Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies

Aims & Scope

The Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies (SJEAS), published since 2001 by the Academy of East Asian Studies (AEAS) at Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea, is a double-blind peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal dedicated to East Asian Studies.

With original contributions from all over the world, the SJEAS enjoys a strong reputation and increasing readership in its field.

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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.

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.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

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• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

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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.

• Ditching 'Diglossia': Describing Ecologies of the Spoken and Inscribed in Pre-modern Korea

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• Japanese Colonizers in the Honam Plain of Colonial Korea

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• Cast Iron Smelting and Fining: An Iron Smelting Site of the Eastern Han Dynasty in Xuxiebian, Sichuan Province, China

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• Negotiating a Multicultural Identity in Monocultural South Korea: Stigma and the Pressure to Racially "Pass"

  Citation: 10

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• Rebuilding the “Eastern Country of Ritual Propriety”:Decorum Camps, Sŏwŏn Stays, and the Confucian Revival in Contemporary Korea

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• Theorizing “Person” in Confucian Ethics: A Good Place to Start

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• The Arrow and the Sun: A Topo-mythanalysis of Pyongyang

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• A Study of Ch’usa Kim Chŏng-hÅ­i: The Introduction of Qing Evidential Learning into Chosŏn Korea and a Reassessment of Practical Learning

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• The Global War on Terrorism as Meta-Narrative: An Alternative Reading of Recent Chinese History

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• Patriarch Luo as a Writer and Reader: Speculating about the Creative Process behind the Five Books in Six Volumes

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