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Chinese Law and Government
Chinese Law and Government is not currently indexed in Scopus. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Routledge.
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Quick answers
Is Chinese Law and Government indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2002–2020 (also 1968–1995)).
What is the impact factor of Chinese Law and Government?
Chinese Law and Government 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 Chinese Law and Government and what is its ISSN?
Chinese Law and Government is published by Routledge. Its print ISSN is 0009-4609 and its online ISSN is 1944-7051.
Is Chinese Law and Government covered under ONOS in India?
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.
Is Chinese Law and Government in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Chinese Law and Government open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Chinese Law and Government for 47 years, between 1968 and 2020, with 6 years in that span missing. Coverage ended in 2020, 6 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 2,797 works and 1,648 citations for the title. Its papers appear as late as 2025, 5 years after Scopus coverage ended in 2020. That pattern fits a journal Scopus stopped indexing while it kept publishing, but it can also come from a changed ISSN or merged records. Confirm the journal's current status before submitting.
How well cited is Chinese Law and Government? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Chinese Law and Government has an h-index of 16 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
16
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
37
i10-index
2,797
works indexed
1,648
total citations
Chinese Law and Government published 18 papers in 2020; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 93. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
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.
Are there integrity warnings for Chinese Law and Government? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2020. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2020
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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