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China Review

Cluj University Press · China · Est. 1994

ISSN1680-2012eISSN1680-2012

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.497

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.136

Total Worksi

178

Total Citationsi

462

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

China Review is an interdisciplinary journal covering various disciplines of study on Greater China and its people. Its scope includes domestic politics and international relations, society, business and economic development, modern history, the arts, and cultural studies.

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General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

Annual Volume~ 6 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2021)

Total Publications178

Publisher OrgThe Chinese University of Hong Kong Press

Region🌍 Global South

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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?

Cluj University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1680-2012 / 1680-2012

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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.

Cultural StudiesQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Area Studies

Scopus Categories

Cultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Chinese history and philosophyChina's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceHong Kong and Taiwan PoliticsJapanese History and CultureVietnamese History and Culture StudiesAsian Culture and Media StudiesMigration, Ethnicity, and EconomyInternational Relations and Foreign PolicyChina's Ethnic Minorities and RelationsEconomic Zones and Regional Development

Frequently asked questions about China Review

Is China Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for China Review: 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 China Review?

China Review 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.

Is China Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

China Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.