking West Asia, Africa, and Europe.

The Journal of North African Studies is currently noted in:

British Humanities Index
GEOBASE
International Development Abstracts
International Political Science Abstracts
SCOPUS
Social Planning/Policy and Development Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts