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Asia Policy

The National Bureau of Asian Research · United States · Est. 2006

ISSN1559-2960

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.423

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.554

Total Worksi

1,083

Total Citationsi

4,597

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.69

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Asia Policy is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to bridging the gap between academic research and policymaking on issues related to the Asia-Pacific.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

Annual Volume~ 71 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,083

Publisher OrgNational Bureau of Asian Research

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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?

The National Bureau of Asian Research

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1559-2960

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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

332

2019

365

2020

220

2021

254

2022

123

2023

117

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.

HistoryQ1

Political Science and International RelationsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Area StudiesInternational Relations

Scopus Categories

HistoryPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

International Relations and Foreign PolicyKorean Peninsula Historical and Political StudiesPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle EastInternational Development and AidChina's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceGlobal trade and economicsMaritime Security and HistorySouth Asian Studies and ConflictsAsian Geopolitics and EthnographyRussia and Soviet political economy

Frequently asked questions about Asia Policy

Is Asia Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Asia Policy: 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 Policy?

Asia Policy 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 0.69.

Is Asia Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Asia Policy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.