Journal of Korean Studies

Social Sciences

Impact Factor
0.667
2023
H-Index
11.000
2023
SJR
0.189
2023

I. Journal Information

ISSN7311613
CountryUnited States
PublisherCenter for Korea Studies, University of Washington
Subject AreasSocial Sciences
Publication TypeJournals
Active Years2011-2021
WebsiteVisit journal
JIF 2022–20230.700

II. Scope & Description

The Journal of Korean Studies is the preeminent journal in its field publishing highquality articles in all disciplines in the humanities and social sciences on a broad range of Korearelated topics both historical and contemporary. Korean studies is a dynamic field with student enrollments and tenuretrack positions growing throughout North America and abroad. At the same time the Korean peninsulas increasing importance in the world has sparked interest in Korea well beyond those whose academic work focuses on the region. Recent topics include the history of anthropology of Korea seventeenthcentury Korean love stories the Chinese diaspora in North Korea student activism in colonial Korea in the 1940s and GLBTQ life in contemporary South Korea. Contributors include scholars conducting transnational work on the AsiaPacific as well as on relevant topics throughout the global Korean diaspora. The Journal of Korean Studies is based at the George Washington University.

III. Impact Factor History

Year2-Year IF3-Year IF4-Year IF
20230.6670.5000.486
20220.2890.2780.333
20210.2650.1820.233
20200.2700.2730.282
20190.2560.3450.366
20180.0880.1200.209
20170.2810.4290.379
20160.1210.2200.338
20150.3240.3060.460
20140.063
20130.207
20120.571

Note: impact factor data for reference only.

IV. SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)

SJR measures scientific influence, weighting citations by the prestige of the citing journal.

YearSJR Score
20230.189
20220.180
20210.124
20200.127
20190.158
20180.111
20170.175
20160.159
20150.167

V. H-Index

The H-Index measures both the productivity and citation impact of a journal's publications.

YearH-Index
202311.000
202210.000
20218.000

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