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International Journal of Korean History is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 0.5), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Center for Korean History,Korea University.
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ISSN 1598-2041Verify ISSN ↗2508-5921Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Center for Korean History,Korea University
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature and Literary Theory | 260 / 1186 | 78th | Q1 |
| History | 712 / 1936 | 63rd | Q2 |
| Cultural Studies | 712 / 1434 | 50th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 0.5.
International Journal of Korean History is Q1 in Literature and Literary Theory (rank 260 of 1186), Q2 in History (rank 712 of 1936) and Q2 in Cultural Studies (rank 712 of 1434), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Korean History 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 0.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 78th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.199, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 4.
International Journal of Korean History is published by Center for Korean History,Korea University. Its print ISSN is 1598-2041 and its online ISSN is 2508-5921.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of Korean History has an h-index of 6 and a 2-year mean of 0.24 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #221 of 1,079 Scopus journals in Literature and Literary Theory.
International Journal of Korean History published 12 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 25. 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 75 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from South Korea (46.1%), United States (20.1%) and Japan (12.1%).
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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