Contemporary Japan is a Scopus-indexed journal that publishes original research on contemporary issues related to Japan and its recent historical development in all humanities and social science disciplines. Contemporary Japan is committed to contributing to and expanding the field of Global Japanese Studies by reaching across disciplines and regional academic communities. The journal especially encourages submissions that provide perspectives from outside of the Anglophone world including Asian, African, and European perspectives. Manuscripts which cross disciplinary boundaries and raise issues beyond the case of Japan, including comparative and/or transnational research, are welcome.
As an international and interdisciplinary platform for cutting-edge and innovative research, Contemporary Japan offers authors several advantages:
1. The journal is open to all scholarly methodologies applied in the social sciences and humanities. 2. It promotes the publication of recent empirical findings, interpretive analyses, and innovative theoretical approaches, explicitly including comparative, transnational, and interdisciplinary studies, provided authors clearly demonstrate the contribution to the field of research and its place in the relevant literature. 3. We maintain a professional and fast double-anonymized review process that guarantees timely publication of accepted manuscripts, including online first. 4. In order to encourage contributions from non-native English speakers, we offer comprehensive language support. 5. Publishing in Contemporary Japan is free of charge to authors.
Contemporary Japan also contains a book review section. We welcome reviews of publications on any aspect of contemporary Japan. We particularly welcome reviews of Japanese books as well as other non-English books on Japan. We also welcome review articles that engage with three or more non-English books. All inquiries regarding book reviews should be directed to [email protected].
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.
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.
Franz Waldenberger - German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), Japan
Managing Editor:
Isaac Gagné - German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), Japan
Editorial Board:
Erica Baffelli - The University of Manchester, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, UK John Campbell - University of Michigan, Political Science, emer, USA David Chiavacci - Zurich University, Asia-Orient-Institute, Switzerland Harald Conrad - Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Institut für Modernes Japan, Germany Florian Coulmas - University of Duisburg-Essen, INEAST, Germany Harald Fuess - Heidelberg University, Karl Jaspers Centre, Germany Sheldon Garon - Princeton University, Department of History, USA Nanette Gottlieb - University of Queensland, School of Language and Cultures, Australia Patrick Heinrich - Ca'Foscari University of Venice, Department of Asian and North African Studies, Italy Barbara G. Holthus - German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), Japan Glenn Hook - The University of Sheffield, School of East Asian Studies, UK Jun Imai - Sophia University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Japan Kristina Iwata-Weickgenannt - Nagoya University, Graduate School of Letters, Japan Axel Klein - University of Duisburg-Essen, INEAST, Germany Rotem Kowner - University of Haifa, Asian Studies, Israel Ilse Lenz - Ruhr Universität Bochum (RUB), Social Sciences, emer, Germany Sébastien Lechevalier - L'ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Centre de Recherches sur le Japon, France Wolfram Manzenreiter - University of Vienna, Department of East Asian Studies, Japanese Studies Branch, Austria Tessa Morris-Suzuki - Australian National University, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australia Hiroyuki Okamuro - Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Economics, Japan Glenda Roberts - Waseda University, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Japan Yoshimichi Sato - Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Faculty of Humanities, Japan Ulrike Schaede - University of California, San Diego, School of Global Policy & Strategy, USA Sawako Shirahase - The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, emer, Japan Karen Shire - University of Duisburg-Essen, INEAST, Germany Patricia G. Steinhoff - University of Hawaii at Manoa, Dept. of Sociology, emer, USA Sven Steinmo - European University Institute, Political and Social Sciences, Italy
Open access
Contemporary Japan 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)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
German Institute for Japanese Studies and our publisher Taylor & Francis make every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the "Content") contained in our publications. However, German Institute for Japanese Studies and our publisher Taylor & Francis, our agents (including the editor, any member of the editorial team or editorial board, and any guest editors), and our licensors make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the Content. Any opinions and views expressed in this publication are the opinions and views of the authors, and are not the views of or endorsed by German Institute for Japanese Studies and our publisher Taylor & Francis. The accuracy of the Content should not be relied upon and should be independently verified with primary sources of information. German Institute for Japanese Studies and our publisher Taylor & Francis shall not be liable for any losses, actions, claims, proceedings, demands, costs, expenses, damages, and other liabilities whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with, in relation to, or arising out of the use of the Content. Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/page/terms-and-conditions .
Ready to submit?
Start a new submission or continue a submission in progress
![Sample our Economics, Finance,Business & Industry journals, sign in here to start your access, latest two full volumes FREE to you for 14 days]({"type":"image" , "src" : "/sda/110830/Subject-Sample-2021-Economics-Finance-Business-Industry.jpg"})