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China International Strategy Review

Springer · Singapore · Est. 2019

ISSN2524-5635

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.389

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.242

Total Worksi

201

Total Citationsi

1,331

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.80

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionSingapore

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2019

Annual Volume~ 26 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications201

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

Visit Journal Website

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2524-5635

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

289

2019

300

2020

363

2021

291

2022

126

2023

124

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

International Relations

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Political Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

International Relations and Foreign PolicyInternational Development and AidGlobal Political and Economic RelationsIslamic Studies and HistoryGlobalization, Economics, and PoliciesGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsGlobal Political and Social DynamicsEuropean and Russian Geopolitical Military StrategiesChina's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceNuclear Issues and Defense

Frequently asked questions about China International Strategy Review

Is China International Strategy Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for China International Strategy Review: 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 China International Strategy Review?

China International Strategy Review 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 1.80.

Is China International Strategy Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

China International Strategy Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of China International Strategy Review?