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International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studiesopen access

Country

Malaysia

Universities and research institutions in Malaysia
Media Ranking in Malaysia

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Universiti Sains Malaysia

University of Science, Malaysia in Scimago Institutions Rankings

H-Index

10

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

18236243

Coverage

2011-2023

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

grace.chin@usm.my

Scope

The International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, IJAPS (ISSN 1823-6243) is an award-winning electronic journal (e-journal) published by Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press), designed towards fulfilling one of the principal missions of the Asia Pacific Research Unit (APRU) of the School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, namely the dissemination of academic research and other scholarly works. With all its inherent advantages, an e-journal serves as the best vehicle to carry IJAPS to the forefront of the global scholarly community. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Cultural Studies2012Q4
Cultural Studies2013Q3
Cultural Studies2014Q3
Cultural Studies2015Q3
Cultural Studies2016Q2
Cultural Studies2017Q2
Cultural Studies2018Q2
Cultural Studies2019Q2
Cultural Studies2020Q2
Cultural Studies2021Q3
Cultural Studies2022Q2
Cultural Studies2023Q2
Sociology and Political Science2012Q4
Sociology and Political Science2013Q4
Sociology and Political Science2014Q4
Sociology and Political Science2015Q4
Sociology and Political Science2016Q3
Sociology and Political Science2017Q3
Sociology and Political Science2018Q3
Sociology and Political Science2019Q3
Sociology and Political Science2020Q4
Sociology and Political Science2021Q4
Sociology and Political Science2022Q4
Sociology and Political Science2023Q3
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
20120.102
20130.111
20140.119
20150.109
20160.159
20170.150
20180.157
20190.152
20200.137
20210.133
20220.143
20230.195
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
201115
201214
201310
201414
201516
201618
201713
201817
201913
202012
202113
202223
202316
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20110.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20120.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20130.310
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20140.103
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20150.302
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20160.407
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20170.483
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20180.508
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20190.563
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20200.492
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20210.400
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20220.709
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20230.754
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20110.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20120.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20130.310
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20140.103
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20150.368
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20160.325
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20170.354
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20180.532
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20190.375
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20200.535
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20210.405
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20220.526
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20230.688
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20110.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20120.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.310
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20140.042
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20150.417
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20160.333
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20170.441
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20180.452
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20190.400
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20200.433
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20210.160
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20220.360
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20230.806
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites20110
Self Cites20120
Self Cites20130
Self Cites20141
Self Cites20150
Self Cites20160
Self Cites20170
Self Cites20182
Self Cites20191
Self Cites20200
Self Cites20210
Self Cites20220
Self Cites20231
Total Cites20110
Total Cites20120
Total Cites20139
Total Cites20144
Total Cites201514
Total Cites201613
Total Cites201717
Total Cites201825
Total Cites201918
Total Cites202023
Total Cites202117
Total Cites202220
Total Cites202333
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document20110
External Cites per document20120.000
External Cites per document20130.310
External Cites per document20140.077
External Cites per document20150.368
External Cites per document20160.325
External Cites per document20170.354
External Cites per document20180.489
External Cites per document20190.354
External Cites per document20200.535
External Cites per document20210.405
External Cites per document20220.526
External Cites per document20230.667
Cites per document20110.000
Cites per document20120.000
Cites per document20130.310
Cites per document20140.103
Cites per document20150.368
Cites per document20160.325
Cites per document20170.354
Cites per document20180.532
Cites per document20190.375
Cites per document20200.535
Cites per document20210.405
Cites per document20220.526
Cites per document20230.688
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
20110.00
20120.00
20130.00
20147.14
20156.25
20165.56
20170.00
20180.00
201930.77
20200.00
202123.08
202221.74
20236.25
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents20110
Non-citable documents20122
Non-citable documents20132
Non-citable documents20143
Non-citable documents20153
Non-citable documents20163
Non-citable documents20172
Non-citable documents20180
Non-citable documents20190
Non-citable documents20200
Non-citable documents20210
Non-citable documents20220
Non-citable documents20230
Citable documents20110
Citable documents201213
Citable documents201327
Citable documents201436
Citable documents201535
Citable documents201637
Citable documents201746
Citable documents201847
Citable documents201948
Citable documents202043
Citable documents202142
Citable documents202238
Citable documents202348
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents20110
Uncited documents201215
Uncited documents201320
Uncited documents201437
Uncited documents201528
Uncited documents201632
Uncited documents201734
Uncited documents201829
Uncited documents201934
Uncited documents202028
Uncited documents202129
Uncited documents202224
Uncited documents202327
Cited documents20110
Cited documents20120
Cited documents20139
Cited documents20142
Cited documents201510
Cited documents20168
Cited documents201714
Cited documents201818
Cited documents201914
Cited documents202015
Cited documents202113
Cited documents202214
Cited documents202321
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
201135.71
201260.00
201350.00
201430.77
201532.00
201640.91
201730.00
201832.00
201921.05
202037.50
202147.37
202248.57
202330.00
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

DocumentsYearValue
Overton20110
Overton20120
Overton20130
Overton20140
Overton20150
Overton20160
Overton20172
Overton20182
Overton20193
Overton20200
Overton20210
Overton20220
Overton20230
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evolution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG20186
SDG20195
SDG20203
SDG20216
SDG20229
SDG202310
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