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North Korean Review

McFarland and Company, Inc · United States · Est. 2005

ISSN1551-2789
SJR Q2Scopus / SJR
18
/ 100
High Risk
Score Breakdown
Scopus Q2+18
Total18
Journal Impact Factor
Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗
SJR Score
0.139
H-Index
10
CiteScore
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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIP
0.845
Total Works
240
Total Citations
767
2yr Mean Citedness
0.00
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Aims & Scope

North Korean Review is the first academic journal in North America or Europe to focus exclusively on North Korea. The purpose of NKR is to provide readers with an improved understanding of the country’s complexities and the threat it presents to global stability. International and interdisciplinary, NKR is a refereed journal covering culture, history, economics, business, religion, politics and international relations, among other topics.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
Q2
SJR Rank
Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2005
Frequencytwice a year
StatusActive (last: 2021)
Total Publications240
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Submission Info

Peer Reviewrefereed
Review Time
Acceptance Rate
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/12 · 58%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
McFarland and Company, Inc
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1551-2789
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus
Peer review process documented?
refereed
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Times cited
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

HistoryQ2
Cultural StudiesQ3
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q4
Political Science and International RelationsQ4
Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)HistoryCultural StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Korean Peninsula Historical and Political StudiesEconomic Sanctions and International RelationsAsian Industrial and Economic DevelopmentNuclear Issues and DefenseInternational Relations and Foreign PolicyAsian Culture and Media StudiesInnovation in Digital Healthcare SystemsEconomic Zones and Regional DevelopmentNuclear and radioactivity studiesQualitative Research Methods and Ethics
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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref