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Journal of International Studies (Malaysia) is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.1), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Universiti Utara Malaysia Press.
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ISSN 1823-691XVerify ISSN ↗2289-666XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Universiti Utara Malaysia Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 272 / 745 | 63rd | Q2 |
| Strategy and Management | 326 / 506 | 35th | Q3 |
| Business and International Management | 295 / 456 | 35th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.1.
Journal of International Studies (Malaysia) is Q2 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 272 of 745), Q3 in Strategy and Management (rank 326 of 506) and Q3 in Business and International Management (rank 295 of 456), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of International Studies (Malaysia) 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 2.1, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 63rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.373, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 8.
Journal of International Studies (Malaysia) is published by Universiti Utara Malaysia Press. Its print ISSN is 1823-691X and its online ISSN is 2289-666X.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of International Studies (Malaysia) has an h-index of 12 and a 2-year mean of 0.63 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #390 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
Journal of International Studies (Malaysia) published 22 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 85. 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 91 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from Malaysia (62.5%), Indonesia (13%) and Nigeria (4.4%). 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 2 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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