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South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1971

ISSN1479-0270

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI · AHCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.257

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

2,147

Total Citationsi

12,723

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies provides a forum for scholarly research, comment, and discussion on the history, society, economy, culture, and international relations of the South Asian region. It draws on a range of disciplines from the humanities and social sciences.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

Annual Volume~ 84 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,147

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?

1479-0270

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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

1.3k

2019

838

2020

417

2021

218

2022

122

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.

Cultural StudiesQ1

HistoryQ1

DevelopmentQ3

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Area StudiesAsian StudiesHistory

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceHistoryCultural StudiesDevelopment

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

South Asian Studies and ConflictsPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle EastSoutheast Asian Sociopolitical StudiesAnthropological Studies and InsightsSouth Asian Cinema and CultureIndian History and PhilosophySouth Asian Studies and DiasporaSocial and Economic Development in IndiaIndian Economic and Social DevelopmentIndian and Buddhist Studies

Frequently asked questions about South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies

Is South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for South Asia: Journal of South Asia 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 South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies?

South Asia: Journal of South Asia 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 0.29.

Is South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.