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International Area Studies Review

CENTER INT AREA STUDIES · South Korea · Est. 2011

ISSN2049-1123

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.306

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.751

Total Worksi

346

Total Citationsi

3,361

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.61

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

International Area Studies Review publishes theoretical, analytical, and empirical works on international politics, economics, culture, sociology, law, and the arts. It also covers research interests in ethics and other interdisciplinary works related to area studies, encouraging both theory-oriented and applied research.

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General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 25 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications346

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

Visit Journal Website

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?

CENTER INT AREA STUDIES

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2049-1123

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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

288

2019

197

2020

117

2021

110

2022

104

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.

Political Science and International RelationsQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

International Relations

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Political Conflict and GovernanceInternational Development and AidInternational Relations and Foreign PolicyElectoral Systems and Political ParticipationGlobal trade and economicsPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle EastKorean Peninsula Historical and Political StudiesSports, Gender, and SocietySport and Mega-Event ImpactsPeacebuilding and International Security

Frequently asked questions about International Area Studies Review

Is International Area Studies Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Area Studies 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 International Area Studies Review?

International Area Studies 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.61.

Is International Area Studies Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Area Studies Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.