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Inter-Asia Cultural Studies
ISSN 1464-9373 · eISSN 1469-8447 · Taylor & Francis
Inter-Asia Cultural Studies: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.63; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; 62 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Inter-Asia Cultural Studies is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Japanese History and Culture, Asian Culture and Media Studies and Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics, together about 32.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Inter-Asia Cultural Studies (IACS) gives a long overdue voice, throughout the global intellectual community, to those concerned with Inter-Asia Processes. The journal includes discussion, reports and analysis from global critical circles, and especially from marginalised sites, with the aim of enhancing the communication and exchange between inter-Asia and other regions of the cultural studies world. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies: provides a forum for scholars working in cultural studies in Asia responds to the re-centering of cultural studies outside the Anglo-American axis and participates in cultural politics at a local level, but with an international agenda constructs a "critical inter-Asia subjectivity," drawing on local critical intellectual traditions while making global links with other cultural studies networks problematizes "Asia" in the context of Asia's post-war economic and cultural resurgence and its troubled history as colonised and coloniser links cultural studies practices to the new social and cultural movements.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Hong Kong, China 2, Singapore 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Japanese History and CultureSocial Sciences11.6%
- Asian Culture and Media StudiesSocial Sciences10.8%
- Hong Kong and Taiwan PoliticsSocial Sciences10.5%
- Socioeconomic Development in AsiaSocial Sciences7.9%
- Asian Studies and HistorySocial Sciences7.4%
- Chinese history and philosophySocial Sciences5.7%
- Southeast Asian Sociopolitical StudiesSocial Sciences5.1%
- Vietnamese History and Culture StudiesSocial Sciences4%
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 | Anthropology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Asian Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Cultural Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Cultural Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Asian Studies | Zone 4 |
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 | Anthropology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Asian Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Cultural Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 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
SSCIAHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Current ContentsPublisher website
Other: OCLC, Communication and Mass Media Complete, Electronic Collections Online, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, R I L M Abstracts of Music Literature, Sociological Abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
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
- 0.63LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.25Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.63LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.63Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 314OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 7.77%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 54LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 134,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,460 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43 | 14 | 20 |
| 2025 | 62 | 19 | 60 |
| 2024 | 77 | 11 | 120 |
| 2023 | 78 | 17 | 148 |
| 2022 | 42 | 4 | 75 |
| 2021 | 54 | 4 | 103 |
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
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Inter-Asia Cultural Studies 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. Model summary
Inter-Asia Cultural Studies 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…
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1464-9373
- Electronic ISSN
- 1469-8447
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 27, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Inter-Asia Cultural Studies
What CAS zone is Inter-Asia Cultural Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Anthropology / Asian Studies / Cultural Studies. 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 Inter-Asia Cultural Studies?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.63; CiteScore 0.9, h-index 48.
What JCR quartile is Inter-Asia Cultural Studies in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Sociology.
Where are the editorial board members of Inter-Asia Cultural Studies based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Hong Kong, China (2) and Singapore (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Inter-Asia Cultural Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies is indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Inter-Asia Cultural Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Inter-Asia Cultural Studies is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .