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East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies

University of Alberta · Canada · Est. 2014

ISSN2292-7956
SJR Q2Scopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
33
/ 100
High Risk
Score Breakdown
Scopus Q2+18
DOAJ Verified+15
Total33
Journal Impact Factor
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SJR Score
0.147
H-Index
10
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
Total Works
377
Total Citations
551
2yr Mean Citedness
0.17
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Aims & Scope

East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies is a scholarly, peer-reviewed, online periodical, publishing original research articles, reviews and review articles. EWJUS encourages submission in English of previously unpublished work by academics, graduate students, and policymakers. The journal welcomes thematic issues by guest editors and original scholarship presented at conferences; it is open to sponsoring online forums for scholarly debates and exchanges. The journal accepts research that incorporates web technologies and multimedia (e.g., audio and visual materials). The focus and themes of the journal include, but are not limited, to the following: Ukraine and its neighbors; Ukrainian humanities and social sciences in a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective; the Early Modern, Modern, and Contemporary periods; cultural geography and geopolitics; empires, regions, borders and borderlands; dominant and subordinate cultures; collective identities, gender, multiculturalism, nationalism; and the sociocultural foundations of modernization.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
24
weeks to review
Slow · median is 15 wks
Q2
SJR Rank
Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionCanada
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2014
FrequencyTwice a year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications377
Publisher OrgUniversity of Alberta, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies
OA Since2013
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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free
Peer ReviewDouble-blind
Review Time~24 weeks
Acceptance Rate
OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✗ No
📦 Long-term Preservation
PKP PN

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

10/12 · 83%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
University of Alberta
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2292-7956
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
No APC (Free)
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
PKP PN
Plagiarism detection in place?
No
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
Primary language documented?
English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Times cited
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2025

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

HistoryQ2
Literature and Literary TheoryQ2
Linguistics and LanguageQ3
Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceHistoryLiterature and Literary TheoryLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Eastern European Communism and ReformsSoviet and Russian HistoryDiverse Scientific Research in UkrainePolish Historical and Cultural StudiesEuropean Politics and SecurityMilitary, Security, and Education StudiesEuropean and Russian Geopolitical Military StrategiesHistorical Geopolitical and Social DynamicsUkrainian Cultural and Linguistic StudiesLinguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity
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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref