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Journal of Chinese History

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2016

ISSN2059-1640

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.214

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.455

Total Worksi

497

Total Citationsi

566

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Chinese History is dedicated to the study of the history of China and its peoples, past and present. It publishes original research articles on all aspects of Chinese history, from antiquity to the present day. The journal welcomes submissions that engage with a wide range of methodologies and theoretical approaches, and that contribute to new understandings of China's past. It also publishes review articles and book reviews.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications497

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind peer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND 4.0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2059-1640

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind 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)?

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

2019

210

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.

HistoryQ1

Cultural StudiesQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Asian StudiesHistory

Scopus Categories

HistoryCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Chinese history and philosophyVietnamese History and Culture StudiesHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisJapanese History and CultureHistory of Science and MedicineChina's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEducational Robotics and EngineeringEurasian Exchange NetworksDiverse Historical and Scientific Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Chinese History

Is Journal of Chinese History a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Chinese History: 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 Journal of Chinese History?

Journal of Chinese History 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 0.06.

Is Journal of Chinese History indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Chinese History is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.