The China Quarterly
Last updated ISSN 0009-4439
The China Quarterly is published by Cambridge University Press in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,550.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The China Quarterly 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
- Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics
- Legal case studies and regulations
- China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Japanese History and Culture
- Legal Cases and Commentary
Key facts
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0009-4439, 0305-7410, 1468-2648 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,550 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 9,031 |
| Publishing since | 1960 |
| Journal website | journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=CQY |
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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