Journal of Asian Pacific Communication

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Asian Pacific Communication (JAPC) is an international journal whose academic mission is to bring together specialists from diverse scholarly disciplines to discuss and interpret language in communication issues as they pertain to people of Asian Pacific regions and in their immigrant communities worldwide.

The journal’s academic orientation is generalist, passionately committed to interdisciplinary approaches to language in communication studies relating to people in and from Asian Pacific regions.

Thematic issues of previously published issues of JAPC include Cross-Cultural Communications: Literature, Language, Ideas; Sociolinguistics in China; Japan Communication Issues; Mass Media in the Asian Pacific; Comic Art in Asia, Historical Literacy, and Political Roots; Communication Gains through Student Exchanges & Study Abroad; Language Issues in Malaysia; English Language Development in East Asia; The Teachings of Writing in the Pacific Basin; Language and Identity in Asia; The Economics of Language in the Asian Pacific; Culture, Contexts, and Communication in Multicultural Australia and New Zealand; Media Discourse in Greater China; Institutional Politeness in (South) East Asia.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.5
2024	0.50

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	22837

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	27

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.174

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	24

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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 Business, Management and Accounting, 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.

• Adolescent literacy and identity construction among 1.5 generation students

  Citation: 86

  Authors: Youngjoo

• Identity, investment, and Chinese learners of English

  Citation: 67

  Authors: Bonny, Yihong

• The tangled web

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Wendy

• Harmonies and tensions in Chinese intergenerational communication

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Yan Bing, Mary Lee

• Multidimensional enculturation

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Yongyan

• Language learner self-management

  Citation: 33

  Authors: J.

• Dimensions of language education policy in Asia

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Anthony J., Andy

• Cantopop

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Bryce T., Christine Wai Sum, Zhang

• The spread of Putonghua and language attitude changes in Shanghai and Guangzhou, China

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Minglang

• Borrowing words and ideas

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Carol, Hiroe

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