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Martial Arts Studies

Cardiff University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2015

ISSN2057-5696

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.2

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.715

Total Worksi

194

Total Citationsi

849

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.22

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Cultural Studies; Gender Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

Annual Volume~ 17 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications194

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cardiff University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2057-5696

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

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

109

2019

2020

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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q2

Cultural StudiesQ2

Gender StudiesQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Gender StudiesCultural StudiesArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and EducationSports, Gender, and SocietyDoping in SportsSport and Mega-Event ImpactsPhysical Education and PedagogyJapanese History and CultureChinese history and philosophyDiversity and Impact of DanceHong Kong and Taiwan PoliticsPhysical education and sports games research

Frequently asked questions about Martial Arts Studies

Is Martial Arts Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Martial Arts Studies: it is indexed in Scopus, 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 Martial Arts Studies?

Martial Arts Studies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.2.

Is Martial Arts Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Martial Arts Studies is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Martial Arts Studies?