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Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 0.9), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Cambridge University Press.
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ISSN 1557-4660Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | 405 / 1936 | 79th | Q1 |
| Cultural Studies | 452 / 1434 | 68th | Q2 |
| Anthropology | 257 / 536 | 52nd | Q2 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 970 / 1530 | 36th | Q3 |
| Political Science and International Relations | 483 / 745 | 35th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 0.9.
Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus is Q1 in History (rank 405 of 1936), Q2 in Cultural Studies (rank 452 of 1434) and Q2 in Anthropology (rank 257 of 536), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 0.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 79th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.189, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 11.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,550 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus is published by Cambridge University Press. Its ISSN is 1557-4660.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus has an h-index of 25 and a 2-year mean of 0.65 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #202 of 1,704 Scopus journals in History.
Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus published 26 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 163. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 59 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from Japan (29.7%), United States (19.2%) and Germany (7.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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