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Critical Asian Studies

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1978

ISSN1467-2715eISSN1472-6033

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.621

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.012

Total Worksi

978

Total Citationsi

14,618

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.58

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Critical Asian Studies is dedicated to advancing critical scholarship on Asia, with a focus on socio-political dynamics, cultural studies, and historical contexts. It aims to facilitate interdisciplinary dialogue and to explore how local, regional, and global issues intersect. The journal seeks to develop a humane and knowledgeable understanding of Asian societies and their efforts to maintain cultural integrity and confront problems such as poverty, oppression, and imperialism.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications978

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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?

1467-2715 / 1472-6033

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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

823

2019

611

2020

512

2021

211

2022

170

2023

149

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.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Area Studies

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Southeast Asian Sociopolitical StudiesVietnamese History and Culture StudiesAsian Studies and HistoryJapanese History and CultureChinese history and philosophyAsian Geopolitics and EthnographyChina's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceCambodian History and SocietyMigration, Ethnicity, and EconomyKorean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies

Frequently asked questions about Critical Asian Studies

Is Critical Asian Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Critical Asian Studies: 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 Critical Asian Studies?

Critical Asian Studies 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 1.58.

Is Critical Asian Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Critical Asian Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.