Europe Asia Studies

Europe Asia Studies is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Eastern European Communism and Reforms, Soviet and Russian History and Russia and Soviet political economy, together about 31.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Europe-Asia Studies is the principal academic journal in the world focusing on the history and current political, social and economic affairs of the countries of the former 'communist bloc' of the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and Asia. At the same time, the journal explores the economic, political and social transformation of these countries and the changing character of their relationships with the rest of Europe and Asia. From its first publication in 1949, until January 1993, the title of Europe-Asia Studies was Soviet Studies. The Editors' decision to change the title to Europe-Asia Studies followed the collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991. It reflected the belief that countries of the former 'Soviet bloc' would gradually become more closely linked with both Europe and Asia, while continuing to present distinctive topics for research as a consequence of their specific experience. In 2007 the Editors took a further decision to extend the journal's scope to include China and other Asian countries that are or were under communist rule. Europe-Asia Studies publishes original research articles, review articles and book reviews, and welcomes proposals from Guest Editors for special issues. Europe-Asia Studies is published by Routledge on behalf of Central and East European Studies, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow. Peer Review Statement All submitted research articles and review articles are subject to a rigorous peer review process, based on initial editor screening and double-anonymized refereeing by a minimum of two referees. Book reviews are assessed by the Editors but are not externally peer reviewed.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Multiple

Editor-in-chief Luca Anceschi - University of GlasgowPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 9%); most named United Kingdom 5, Ukraine 3, Mainland China 1, Japan 1, Russia 1 (11 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
• CiteScore Q1 · 2025

Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website

Database indexing

SSCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

Current ContentsPublisher website

Other: Abstracts of Hungarian Economic Literature, Academic Abstracts, America: History and Life, British Humanities Index, Criminal Justice Abstracts, Geographical Abstracts Human Geography, Historical Abstracts, International Political Science Abstracts, PAIS–Public Affairs Information Services, Periodica Islamica, Social SCISEARCH

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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.

Impact

Impact factor

1.39LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.5Publisher website · 2026-09-29

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.7Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

2.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

2.6Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.62LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.62Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SNIP 2026-06

1.35LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

1.35Publisher website · 2026-09-29

h-index

87OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,445OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.84OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

6.7%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

21.76%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

65LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

269,000Publisher website · 2026-09-29

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.

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website

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.

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

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.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

0966-8136

Electronic ISSN

1465-3427

Society / sponsor

University of Glasgow

Latest issue on the website

Volume 78, Issue 6 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website