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East Asian Policy

World Scientific Publishing · Singapore · Est. 2009

ISSN1793-9305eISSN2251-3175

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Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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H-Indexi

Total Worksi

537

Total Citationsi

1,277

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.89

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Area Studies; Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionSingapore

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 33 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications537

Publisher OrgWorld Scientific

OA Since2022

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

World Scientific Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1793-9305 / 2251-3175

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double anonymous peer review

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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)?

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

2019

119

2020

259

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Area StudiesPolitical Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

China's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceKorean Peninsula Historical and Political StudiesGlobal trade and economicsHong Kong and Taiwan PoliticsInternational Relations and Foreign PolicyEconomic Zones and Regional DevelopmentInternational Development and AidAsian Industrial and Economic DevelopmentSocioeconomic Development in AsiaGlobal Political and Economic Relations

Frequently asked questions about East Asian Policy

Is East Asian Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for East Asian Policy: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 East Asian Policy?

East Asian 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 0.89.

Is East Asian Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

East Asian Policy is indexed in Web of Science, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of East Asian Policy?