The China Journal
Last updated ISSN 1324-9347
The China Journal is published by University of Chicago Press in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The China Journal concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Chinese history and philosophy
- China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
- Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics
- China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations
- Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
- Philippine History and Culture
- Economic Zones and Regional Development
- Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
- Socioeconomic Development in Asia
- Japanese History and Culture
Key facts
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1324-9347, 1835-8535 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 4,342 |
| Publishing since | 1927 |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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