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Korean Studies

University of Hawaii Press · United States · Est. 1977

ISSN1529-1529

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.158

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.093

Total Worksi

949

Total Citationsi

2,974

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.12

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Asian Studies; Literature and Literary Theory; Cultural Studies; History; Visual Arts and Performing Arts; Anthropology; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Sociology and Political Science; Geography, Planning and Development; Social Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1977

Annual Volume~ 21 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications949

Publisher OrgUniversity of Hawaii Press

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Hawaii Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1529-1529

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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

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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.

Literature and Literary TheoryQ1

Cultural StudiesQ2

HistoryQ2

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ2

AnthropologyQ3

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q3

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ4

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Asian Studies

Scopus Categories

AnthropologySociology and Political ScienceHistorySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Literature and Literary TheoryVisual Arts and Performing ArtsGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Japanese History and CultureAsian Culture and Media StudiesKorean Peninsula Historical and Political StudiesChinese history and philosophyAsian Industrial and Economic DevelopmentLegal and Regulatory AnalysisLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesMilitary Technology and StrategiesMigration, Ethnicity, and EconomyEducational Systems and Policies

Frequently asked questions about Korean Studies

Is Korean Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Korean 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 Korean Studies?

Korean 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 0.12.

Is Korean Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Korean Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.