Journal profile · AREA STUDIES
Journal of Contemporary Asia
ISSN 0047-2336 · eISSN 1752-7554 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Contemporary Asia: CAS Zone 2 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.75; hybrid open access; median 101 days to acceptance (59 articles, last 24 months); 67 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Contemporary Asia is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 2 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies, Asian Studies and History and Human auditory perception and evaluation, together about 25.2% 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)
Taylor & Francis publishes knowledge and specialty research spanning humanities, social sciences, science and technology, engineering, medicine and healthcare.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AREA STUDIES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Southeast Asian Sociopolitical StudiesSocial Sciences9.7%
- Asian Studies and HistorySocial Sciences8.5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering7%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science6.4%
- Vietnamese History and Culture StudiesSocial Sciences5.9%
- Socioeconomic Development in AsiaSocial Sciences5.8%
- Asian Geopolitics and EthnographySocial Sciences5.5%
- China's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceSocial Sciences5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Area Studies | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Area Studies | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Area Studies | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 2.75LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.91LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- h-index
- 71OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 796OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.18OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 14.42%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 33LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,669 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 59 | 13 | 9 |
| 2025 | 67 | 17 | 98 |
| 2024 | 51 | 19 | 279 |
| 2023 | 56 | 15 | 377 |
| 2022 | 73 | 17 | 640 |
| 2021 | 43 | 5 | 550 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
101 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 11 days – 167 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 112 days (59 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 229 days
- Sample
- 59 articles with submission and acceptance dates (140 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0047-2336
- Electronic ISSN
- 1752-7554
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Contemporary Asia
What CAS zone is Journal of Contemporary Asia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Contemporary Asia is in Zone 2 of Sociology, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Area Studies. 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.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Contemporary Asia?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.75; CiteScore 6.2, h-index 71.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Contemporary Asia?
Based on the dates recorded on 59 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 101 days (interquartile range 11–167 days). 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.
Which databases index Journal of Contemporary Asia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Contemporary Asia is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Contemporary Asia open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Contemporary Asia is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .