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Asian Perspective

Johns Hopkins University Press · United States · Est. 1984

ISSN0258-9184eISSN2288-2871

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.337

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.738

Total Worksi

1,415

Total Citationsi

8,794

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

We publish in the fields of international studies and comparative politics (all world regions), US politics, military history, and criminology. We also have a small list of literature in translation, including books by such notable authors as Naguib Mahfouz, Ghassan Kanafani, Derek Walcott, and Tawfiq al-Hakim.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1984

Frequency3 Times A Year, <1997->

StatusActive

Total Publications1,415

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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?

Johns Hopkins University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0258-9184 / 2288-2871

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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

236

2019

144

2020

398

2021

114

2022

111

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.

Political Science and International RelationsQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Life-span and Life-course StudiesQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

International Relations

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceLife-span and Life-course StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Korean Peninsula Historical and Political StudiesInternational Relations and Foreign PolicyChina's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceInternational Development and AidAsian Industrial and Economic Development

Frequently asked questions about Asian Perspective

Is Asian Perspective a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Asian Perspective: 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 Asian Perspective?

Asian Perspective 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 1.07.

Is Asian Perspective indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Asian Perspective is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.