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China: An International Journal

National University of Singapore · Singapore

ISSN0219-7472eISSN0219-8614

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

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

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.295

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.502

Total Worksi

960

Total Citationsi

5,338

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.43

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Area Studies; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Business and International Management; Economics and Econometrics.

General Information

Country / RegionSingapore

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 39 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications960

Publisher OrgWorld Scientific

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

National University of Singapore

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0219-7472 / 0219-8614

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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

Articles published

Citations received

251

2019

199

2020

188

2021

133

2022

104

2023

2024

2025

2026

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.

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Business and International ManagementQ3

Economics and EconometricsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Area Studies

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Economics and EconometricsBusiness and International Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

China's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceGlobal trade and economicsHong Kong and Taiwan PoliticsChinese history and philosophyAsian Geopolitics and Ethnography

Frequently asked questions about China: An International Journal

Is China: An International Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for China: An International Journal: 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 China: An International Journal?

China: An International Journal 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.43.

Is China: An International Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

China: An International Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of China: An International Journal?