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Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1996

ISSN1467-8373

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.493

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.866

Total Worksi

1,085

Total Citationsi

16,938

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Asia Pacific Viewpoint is an area and development studies journal publishing academic research within the social sciences, arts and humanities on the Asia Pacific and Pacific Islands. It promotes critical and creative approaches to area studies, development studies, and geography.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

Annual Volume~ 41 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,085

Publisher OrgWiley

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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?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1467-8373

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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

784

2019

637

2020

241

2021

310

2022

187

2023

125

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Area StudiesGeography

Scopus Categories

DevelopmentGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Island Studies and Pacific AffairsClimate Change, Adaptation, MigrationSoutheast Asian Sociopolitical StudiesMigration and Labor DynamicsSocioeconomic Development in AsiaAsian Studies and HistoryChina's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceMigration, Ethnicity, and EconomyConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementAgriculture, Land Use, Rural Development

Frequently asked questions about Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Is Asia Pacific Viewpoint a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Asia Pacific Viewpoint: 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 Asia Pacific Viewpoint?

Asia Pacific Viewpoint 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 1.08.

Is Asia Pacific Viewpoint indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Asia Pacific Viewpoint is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.