Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-History
Journal of Eurasian Studies
ISSN 1879-3665 · eISSN 1879-3673 · Hanyang University · United Kingdom
Journal of Eurasian Studies: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 222 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 46.4% (journal website); 29 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Eurasian Studies is published by Hanyang University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Central Asia Education and Culture, Soviet and Russian History and Global Political and Economic Relations, together about 32.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Eurasian Studies is an area studies journal that focuses on Eurasia that includes the CIS region and its close neighboring countries. Submissions may address domestic and international politics, economic and developmental issues, migration, social and intellectual exchanges, environmental concerns and technology sharing that are key to understanding today's Eurasian society. The journal also invites submissions with an interdisciplinary or humanities approach, including history, culture, art, anthropology and ethnography, and which seek to contribute to the recontextualizing of the Eurasian space.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-History
Editor-in-chief G. H. EomPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 10, United Kingdom 3, Canada 2, Russia 2, Japan 1 (22 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Central Asia Education and CultureSocial Sciences11.9%
- Soviet and Russian HistorySocial Sciences10.5%
- Global Political and Economic RelationsSocial Sciences10.5%
- International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences7.5%
- Post-Soviet Geopolitical DynamicsSocial Sciences7%
- European Politics and SecuritySocial Sciences6.6%
- European and Russian Geopolitical Military StrategiesSocial Sciences4.8%
- Russia and Soviet political economySocial Sciences4.2%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | Q1 | 58/1936 | 97th |
| Cultural Studies | Q1 | 141/1434 | 90th |
| Sociology and Political Science | Q2 | 460/1530 | 69th |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 2.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 145OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.28OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 363 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 18 | 381 |
| 2025 | 29 | 29 | 544 |
| 2024 | 21 | 21 | 636 |
| 2023 | 30 | 30 | 678 |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | 599 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 675 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
222 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports about 8 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 46.4%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 18 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 69 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 222 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 54 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare9 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- book reviewJournal of Eurasian Studies is an area studies journal that focuses on Eurasia that includes the CIS region and its close neighboring countries. Submissions may…main text ≤ 1,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
Journal of Eurasian Studies is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. All accepted articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, are published under a Creative Commons license, and hosted online in perpetuity. Please note that this journal is financially supported by Asia-Pacific Research Center, Hanyang University, and therefore does not charge an article processing char…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double Anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal does not accept submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers.
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
- Hanyang University
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1879-3665
- Electronic ISSN
- 1879-3673
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- 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 Journal of Eurasian Studies
How long does peer review take at Journal of Eurasian Studies?
The publisher reports about 222 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 46.4%. 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 Journal of Eurasian Studies?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≥ 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: APA; 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 Journal of Eurasian Studies based?
Of the 22 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (10), United Kingdom (3) and Canada (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Eurasian Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Eurasian Studies is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Eurasian Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Eurasian 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: .