Chinese Studies in History

Aims & Scope

Chinese Studies in History makes noteworthy works and important trends of historical study in the Chinese-speaking world available to English-language readers.

Thematic issues present original papers or articles from academic journals and anthologies that have been selected for translation because of their excellence, interest, and contribution to scholarship on the topic.

Topical coverage ranges over all periods and subfields of Chinese and East Asian history as well as more general theoretical and historiographical questions of interest to historians of many specialties.

Each issue includes a substantive introduction by the editor or specialist guest editor.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.2
2024	0.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.105

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	7

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	29096

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	4

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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, 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.

• Contributions of Returned Scholars to Recent Economic Development in Taiwan

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Sun

• Modernization Theory and China's Road to Modernization

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Cao

• Characteristics of the Trend of Patriotism in the 1911 Revolution

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Zhang

• Rock Springs Incident

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Yen

• Memorials and memory: The curation and interpretation of trauma narratives—using the examples of exhibitions on the theme of “comfort women” in East Asian Society

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Wang

• The Nanjing Massacre and the traumatic memory of Nanjing residents

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Zhang

• Regional Stereotypes in China

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Lung-Chang

• Historical shifts in remembering China’s “Nanjing Massacre”

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Wang

• Genre, war, ideology: Anti-Japanese war films in Taiwan and Mainland China

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Zhou

• The "Good Wife and Wise Mother" as a Social Discourse of Gender

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Wang

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