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Korea Journal is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 0.5), DOAJ. Published by The Academy of Korean Studies.
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ISSN 0023-3900Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: The Academy of Korean Studies
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature and Literary Theory | 297 / 1186 | 74th | Q2 |
| Visual Arts and Performing Arts | 234 / 697 | 66th | Q2 |
| History | 780 / 1936 | 59th | Q2 |
| Cultural Studies | 755 / 1434 | 47th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present (also 2001, 1999, 1976–1977), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 0.5.
Korea Journal is Q2 in Literature and Literary Theory (rank 297 of 1186), Q2 in Visual Arts and Performing Arts (rank 234 of 697) and Q2 in History (rank 780 of 1936), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Korea Journal 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 0.5, quartile Q2, 74th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.246, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 16.
Korea Journal is published by The Academy of Korean Studies. Its ISSN is 0023-3900.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Korea Journal has an h-index of 22 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #869 of 1,079 Scopus journals in Literature and Literary Theory.
Korea Journal published 11 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 39. 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.
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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