International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies

Aims & Scope

The International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies or IJAPS (ISSN 1823-6243) is an award-winning electronic journal (e-journal) published by Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press). Designed towards fulfilling one of the principal missions of the Asia Pacific Research Unit (APRU) of the School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, IJAPS is a scholarly, multidisciplinary, internationally refereed publication that aims to provide a critical space to facilitate the advancement of original and/or significant research, knowledges and ideas, including cutting-edge theoretical developments and new research directions, in relation to the Humanities and Cultural Studies in Asia Pacific. The journal welcomes research on Asia (West, South, Southeast and East), Australasia, and the Pacific Rim regions of the Americas (North, Central and South) in the following disciplines: politics, history, indigenous languages, literature, religion, man and the environment, ethno-history, anthropology, cultural heritage, social issues, economic development, war and conflict resolution, and the arts.

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.

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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

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Subject Classification