Journal profile · INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs

ISSN 2347-7970 · eISSN 2349-0039 · SAGE

Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; 23 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.

Impact factor—No published value
CAS zoneZone 3 · Sociology2025 upgraded edition, major category · 2026 Xinrui edition Zone 2 · Sociology
CiteScore quartileQ2Political Science and International Relations · rank 252/745 · 66th percentile
Review time—No reports yet
APCUSD 3,650Hybrid journal: charged only for open-access articles
Acceptance—No reports yet
Articles per year232025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs is published by SAGE 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 International Relations and Foreign Policy, South Asian Studies and Conflicts and Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East, together about 46.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Research area (LetPub): INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences28.8%
  2. South Asian Studies and ConflictsSocial Sciences10.4%
  3. Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle EastSocial Sciences7.5%
  4. Maritime Security and HistorySocial Sciences7.4%
  5. Global Political and Economic RelationsSocial Sciences5.1%
  6. COVID-19, Geopolitics, Technology, MigrationSocial Sciences4.7%
  7. Defense, Military, and Policy StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.1%
  8. Political Conflict and GovernanceSocial Sciences3%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
LevelCategoryZone
MajorSociologyZone 3
MinorInternational RelationsZone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: no

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 2
LevelCategoryZone
MajorSociologyZone 2
MinorInternational RelationsZone 3

Top journal: noReview journal: not marked

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)

SubjectQuartileRankPercentile
Political Science and International RelationsQ2252/74566th

Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub

Database indexing

ESCIScopusLetPub

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

CiteScore 2026-06
2.3LetPub ·
SJR 2026-06
0.43LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
1.07LetPub ·
h-index
18OpenAlex ·
i10-index
51OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
1.16OpenAlex ·
Self-citation rate
0%LetPub ·
Share of gold OA articles
23.88%LetPub ·

Volume

Articles per year
22LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 379 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
2026358240
2025239256
20244614220
2023255240
2022332147
2021293102

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.

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.

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
OpenAlexUSD 3,650 / GBP 2,676——

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.

Profile

Publication details and official links

Publisher
SAGE
ISSN
2347-7970
Electronic ISSN
2349-0039
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs

What CAS zone is Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs in?

In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category International Relations. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.

Which databases index Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.

Is Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs open access, and what is the APC?

Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.

Sources and updates

The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .