Pacific Review

Aims & Scope

The Pacific Review provides a major platform for the study of the international interactions of the countries of the Pacific Basin.

Its primary focus is on international politics in the broadest definitions of the term, allowing for contributions on foreign policy, security (however defined), military strategy, economic change and exchanges, business and industrial strategies, and transnational cultural relations.

We have a particular interest in how the region is understood, defined, conceived of and organised.

While The Pacific Review does accept papers on domestic issues, these should either be located in broader debates and processes within the region, and/or be able to make conclusions that have salience beyond the specific case study country.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2
2024	2.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.862

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	60

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6080

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	409

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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.

• Offensive for defensive: the belt and road initiative and China's new grand strategy

  Citation: 235

  Authors: Yong

• Ideas, identity, and institution‐building: From the ‘ASEAN way’ to the ‘Asia‐Pacific way'?

  Citation: 210

  Authors: Amitav

• Network monarchy and legitimacy crises in Thailand

  Citation: 202

  Authors: Duncan

• What ever happened to the East Asian Developmental State? The unfolding debate

  Citation: 141

  Authors: Richard

• Developmental states in transition: adapting, dismantling, innovating, not ‘normalizing’

  Citation: 113

  Authors: Linda

• Consolidating authoritarian rule: calibrated coercion in Singapore

  Citation: 108

  Authors: Cherian

• The Belt & Road Initiative and China’s influence in Southeast Asia

  Citation: 106

  Authors: Xue

• Urban governance, neoliberalism and housing reform in China

  Citation: 92

  Authors: James, Ya-peng

• Corruption and local governance: the double identity of Chinese local governments in market reform

  Citation: 90

  Authors: Ting

• Constructing an ‘East Asian’ concept and growing regional identity: from EAEC to ASEAN+3

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Takashi

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