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Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1996

ISSN1354-7860eISSN1469-9648

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.478

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.017

Total Worksi

1,305

Total Citationsi

15,859

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.37

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy aims to promote greater understanding of the complex factors that have influenced and continue to shape the transformation of the diverse economies in the Asia Pacific region.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

Annual Volume~ 68 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,305

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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Submission Info

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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1354-7860 / 1469-9648

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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

817

2019

752

2020

1.2k

2021

463

2022

236

2023

265

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.

DevelopmentQ2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Political Science and International RelationsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Economics

Scopus Categories

DevelopmentGeography, Planning and DevelopmentPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global trade and economicsFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthGlobal Financial Crisis and PoliciesMonetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomic Growth and ProductivityInternational Business and FDIIncome, Poverty, and InequalityEnergy, Environment, Economic GrowthHuman auditory perception and evaluationCorporate Finance and Governance

Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy

Is Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy: 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 Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy?

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 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 1.37.

Is Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.