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Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 2.6), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Routledge.
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ISSN 2476-1028Verify ISSN ↗2476-1036Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Routledge
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Studies | 150 / 1434 | 89th | Q1 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 486 / 1530 | 68th | Q2 |
| Development | 138 / 314 | 56th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 2.6.
Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies is Q1 in Cultural Studies (rank 150 of 1434), Q2 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 486 of 1530) and Q2 in Development (rank 138 of 314), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Contemporary East Asia 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 2.6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 89th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.393, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 18.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,533 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.
Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies is published by Routledge. Its print ISSN is 2476-1028 and its online ISSN is 2476-1036.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies has an h-index of 22 and a 2-year mean of 1.19 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #156 of 1,309 Scopus journals in Cultural Studies.
Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies published 19 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 20. 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 97 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from Japan (56.7%), Taiwan (7.2%) and South Korea (4.1%). 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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