Area Studies: List of Journals

List of Journals

The category ‘Area Studies’ comprises 80 journals.

The choice of journals is based on Web of Science 's SSCI (Social Science Citations Index).

Note:

• The column Rank refers to the ranking accorded to the journal by Web of Science based on the 2-year Journal Impact Factor 2020 (released in mid-2021).

• Journals listed in pale letters do not deposit scholarly metadata at CrossRef. As a consequence, OOIR cannot track their latest papers.

• The logo denotes fully Open Access journals.

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor
1	China Journal	ca. 3.8
2	Journal of Contemporary China	ca. 3.7
3	Journal of Contemporary Asia	ca. 3.2
4	African Affairs	ca. 3.2
5	China Quarterly	ca. 3.1
6	Post-Soviet Affairs	ca. 2.9
7	Mediterranean Politics	ca. 2.5
8	Pacific Review	ca. 2.4
9	Eurasian Geography and Economics	ca. 2.2
10	Central Asian Survey	ca. 2.2
11	Europe-Asia Studies	ca. 2.1
12	Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies	ca. 2.0
13	Journal of Asian Public Policy	ca. 2.0
14	European Security	ca. 1.9
15	Asia Pacific Viewpoint	ca. 1.8
16	China Perspectives	ca. 1.8
17	Critical Asian Studies	ca. 1.7
18	Asian Studies Review	ca. 1.7
19	Economic Development and Cultural Change	ca. 1.7
20	African Studies Review	ca. 1.7
21	Journal of Chinese Political Science	ca. 1.6
22	Turkish Studies	ca. 1.6
23	China Information	ca. 1.6
24	Southeast European and Black Sea Studies	ca. 1.6
25	Journal of Eastern African Studies	ca. 1.6
26	Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies	ca. 1.5
27	China Review	ca. 1.4
28	Journal of Modern African Studies	ca. 1.4
29	Pacific Affairs	ca. 1.4
30	East European Politics and Societies	ca. 1.4
31	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	ca. 1.3
32	Middle East Journal	ca. 1.3
33	Contemporary Southeast Asia	ca. 1.3
34	Journal of Palestine Studies	ca. 1.2
35	Latin American Politics and Society	ca. 1.2
36	Review of African Political Economy	ca. 1.2
37	Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies	ca. 1.2
38	East Asian Science, Technology & Society	ca. 1.1
39	Social Science Japan Journal	ca. 1.1
40	Modern Asian Studies	ca. 1.1
41	Contemporary Pacific	ca. 1.1
42	British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies	ca. 1.0
43	Latin American Perspectives	ca. 1.0
44	Journal of Australian Studies	ca. 1.0
45	Journal of Asian and African Studies	ca. 1.0
46	Journal of Asian Studies	ca. 0.9
47	Journal of Latin American Studies	ca. 0.9
48	Africa Spectrum	ca. 0.9
49	International Journal of Middle East Studies	ca. 0.8
50	Modern China	ca. 0.8
51	IDS Bulletin	ca. 0.8
52	Africa	ca. 0.8
53	Journal of Southern African Studies	ca. 0.7
54	African Studies	ca. 0.7
55	Latin American Research Review	ca. 0.7
56	Asian Survey	ca. 0.7
57	Nationalities Papers	ca. 0.7
58	South Asia	ca. 0.7
59	China: An International Journal	ca. 0.6
60	Slavic Review	ca. 0.6
61	Asian Journal of Social Science	ca. 0.6
62	Middle Eastern Studies	ca. 0.6
63	London Journal	ca. 0.6
64	Journal of Southeast Asian Studies	ca. 0.6
65	Bulletin of Latin American Research	ca. 0.5
66	Pacific Focus	ca. 0.5
67	Social Dynamics	ca. 0.5
68	Modern Italy	ca. 0.5
69	European Review	ca. 0.4
70	Middle East Policy	ca. 0.4
71	Journal of Baltic Studies	ca. 0.4
72	Israel Affairs	ca. 0.3
73	Journal of Japanese Studies	ca. 0.3
74	African and Asian Studies	ca. 0.3
75	Korea Observer	ca. 0.2
76	New West Indian Guide	ca. 0.2
77	Bilig	ca. 0.2
78	India Review	ca. 0.2
79	Iranian Studies	ca. 0.2
80	German Studies Review	ca. 0.1