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Korea Observer is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 1.2), WoS SSCI. Published by Institute of Korean Studies.
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ISSN 0023-3919Verify ISSN ↗2586-3053Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Institute of Korean Studies
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities (all) | 41 / 175 | 76th | Q1 |
| Social Sciences (all) | 162 / 286 | 43rd | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2007–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 1.2.
Korea Observer is Q1 in Arts and Humanities (all) (rank 41 of 175) and Q3 in Social Sciences (all) (rank 162 of 286), by CiteScore 2025.
Korea Observer is indexed in the Social Sciences 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 1.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 76th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.460, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 19.
Korea Observer is published by Institute of Korean Studies. Its print ISSN is 0023-3919 and its online ISSN is 2586-3053.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Korea Observer has an h-index of 18 and a 2-year mean of 0.94 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #18 of 158 Scopus journals in Arts and Humanities (all).
Korea Observer published 30 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 38. 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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