East Asian Publishing and Society

Aims & Scope

East Asian Publishing and Society is a journal dedicated to the study of the publishing of texts and images in East Asia, from the earliest times up to the present.

The journal provides a platform for multi-disciplinary research by scholars addressing publishing practices in China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam.

East Asian Publishing and Society invites articles that treat any aspect of publishing history: production, distribution, and reception of manuscripts, imprints (books, periodicals, pamphlets, and single sheet prints), and electronic text.

Studies of authorship and editing, the business of publishing, reading audiences and reading practices, libraries and book collection, the relationship between the state and publishing—to name just a few possible topics—are welcome.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.3
2024	0.30

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	29619

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	5

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.102

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	5

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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 Engineering 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.

• Printing for Prestige? Publishing and Publications by Ming Princes

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Jérôme

• The Tastiest Dish in Edo: Print, Performance and Culinary Entertainment in Early-Modern Japan

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Eric C.

• Printing Chinese Characters, Engraving Chinese Types: Wooden Chinese Movable Type at the Imprimerie Nationale (1715-1819)

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Michela, Isabelle

• The Imprint of the Imprints: Sojourners, Xiaoshuo Translations, and the Transcultural Canon of Early Chinese Fiction in Europe, 1697-1826

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Patricia

• Dukes and Nobles Above, Scholars Below: Beijing’s Old Booksellers’ District Liulichang 琉璃廠, 1769-1941—and Its Influence on 20th-Century Shanghai’s Book Trade

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Christopher A.

• Transmitting Haoqiu zhuan in Eighteenth-Century Chosŏn Korea

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Suyoung

• The Japanese Early-Modern Publishing Market Unveiled: A Survey of Edo-Period Booksellers’ Catalogues

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Laura

• Romancing Precolonial Korea: The Making of Chosŏn Yadam as Heritage Tales in Early Twentieth-Century Korean Publishing

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Si Nae

• Transferring Sinosphere Knowledge to the Public: James Summers (1828-91) as Printer, Editor and Cataloguer

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Uganda Sze Pui

• Towards a Political Economy of the Early Modern Print Industry in Chosn

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Michael D.

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