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Central Asian Affairs

Brill Academic Publishers · Netherlands · Est. 2014

ISSN2214-2290

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 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

0.374

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.872

Total Worksi

248

Total Citationsi

917

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Political Science and International Relations; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2014

Annual Volume~ 23 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications248

Publisher OrgBrill

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Brill Academic Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2214-2290

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

2020

111

2021

102

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.

Political Science and International RelationsQ2

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Political Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Soviet and Russian HistoryChina's Ethnic Minorities and RelationsPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle EastPolitical Conflict and GovernanceJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesRussia and Soviet political economyIslamic Studies and HistoryCentral Asia Education and CultureTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolenceReligion and Society Interactions

Frequently asked questions about Central Asian Affairs

Is Central Asian Affairs a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Central Asian Affairs: it is indexed in 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 Central Asian Affairs?

Central Asian Affairs is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.374.

Is Central Asian Affairs indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Central Asian Affairs is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Central Asian Affairs?