Overview
Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science is an double-blind peer reviewed, English-language journal dedicated to advancing the frontiers of regional science through the diffusion of intrinsically developed and advanced modern, regional science methodologies across the Asia-Pacific region.
- Fosters progress and development of regional science through the promotion of comprehensive and interdisciplinary academic studies in relationship to research in regional science across the globe
- Provides a unique platform for its research community to further develop, analyze, and resolve urgent regional and urban issues in Asia, and to further refine established research around the world in this multidisciplinary field.
- The journal invites original and review articles, and book reviews.
- Continues the tradition of its parent journal, Chiikigakukenkyu, published since 1970.
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- Editor-in-Chief
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- Yoshiro Higano
- Journal Impact Factor
- 1.9 (2023)
- 5-year Journal Impact Factor
- 1.5 (2023)
- Submission to first decision (median)
- 5 days
- Downloads
- 138,832 (2023)
Societies and partnerships
Latest articles
Journal updates
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Supporting the Sustainable Developmental Goals
We are proud to acknowledge that over 50% of the articles published in this journal in 2023 were related to one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Call for Papers on "Climate Change Impacts and Development in Remote and Small Islands in Asia and the Pacific" (by invitation only)
Submission deadline: 1 April 2025
Special Issue Editors: Budy P. Resosudarmo (Australian National University – Canberra, Australia); Djoni Hartono (Universitas Indonesia – Depok, Indonesia); Devanto S. Pratomo (Universitas Brawijaya – Malang, Indonesia); Tri Mulyaningsih (Universitas Sebelas Maret – Semarang, Indonesia)
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Call for Papers on "Fostering Regional Dynamics for Sustainable Development amid Global Challenges" (by invitation only)
Submission deadline: 31 March 2025
Special Issue Editors: Binh Tran-Nam (UNSW Business School – UNSW Sydney, Australia) & Nam Hoang Vu (Foreign Trade University – Hanoi, Viet Nam)
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Call for Papers on "Assessment of small-town development for inclusive, higher, and sustainable economic growth"
Submission deadline: January 31, 2025
Special Issue Editors:
Sabyasachi Tripathi
Journal information
- Electronic ISSN
- 2509-7954
- Print ISSN
- 2509-7946
- Abstracted and indexed in
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- Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
- Baidu
- CLOCKSS
- CNKI
- CNPIEC
- Dimensions
- EBSCO
- Emerging Sources Citation Index
- Google Scholar
- Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
- Naver
- OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
- Portico
- ProQuest
- Research Papers in Economics (RePEc)
- SCImago
- SCOPUS
- TD Net Discovery Service
- Wanfang
- Copyright information
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