Modern China

Aims & Scope

Published for over thirty years, Modern China has been an indispensable source of scholarship in history and the social sciences on late-imperial, twentieth-century, and present-day China.

Modern China presents scholarship based on new research or research that is devoted to new interpretations, new questions, and new answers to old questions.

Spanning the full sweep of Chinese studies of six centuries, Modern China encourages scholarship that crosses over the old "premodern/modern" and "modern/contemporary" divides.

In addition to research articles, Modern China presents periodic symposia on important topics in Chinese studies, critical essays on the state of Chinese studies, in-depth review articles on particular areas of scholarship, and reviews of books of unusual quality and significance.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	1.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.414

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	50

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	13460

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	104

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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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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.

• Political Trust in Rural China

  Citation: 311

  Authors: Lianjiang

• The Institutional Logic of Collusion among Local Governments in China

  Citation: 219

  Authors: Xueguang

• Gender and Internal Orientalism in China

  Citation: 210

  Authors: Louisa

• Unfinished Proletarianization: Self, Anger, and Class Action among the Second Generation of Peasant-Workers in Present-Day China

  Citation: 206

  Authors: Pun

• "Public Sphere "/"Civil Society" in China?

  Citation: 179

  Authors: Philip C.C.

• Global Capital, the State, and Chinese Workers

  Citation: 161

  Authors: Pun, Jenny

• Graduated Controls

  Citation: 147

  Authors:

• China’s Western Development Program

  Citation: 147

  Authors: Hongyi Harry

• Gender Inequality in Urban China

  Citation: 138

  Authors: John, Nancy E.

• Changing Models of China's Policy Agenda Setting

  Citation: 122

  Authors:

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