International Journal of Sino-Western Studies

Aims & Scope

International Journal of Sino-Western Studies （IJS） is a Chinese-English bilingual academic journal, which is published twice a year in June and December in Finland by Nordic Forum of Sino-Western Studies.

It is published simultaneously in printed and electronic online versions.

The Nordic Forum of Sino-Western Studies is a university-related research platform based in Helsinki.

We aim at encouraging Sino-Western dialogue, research, and enhancement of scholarly activities, e.g, conferences, student & scholar exchange, academic essay prize, and publication.

As part of its publication programs, the Forum publishes a new Chinese-English bilingual journal to promote Sino-Western Studies internationally.

The articles published in this journal do not necessarily represent the view or position of the journal or of the editorial board.

This journal is fully open access, but once any part of this journal is reprinted, reproduced, or utilized in any form or by any means, presently known or hereafter invented, our journal's name should be mentioned, including quotations in academic works or book reviews.

We neither charge APCs nor authors to publish articles in our journal, and the only license term for quoting or dowloading our articles is to mention our journal's name as the source of origin.

Users can use, reuse and build upon the material published in our journal but only for non-commercial purposes.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.3
2024	0.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	26686

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	18

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.126

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	3

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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 and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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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.

• The Definition, Methods and Other Related Issues of Intellectual History ——Also on the History of Martin Luther's Thoughts in China

  Citation: 3

  Authors: YANG

• Research on religion and spirituality in China: A bibliometric analysis based on the Web of Science

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Rubén Carlos, José Ricardo

• The "Jesus-Mozi Dialogue" In The Revival of Mohism In The Republic Of China——Take Zhang Yijing, Wang Zhixin And Wu Leichuan As Examples

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Jiaofeng

• A Perfect Church on Earth – The New Discovery of an Ancient Church Site in Tangchao Dun, China

  Citation: 1

  Authors: David

• Two Kinds of Love: On the Interpretation of Luther's View of Love by the Finnish School Mannermaa

  Citation: 1

  Authors: LI, Paulos

• Life Philosophy: A Study on Western Ontology and Taoism of Form and Spirit Dualism

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Dong, Pu

• St. Augustine’s Cosmological Arguments on Transcendent Beauty

  Citation: 1

  Authors: BAI

• Culture Reproduction or Value Conflict? The Morally Fraught Experience of Chinese Christians in Virtual Communities

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Yan

• Five Issues on Confucian-Christian Dialogue

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Paulos

• New Research on Confucian Christian Liu Ning during early Qing Dynasty

  Citation: 1

  Authors: XIAO

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