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China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies

World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd · Singapore · Est. 2015

ISSN2377-7400eISSN2377-7419

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.238

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.5

Total Worksi

293

Total Citationsi

1,989

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.44

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Political Science; Political Science and International Relations; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionSingapore

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

Annual Volume~ 21 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications293

Publisher OrgWorld Scientific

OA Since2016

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2377-7400 / 2377-7419

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

Yes

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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

341

2019

144

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.

Political Science and International RelationsQ3

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political Science

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

International Development and AidInternational Relations and Foreign PolicyPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle EastBelt and Road InitiativeGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsChina's Global Influence and MigrationGlobal Political and Economic RelationsGlobal trade and economicsEconomic Zones and Regional DevelopmentSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts

Frequently asked questions about China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies

Is China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies?

China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies 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 0.44.

Is China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies?