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Asian Social Science
Asian Social Science was rated ABDC C in the 2016 list and is not in the current ABDC 2025 list, Scopus or Web of Science. Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education.
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ISSN 1911-2017Verify ISSN ↗1911-2025Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Canadian Center of Science and Education
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Asian Social Science indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2011–2016).
What is the impact factor of Asian Social Science?
Asian Social Science has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Asian Social Science and what is its ISSN?
Asian Social Science is published by Canadian Center of Science and Education. Its print ISSN is 1911-2017 and its online ISSN is 1911-2025.
Is Asian Social Science in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
What is the ABDC rating of Asian Social Science?
It was rated C in the 2016 ABDC list but is not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List.
Is Asian Social Science open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Asian Social Science? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Asian Social Science has an h-index of 78 and a 2-year mean of 0.3 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Asian Social Science published 53 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 244. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in Asian Social Science? — latest 95 articles, 2024–2026
In its latest 95 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (50%), Malaysia (24.9%) and Congo - Kinshasa (3.7%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Asian Social Science? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2016. 3 retracted papers are recorded (0.5 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2016
- Retracted papers 3 · 0.5 per 1,000 papers
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
- Author concentration50% of recent authorship from China
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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