About this journal
Aims and scope
The Pacific Review provides a major platform for the study of the international interactions of the countries of the Asia-Pacific. The journal's primary focus is on international politics in the broadest understandings of the term, allowing for contributions on foreign policy, security, military strategy, the international political economy of trade, finance and development, and the political drivers and consequences of 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 be located in broader debates and processes within the region, and reach conclusions that have salience beyond the specific case study country.
Peer Review Statement
All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 228K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.3 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 2.3 (2023) 5 year IF
- 4.6 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.869 (2023) SNIP
- 0.708 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 6 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 59 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 12 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 16% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editors:
Professor Shaun Breslin - University of Warwick, UK - Biography
Professor Christopher W. Hughes - University of Warwick, UK - Biography
Editor Emeritus:
Professor Richard Higgott (1995-2015)
Editorial Manager:
Michael Hart - University of Warwick, UK
Editorial Board:
Amitav Acharya - Bristol
Vinod K. Aggarwal - California
Byung-joon Ahn - Seoul
Mutiah Alagappa - Hawaii
Tom Berger - Boston
Lin Bih-jaw - Taipei
Mely Caballero-Anthony - Singapore
Ann Capling - Melbourne
Zhimin Chen - Shanghai
Christopher Dent - Edge Hill University
Heribert Dieter - Berlin
Ralf Emmers - Singapore
Paul Evans - Vancouver
Rosemary Foot - Oxford
François Godement - Paris
David S.G. Goodman - Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University
William W. Grimes - Boston University
Juergen Haacke - London
Kevin Hewison - Chapel Hill
Glenn Hook - Sheffield
Makoto Iokibe - Tokyo
Alastair Iain Johnson - Cambridge
Peter Katzenstein - Ithaca
Ellis Krauss - San Diego
Jung Ku Hyun - Seoul
Chung Min Lee - Seoul
Jean-Pierre Lehmann - Lausanne
Andrew MacIntyre - Canberra
Hanns W. Maull - Trier
Helen E. S. Nesadurai - Selangor
Sukhumbhand Paribatra - Bangkok
T. J. Pempel - Berkeley
M. Ramesh - Hong Kong
Richard Robison - Perth
Garry Rodan - Perth
Juergen Ruland - Freiburg
Sheldon Simon - Arizona
Song Xinning - Brussels
Arthur Stockwin - Oxford
Richard Stubbs - Hamilton
James T H Tang - Hong Kong
Takashi Terada - Tokyo
Jusuf Wanandi - Jakarta
Eun Yong-Soo - South Korea
Wang Gungwu - Singapore
Wang Zhengyi - Beijing
Founding Editor:
Gerry Segal (1953-1999)
Abstracting and indexing
The Pacific Review is currently abstracted in ISI® (Social Sciences Citations Index®, Research Alert®, Social SciSearch®, Current Contents®/ Social and Behavioral Sciences), Cambridge Scientific Abstracts: British Humanities Index Geographical Abstracts, International Political Science Abstracts, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, PAIS - Public Affairs Information Service, ABC-CLIO (Historical Abstracts, America: History and Life), Policy and Politics and Zeller Verlag (IBZ/IBR).
Open access
The Pacific Review is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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