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The Journal of Pacific Studies
The Journal of Pacific Studies is rated ABDC C. Published by University of South Pacific.
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ISSN 1011-3029Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: University of South Pacific
ABDC C
C
ABDC rating
1
Indexed in
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Rating
Unchanged since 2022 vs ABDC 2022
Year of inception
1978
Field of research
Other economics (3899)
Publisher (per ABDC)
University of South Pacific
C = a recognised quality journal in its field.
View this source on ABDC Not listed in: Scopus, Web of Science, DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is The Journal of Pacific Studies indexed in Scopus?
No — The Journal of Pacific Studies is not currently indexed in Scopus.
What is the impact factor of The Journal of Pacific Studies?
The Journal of Pacific Studies has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes The Journal of Pacific Studies and what is its ISSN?
The Journal of Pacific Studies is published by University of South Pacific. Its ISSN is 1011-3029.
Is The Journal of Pacific Studies in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
What is the ABDC rating of The Journal of Pacific Studies?
It is rated C in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Other economics.
Is The Journal of Pacific Studies open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is The Journal of Pacific Studies? — open metrics via OpenAlex
The Journal of Pacific Studies has an h-index of 7 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
7
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
5
i10-index
98
works indexed
358
total citations
The Journal of Pacific Studies published 4 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2016 with 21. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in The Journal of Pacific Studies? — latest 20 articles, 2021–2025
In its latest 20 research articles (2021–2025), authors are most often from Fiji (57.5%), New Zealand (17.5%) and Samoa (7.5%). 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.
Are there integrity warnings for The Journal of Pacific Studies? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Not in the Scopus source list. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusNot in the Scopus source list
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
- Author concentration57.5% of recent authorship from Fiji
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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