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Seoul Journal of Korean Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 0.6), WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies.
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ISSN 1225-0201Verify ISSN ↗2331-4826Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities (all) | 71 / 175 | 59th | Q2 |
| Cultural Studies | 686 / 1434 | 52nd | Q2 |
| Archeology | 212 / 388 | 45th | Q3 |
| Linguistics and Language | 676 / 1221 | 44th | Q3 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 1184 / 1530 | 22nd | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2013–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 0.6.
Seoul Journal of Korean Studies is Q2 in Arts and Humanities (all) (rank 71 of 175), Q2 in Cultural Studies (rank 686 of 1434) and Q3 in Archeology (rank 212 of 388), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Seoul Journal of Korean 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 0.6, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 59th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.129, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 6.
Seoul Journal of Korean Studies is published by Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies. Its print ISSN is 1225-0201 and its online ISSN is 2331-4826.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Seoul Journal of Korean Studies has an h-index of 9 and a 2-year mean of 0.05 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #130 of 158 Scopus journals in Arts and Humanities (all).
Seoul Journal of Korean Studies published 18 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 36. 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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