China Information

Aims & Scope

China Information presents timely and in-depth analyses of major developments in contemporary China and overseas Chinese communities in the areas of politics, economics, law, ecology, culture, and society, including literature and the arts.

It is refereed academic journal with an international readership indexed in SSCI and Scopus.

China Information pays special attention to views and areas that do not receive sufficient attention in the mainstream discourse on contemporary China.

It encourages discussion and debate between different academic traditions, offers a platform to express controversial and dissenting opinions, and promotes research that is historically sensitive and contemporarily relevant.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.7
2024	2.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.758

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7277

h-index

Year	Value
2024	34

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	155

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Media, Civil Society, and the Rise of a Green Public Sphere in China

  Citation: 198

  Authors: Guobin, Craig

• Embedded Activism and Political Change in a Semiauthoritarian Context

  Citation: 106

  Authors: Peter

• Chinese eco-cities: A perspective of land-speculation-oriented local entrepreneurialism

  Citation: 98

  Authors: Chien

• Official microblogging and social management by local governments in China

  Citation: 85

  Authors: Jesper, Min

• The ‘losers’ of China’s Internet: Memes as ‘structures of feeling’ for disillusioned young netizens

  Citation: 85

  Authors: Marcella

• Digitized parody: The politics of egao in contemporary China

  Citation: 82

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• The Panopticon as the Antithesis of a Space of Freedom

  Citation: 69

  Authors: Lokman

• Hackerspaces and the Internet of Things in China: How makers are reinventing industrial production, innovation, and the self

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Silvia

• Dear Mayor

  Citation: 55

  Authors: Kathleen

• Sexed Bodies, Sexualized Identities, and the Limits of Gender

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Harriet

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