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International Journal of China Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 0.7). Published by Institute of China Studies.
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ISSN 2180-3250Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Institute of China Studies
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Studies | 595 / 1434 | 58th | Q2 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 1104 / 1530 | 27th | Q3 |
| Political Science and International Relations | 557 / 745 | 25th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2010–2025, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 0.7.
International Journal of China Studies is Q2 in Cultural Studies (rank 595 of 1434), Q3 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 1104 of 1530) and Q3 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 557 of 745), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of China Studies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.7, quartile Q2, 58th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.152, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 15.
International Journal of China Studies is published by Institute of China Studies. Its ISSN is 2180-3250.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of China Studies has an h-index of 12 and a 2-year mean of 0.13 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.7, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #824 of 1,309 Scopus journals in Cultural Studies.
International Journal of China Studies published 16 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 18. 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 37 research articles (2022–2025), authors are most often from China (26.6%), Malaysia (20.3%) and Taiwan (17.6%).
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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