WoS SCIE & CAS Academic Rankings
Global Journal Rankings & Directory
Explore academic hierarchies, Clarivate Impact Factors, Web of Science Q1–Q4 quartiles, and CAS divisions.
Showing 1–25 of 106 international scientific journals (Area Studies)
| Rank | Journal Name & ISSN | Impact Factor | H-Index | WoS Quartile | Scopus SJR | CAS Division | Self-Citation | Docs/yr | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | China Journal ISSN: 1324-9347 / 1835-8535Top Tier | 4.2 | 64 | Q1 | 1.736Q1 | CAS Tier 1 | 4.3% | 14 | University of Chicago Press |
| #2 | China Quarterly ISSN: 0305-7410 / 1468-2648Top Tier | 3.4 | 109 | Q1 | 1.722Q1 | CAS Tier 1 | 8% | 74 | Cambridge University Press |
| #3 | Middle East Critique ISSN: 1943-6149 / 1943-6157 | 3.2 | 26 | Q1 | 0.694Q1 | CAS Tier 2 | 12.5% | 23 | Taylor & Francis |
| #4 | Journal of Contemporary China ISSN: 1067-0564 / 1469-9400Top Tier | 3.1 | 73 | Q1 | 1.114Q1 | CAS Tier 2 | 8.3% | 72 | Taylor & Francis |
| #5 | Journal of Asian Public Policy ISSN: 1751-6234 / 1751-6242 | 2.9 | 26 | Q1 | 0.586Q2 | CAS Tier 3 | 0% | 31 | Taylor & Francis |
| #6 | Journal of Contemporary Asia ISSN: 0047-2336 / 1752-7554Top Tier | 2.8 | 58 | Q1 | 0.914Q1 | CAS Tier 2 | 10% | 43 | Taylor & Francis |
| #7 | Critical Asian Studies ISSN: 1467-2715 / 1472-6033 | 2.2 | 51 | Q1 | 0.621Q2 | CAS Tier 2 | 0% | 33 | Taylor & Francis |
| #8 | Journal of Palestine Studies ISSN: 0377-919X / 1533-8614 | 2.2 | 41 | Q1 | 0.606Q2 | CAS Tier 2 | 16.7% | 34 | Taylor & Francis |
| #9 | Southeast European and Black Sea Studies ISSN: 1468-3857 / 1743-9639 | 2.1 | 34 | Q1 | 0.498Q1 | CAS Tier 3 | 0% | 33 | Taylor & Francis |
| #10 | Turkish Studies ISSN: 1468-3849 / 1743-9663Top Tier | 2 | 39 | Q1 | 0.813Q1 | CAS Tier 1 | 16.7% | 26 | Taylor & Francis |
| #11 | Asian Survey ISSN: 0004-4687 / 1533-838X | 1.9 | 59 | Q1 | 0.582Q2 | CAS Tier 3 | 30.8% | 57 | University of California Press |
| #12 | Africa Spectrum ISSN: 0002-0397 / 1868-6869Top TierDiamond OA | 1.8 | 34 | Q1 | 0.494Q1 Diamond OA | CAS Tier 1 | 5.3% | 14 | SAGE Publishing |
| #13 | Journal of Modern African Studies ISSN: 0022-278X / 1469-7777 | 1.7 | 75 | Q1 | 0.436Q2 | CAS Tier 2 | 7.7% | 24 | Cambridge University Press |
| #14 | Central Asian Survey ISSN: 0263-4937 / 1465-3354 | 1.6 | 45 | Q1 | 0.644Q1 | CAS Tier 2 | 18.2% | 42 | Taylor & Francis |
| #15 | East Asia ISSN: 1096-6838 / 1874-6284 | 1.6 | 27 | Q1 | 0.557Q2 | CAS Tier 3 | 16.7% | 28 | Springer Nature |
| #16 | Insight on Africa ISSN: 0975-0878 / 0976-3465 | 1.6 | 16 | Q1 | 0.539Q1 | CAS Tier 2 | 0% | 15 | SAGE |
| #17 | China Perspectives ISSN: 2070-3449 / 1996-4617 | 1.4 | 33 | Q1 | 0.441Q1 | CAS Tier 3 | 7.1% | 25 | French Centre for Research on Contemporary China |
| #18 | Pacific Affairs ISSN: 0030-851X / 1715-3379 | 1.4 | 49 | Q1 | 0.641Q1 | CAS Tier 3 | 21.4% | 21 | University of British Columbia |
| #19 | Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East ISSN: 1089-201X / 1548-226X | 1.3 | 41 | Q1 | 0.421Q2 | CAS Tier 3 | 0% | 42 | Duke University Press |
| #20 | Journal of Eastern African Studies ISSN: 1753-1055 / 1753-1063 | 1.3 | 44 | Q1 | 0.393Q1 | CAS Tier 3 | 11.1% | 28 | Taylor & Francis |
| #21 | Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies ISSN: 0253-3952 / 1940-7874 | 1.3 | 33 | Q1 | 0.196Q3 | CAS Tier 3 | 0% | 36 | Taylor & Francis |
| #22 | TRaNS-Trans-Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia ISSN: 2051-364X / 2051-3658 | 1.3 | 20 | Q1 | 0.203Q2 | CAS Tier 3 | 11.1% | 14 | Cambridge University Press |
| #23 | African and Asian Studies ISSN: 1569-2094 / 1569-2108 | 1.2 | 24 | Q2 | 0.201Q2 | CAS Tier 4 | 0% | 18 | Brill |
| #24 | Region ISSN: 2166-4307 / 2165-0659 | 1.2 | 10 | Q2 | 0.132Q3 | CAS Tier 4 | 0% | 11 | ERSA |
| #25 | CANADIAN JOURNAL OF AFRICAN STUDIES ISSN: 0008-3968 / 1923-3051 | 1.1 | 20 | Q2 | 0.324Q1 | CAS Tier 3 | 0% | 35 | Taylor & Francis |