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Monumenta Nipponica

Sophia University · Japan · Est. 1938

ISSN0027-0741eISSN1880-1390

SJR Q4✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (AHCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.104

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

4,223

Total Citationsi

42,305

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Monumenta Nipponica is one of the oldest English-language academic journals in the field of Asian studies. As a peer-reviewed international forum for researchers across the globe, it carries original scholarly contributions on premodern and modern history, literature, art history, religion, thought, and society; translations of important Japanese literary and historical sources; and authoritative reviews of recent books on Japan.

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1938

Frequencysemiannually

StatusActive

Total Publications4,223

Publisher OrgSophia University

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Sophia University

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0027-0741 / 1880-1390

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

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Citations received

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Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

AnthropologyQ4

Cultural StudiesQ4

HistoryQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Asian Studies

Scopus Categories

AnthropologyHistoryCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Japanese History and CultureChinese history and philosophyAsian Culture and Media StudiesVietnamese History and Culture StudiesGlobal Maritime and Colonial Histories

Frequently asked questions about Monumenta Nipponica

Is Monumenta Nipponica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Monumenta Nipponica: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Monumenta Nipponica?

Monumenta Nipponica is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.

Is Monumenta Nipponica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Monumenta Nipponica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.