Journal profile
Cappadocia Journal of Area Studies
ISSN 2717-7254 · Cappadocia University · Turkey
Cappadocia Journal of Area Studies: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 5 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cappadocia Journal of Area Studies is published by Cappadocia University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are International Relations and Foreign Policy, Global Political and Economic Relations and Historical Turkish Studies, together about 36% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Cappadocia Journal of Area Studies (CJAS) is an interdisciplinary platform that publishes original peer-reviewed research on the interconnected relationship between area studies (Middle East, African, Chinese, East Asian, American, South East Asian, European, Central Asian, South and Central American, and Russian Studies) and international relations, sociology, global studies, anthropology, geography, history, law, philosophy, politics, public administration, public policy, religion, and society in the globalized world. As an interdisciplinary platform, the journal is necessarily heterodox ontologically, epistemologically, and methodologically. The journal especially welcomes research utilizing critical theory to scrutinize how area studies, society, and politics interact in structuration processes that reinforce, reify, or radically change extant sociopolitical praxis, ideational structures, institutional forms, and power distributions that alter, for good or ill, social, political and economic experiences in these geographical regions. CJAS aims at a wide range of audience, including scholars, students, specialists that have an interest in the critical and alternative approaches to area studies. CJAS publishes the following types of papers: Research Articles Review Essays Book Reviews Document Summaries Conference Proceedings Project Report Summaries Special Issues Interviews Our journal covers the following areas: Middle East Studies African Studies Chinese Studies East Asian Studies American Studies South East Asian Studies European Studies Central Asian Studies South and Central American Studies Russian Studies Languages of publication in CJAS are English and Turkish.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Halil Burak SakalPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Türkiye 7 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences18.9%
- Global Political and Economic RelationsSocial Sciences9.1%
- Historical Turkish StudiesSocial Sciences8%
- European Politics and SecuritySocial Sciences6.9%
- Soviet and Russian HistorySocial Sciences4.6%
- Central Asia Education and CultureSocial Sciences4.6%
- Chinese history and philosophySocial Sciences4%
- Middle East Politics and SocietySocial Sciences4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.04OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 94 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | 12 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 15 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 2 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–300 words
- Keywords
- 4–7
- Reference style
- Chicago
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- book reviewand English languages. CJAS publishes “book reviews” (700-1,500 words, about books published in the last three years), “review esmain text ≤ 1,500 words
- book reviewsBook reviewsLength not stated
- research articlesResearch articlesLength not stated
- reviewks published in the last three years), “review essays” (1,500-10,000 words, non-refereed), and “reply letters” to previous articles. Imain text ≤ 10,000 words
- review essaysReview essaysLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship
Authors retain copyright Model summary
CJAS does not ask authors to transfer any copyrights to the journal. The author(s) retain all copyrights of their articles.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Publishing and copyright policy of CJAS
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Model summary
Every material published in CJAS is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). The articles are assigned the following identifiers: A digital object identifier (DOI) Handles (hosted by the Institutional Repository of the Cappadocia University) The licensing agreement requires all authors to give CJAS permission to publish and archive their work electronically. CJAS …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access Model summary
All manuscripts are published open access in this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
All articles submitted to CJAS are subject to a double-blind peer-review process.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening using web-based plagiarism software Model summary
CJAS screens all submitted articles using web-based plagiarism software.
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
- Cappadocia University
- Country or region
- Turkey
- Language
- English, Turkish
- ISSN
- 2717-7254
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 7, Issue 1 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cappadocia Journal of Area Studies
How long does peer review take at Cappadocia Journal of Area Studies?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Cappadocia Journal of Area Studies?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–300 words; Keywords: 4–7; Reference style: Chicago; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Cappadocia Journal of Area Studies based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Türkiye (7). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Cappadocia Journal of Area Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cappadocia Journal of Area Studies is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Cappadocia Journal of Area Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Cappadocia Journal of Area Studies is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .