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International Journal of Sino-Western Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.3), WoS ESCI. Published by Nordic Forum of Sino-Western Studies.
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ISSN 1799-8204Verify ISSN ↗2242-2471Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Nordic Forum of Sino-Western Studies
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | 1034 / 1936 | 46th | Q3 |
| Religious Studies | 434 / 760 | 42nd | Q3 |
| Cultural Studies | 924 / 1434 | 35th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.3.
International Journal of Sino-Western Studies is Q3 in History (rank 1034 of 1936), Q3 in Religious Studies (rank 434 of 760) and Q3 in Cultural Studies (rank 924 of 1434), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Sino-Western 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 0.3, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 46th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.127, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 3.
International Journal of Sino-Western Studies is published by Nordic Forum of Sino-Western Studies. Its print ISSN is 1799-8204 and its online ISSN is 2242-2471.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Sino-Western Studies has an h-index of 2 and a 2-year mean of 0.86 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.3, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #137 of 1,704 Scopus journals in History.
International Journal of Sino-Western Studies published 14 papers in 2024; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 29. 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 88 research articles (2021–2024), authors are most often from China (84.7%), United States (3.4%) and Hong Kong SAR China (2.3%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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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