Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Amerasia Journal
ISSN 0044-7471 · University of California Press
Amerasia Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.3 (journal website); subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 501 days to acceptance (29 articles, last 24 months); 40 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Amerasia Journal is published by University of California Press and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Asian American and Pacific Histories, Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy and Race, History, and American Society, together about 41.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cultural Studies and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Since 1971, Amerasia Journal has been the leading interdisciplinary journal in Asian American and Pacific Islander studies. For almost five decades, Amerasia Journal has played an indispensable role in establishing Asian American studies as a viable and relevant field of scholarship, teaching, community service, and public discourse. According to founding publisher Don T. Nakanishi, Amerasia Journal “has benefited from and reflected a wide array of profound social changes that have occurred among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders—be it their unprecedented growth and diversification, or their ever-increasing levels of access, representation, and achievement in American society’s institutions and sectors that had long excluded, marginalized, or demonized them.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Editor-in-chief Victor Bascara, UCLAPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Asian American and Pacific HistoriesSocial Sciences20.8%
- Migration, Ethnicity, and EconomySocial Sciences13.1%
- Race, History, and American SocietySocial Sciences7.8%
- Asian Culture and Media StudiesSocial Sciences6.4%
- Japanese History and CultureSocial Sciences5.2%
- Diaspora, migration, transnational identitySocial Sciences5%
- Vietnamese History and Culture StudiesSocial Sciences4.8%
- Latin American and Latino StudiesSocial Sciences3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ProQuest, America: History and Life, Bibliography of Asian Studies, ProQuest Writings on American History, Arts and Humanities Citations Index, Sage Race Relations AbstractsPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.13Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.03LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.03Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 278OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.04OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.94%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 23LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 40,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,991 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | 12 | 1 |
| 2024 | 34 | 12 | 2 |
| 2023 | 24 | 6 | 2 |
| 2022 | 29 | 6 | 23 |
| 2021 | 46 | 4 | 153 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
501 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 340 days – 522 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 139 days (29 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 619 days
- Sample
- 29 articles with submission and acceptance dates (40 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted1
- research articleResearch Article | Published online: 9 Sep 2026Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal, part of Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program; open access publishing optional. Model summary
Amerasia Journal is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and reader…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- ISSN
- 0044-7471
- Society / sponsor
- University of California System
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 51, Issue 3 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Amerasia Journal
What CAS zone is Amerasia Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Amerasia Journal is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Amerasia Journal?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.2, h-index 43.
How long does peer review take at Amerasia Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 29 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 501 days (interquartile range 340–522 days). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Amerasia Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Amerasia Journal is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Amerasia Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Amerasia Journal is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .