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Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus

Cambridge University Press · United States · Est. 2002

ISSN1557-4660eISSN1557-4660

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.189

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.652

Total Worksi

3,787

Total Citationsi

5,464

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.58

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Area Studies; Cultural Studies; History; Anthropology; Political Science and International Relations; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 46 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,787

OA Since2001

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-SA, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-SA, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1557-4660 / 1557-4660

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

136

2019

163

368

2020

108

2021

2022

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 StudiesQ2

HistoryQ2

AnthropologyQ3

Political Science and International RelationsQ3

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Area Studies

Scopus Categories

AnthropologySociology and Political ScienceHistoryCultural StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Japanese History and CultureKorean Peninsula Historical and Political StudiesVietnamese History and Culture StudiesAsian Culture and Media StudiesNuclear Issues and DefenseInternational Relations and Foreign PolicyChinese history and philosophyRisk Perception and ManagementGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsAsian American and Pacific Histories

Frequently asked questions about Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus

Is Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Journal: Japan Focus?

Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus 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 0.58.

Is Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus?