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Korean Journal of Defense Analysis is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.8), WoS SSCI. Published by Korea Institute for Defense Analyses.
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ISSN 1016-3271Verify ISSN ↗1941-4641Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Korea Institute for Defense Analyses
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 1040 / 1530 | 32nd | Q3 |
| Political Science and International Relations | 529 / 745 | 29th | Q3 |
| Safety Research | 96 / 108 | 11th | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1996–2025, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.8.
Korean Journal of Defense Analysis is Q3 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 1040 of 1530), Q3 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 529 of 745) and Q4 in Safety Research (rank 96 of 108), by CiteScore 2025.
Korean Journal of Defense Analysis 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 0.8, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 32nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.270, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 14.
Korean Journal of Defense Analysis is published by Korea Institute for Defense Analyses. Its print ISSN is 1016-3271 and its online ISSN is 1941-4641.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Korean Journal of Defense Analysis has an h-index of 16 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #1,360 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
Korean Journal of Defense Analysis published 16 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 30. 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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