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International Area Studies Review is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.9), WoS ESCI. Published by Center for International Area Studies.
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ISSN 2049-1123Verify ISSN ↗2233-8659Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Center for International Area Studies
Cost to publish: About US$3,450 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 301 / 745 | 59th | Q2 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 651 / 1530 | 57th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1997–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.9.
International Area Studies Review is Q2 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 301 of 745) and Q2 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 651 of 1530), by CiteScore 2025.
International Area Studies Review 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 1.9, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 59th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.306, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 23.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,450 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.
International Area Studies Review is published by Center for International Area Studies. Its print ISSN is 2049-1123 and its online ISSN is 2233-8659.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Area Studies Review has an h-index of 30 and a 2-year mean of 0.97 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #282 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
International Area Studies Review published 26 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 28. 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 35 research articles (2022–2023), authors are most often from United States (20%), South Korea (18.1%) and Germany (16.7%).
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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