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Asian and African Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 0.5), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences.
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ISSN 1335-1257Verify ISSN ↗2585-8793Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities (all) | 77 / 175 | 56th | Q2 |
| Cultural Studies | 709 / 1434 | 50th | Q2 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 1194 / 1530 | 21st | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present (also 1987), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 0.5.
Asian and African Studies is Q2 in Arts and Humanities (all) (rank 77 of 175), Q2 in Cultural Studies (rank 709 of 1434) and Q4 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 1194 of 1530), by CiteScore 2025.
Asian and African Studies 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 0.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 56th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.110, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 7.
Asian and African Studies is published by Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences. Its print ISSN is 1335-1257 and its online ISSN is 2585-8793.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Asian and African Studies has an h-index of 4 and a 2-year mean of 0.21 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #77 of 158 Scopus journals in Arts and Humanities (all).
Asian and African Studies published 12 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 27. 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 56 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from Slovakia (33%), Czechia (14.9%) and Slovenia (7.1%).
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.
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