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International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.1), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia.
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ISSN 1823-6243Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Studies | 375 / 1434 | 73rd | Q2 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 877 / 1530 | 42nd | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2011–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.1.
International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies is Q2 in Cultural Studies (rank 375 of 1434) and Q3 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 877 of 1530), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Asia-Pacific 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 1.1, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 73rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.163, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 13.
International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies is published by Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia. Its ISSN is 1823-6243.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies has an h-index of 14 and a 2-year mean of 0.33 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #526 of 1,309 Scopus journals in Cultural Studies.
International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies published 33 papers in 2025. 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 87 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from Malaysia (23.6%), Indonesia (18.4%) and Vietnam (8.6%).
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.
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