Journal profile · HISTORY
Late imperial China
ISSN 0884-3236 · eISSN 1086-3257 · Johns Hopkins University Press
Late imperial China: CAS Zone 2 · History (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 10 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Late imperial China is published by Johns Hopkins University Press and is in Zone 2 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Chinese history and philosophy, Japanese History and Culture and Vietnamese History and Culture Studies, together about 55.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Chinese history and philosophySocial Sciences34.3%
- Japanese History and CultureSocial Sciences13.8%
- Vietnamese History and Culture StudiesSocial Sciences7.1%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering6.2%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine5.9%
- Philippine History and CultureSocial Sciences5.1%
- China's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceSocial Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | History | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)History Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | History | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
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
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- h-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 123OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.08OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 7LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 452 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 14 | 4 | 8 |
| 2021 | 12 | 5 | 13 |
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- ISSN
- 0884-3236
- Electronic ISSN
- 1086-3257
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Late imperial China
What CAS zone is Late imperial China in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Late imperial China is in Zone 2 of History, and in Zone 3 of the minor category History. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Late imperial China?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Late imperial China is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Late imperial China open access, and what is the APC?
Late imperial China is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .