Journal of Korean Studies

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Korean Studies is the preeminent journal in its field, publishing high-quality articles in all disciplines in the humanities and social sciences on a broad range of Korea-related topics, both historical and contemporary.

Korean studies is a dynamic field, with student enrollments and tenure-track positions growing throughout North America and abroad.

At the same time, the Korean peninsula’s increasing importance in the world has sparked interest in Korea well beyond those whose academic work focuses on the region.

Recent topics include the history of anthropology of Korea; seventeenth-century Korean love stories; the Chinese diaspora in North Korea; student activism in colonial Korea in the 1940s; and GLBTQ life in contemporary South Korea.

Contributors include scholars conducting transnational work on the Asia-Pacific as well as on relevant topics throughout the global Korean diaspora.

The Journal of Korean Studies is based at the George Washington University.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.5

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.163

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

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.

• The Domestication of South Korean Pre-College Study Abroad in the First Decade of the Millennium

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Jiyeon, Nancy

• Contention in the Construction of a Global Korean Community: The Case of the Overseas Korean Act

  Citation: 58

  Authors: Jung-Sun, Paul Y.

• “Wise Mother, Good Wife”: A Transcultural Discursive Construct in Modern Korea

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Hyaeweol

• Literary Production, Circulating Libraries, and Private Publishing: The Popular Reception of Vernacular Fiction Texts in the Late Chosŏn Dynasty

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Michael

• The Paradox of Postcolonial Korean Nationalism: State-Sponsored Cultural Policy in South Korea, 1965–Present

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Sang Mi

• The Politics of the Family Law Reform Movement in Contemporary Korea: A Contentious Space for Gender and the Nation

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Ki-young

• Flexible Yet Inflexible: Development of Dual Citizenship in South Korea

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Nora Hui-Jung

• Monetary Flows and the Movements of Children: The Transnational Adoption Industrial Complex

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Kimberly D.

• Total, Thus Broken: Chuch’e Sasang and North Korea’s Terrain of Subjectivity

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Cheehyung

• Virtual Space and National Division: <i>Crow’s Eye View: The Korean Peninsula</i> at the Venice Architecture Biennale (2014)

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Sohl

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