China International Strategy Review

Aims & Scope

Publishes original writings in the fields of world politics and international strategic studies related, but not limited, to China and its foreign relations.

Encourages writers to provide leading-edge research findings and policy-relevant analysis.

Aims to serve as a bridge between China’s strategic perspectives and those of the international community.

China International Strategy Review (CISR) publishes original writings in the fields of world politics and international strategic studies related, but not limited, to China and its foreign relations.

It encourages writers to provide leading-edge research findings and policy-relevant analysis.

With authors of diverse national and regional backgrounds, the journal aims to serve as a bridge between China’s strategic perspectives and those of the international community.

Interdisciplinary approaches are applied to make the journal intellectually rich and challenging.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.2

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	13882

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	123

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.396

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	12

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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 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.

• Getting hedging right: a small-state perspective

  Citation: 76

  Authors: Cheng-Chwee

• Technology, power, and uncontrolled great power strategic competition between China and the United States

  Citation: 56

  Authors: Xiangning

• The Belt and Road Initiative and China–US strategic competition

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Minghao

• Assessing the deterioration in China–U.S. relations: U.S. governmental perspectives on the economic-security nexus

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Rosemary, Amy

• US–China Rivalry in the twenty-first century: Déjà vu and Cold War II

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Avery

• Third-party market cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative: progress, challenges, and recommendations

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Youyi

• From cooperative partnership to strategic competition: a review of China–U.S. relations 2009–2019

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Wang, Hu

• Dimensions of rivalry: China, the United States, and Europe

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Volker

• Reflections on China–US relations after the COVID-19 pandemic

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Nansheng

• ASEAN’s responses to AUKUS: implications for strategic realignments in the Indo-Pacific

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Mingjiang

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