Journal profile
IKAT The Indonesian Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
ISSN 2580-6580 · eISSN 2597-9817 · Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta · Indonesia
IKAT The Indonesian Journal of Southeast Asian Studies: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 4 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IKAT The Indonesian Journal of Southeast Asian Studies is published by Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are International Relations and Foreign Policy, Asian Studies and History and Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies, together about 30.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
IKAT: The Indonesian Journal of Southeast Asian Studies strives to provide new, rigorous and comprehensive understandings of Southeast Asia through inter-disciplinary perspectives. Its scope includes, but is not limited to, economic welfare, institutional knowledge production, history, political transformation, and the social development of information and communication technology in the region. Contributors may focus on an in-depth individual country analysis or a multi-country comparative case study. In line with CESASS's mission statement, contributors are encouraged to submit empirical, methodological, theoretical, or conceptual articles about Southeast Asia through the lense of social science.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Vissia Ita YuliantoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Indonesia 8, Germany 3, New Zealand 2, Japan 1 (14 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences10.4%
- Asian Studies and HistorySocial Sciences10.4%
- Southeast Asian Sociopolitical StudiesSocial Sciences9.6%
- Asian Geopolitics and EthnographySocial Sciences5.2%
- Publishing and Scholarly CommunicationArts and Humanities5.2%
- Indonesian Legal and Regulatory StudiesSocial Sciences5.2%
- Political Science Research and EducationSocial Sciences4.4%
- Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Sciences3.5%
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
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.12OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 99 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 8 | 12 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 24 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 102 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 | 64 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 41 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | 45 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 64 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- USD 64
- Page charges
- USD 64
- Submission fee
- USD 64
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 prepare10 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- 3–5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Templates
- Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
As a peer-reviewed journal, this statement clarifies ethical conduct to all parties involved in the manuscript publication of IKAT: The Indonesian Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, including the author(s), editors (editor-in-chief and associate editor), and the peer-reviewer. This statement is relied on Practice Guidelines for publication as in Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE’s Best). In g…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Articles published in IKAT are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license, which permits anyone to copy, transform, or redistribute articles for any lawful purpose in any medium, provided appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and IKAT is recognized as its original publisher. A link to this license should also be provided. Any d…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or their institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
IKAT: The Indonesian Journal of Southeast Asian Studies uses double-blind review. This means that throughout the review process both reviewers' and authors' identities are concealed from each other. The peer review process at IKAT includes the following steps: Submission of Paper: The Author submits the article to the Journal via an online open journal system (OJS). Editorial Office Assessment: Th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism Screening
Articles submitted to IKAT are screened for plagiarism using a plagiarism checker. In accordance with our publication ethics, articles found to have an unacceptable level of similarity to a previously published article are immediately rejected.
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
- Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta
- Country or region
- Indonesia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2580-6580
- Electronic ISSN
- 2597-9817
- 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 IKAT The Indonesian Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
How long does peer review take at IKAT The Indonesian Journal of Southeast Asian Studies?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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 IKAT The Indonesian Journal of Southeast Asian Studies?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: 3–5; Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words; Reference style: APA; Templates: Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: 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 IKAT The Indonesian Journal of Southeast Asian Studies based?
Of the 14 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Indonesia (8), Germany (3) and New Zealand (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index IKAT The Indonesian Journal of Southeast Asian Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IKAT The Indonesian Journal of Southeast Asian Studies is indexed in DOAJ.
Is IKAT The Indonesian Journal of Southeast Asian Studies open access, and what is the APC?
IKAT The Indonesian Journal of Southeast Asian 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, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .