Early China

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SCImago
Q2
Impact factor
0.2
SJR
0.124
CiteScore
1.1
Categories
History
Literature and Literary Theory
Religious Studies
Archeology
Archeology (arts and humanities)
Philosophy
Areas
Arts and Humanities
Social Sciences
Years of issue
2016-2025
journal names
Early China
Publications
819
Citations
2 732
h-index
24
Publications
65
Citations
515
Top-3 citing journals
Early China
Early China (334 citations)
Dao
Dao (47 citations)
Religions
Religions (44 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Chicago
University of Chicago (20 publications)
Stanford University
Stanford University (19 publications)
Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong Baptist University (3 publications)
Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University (3 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (223 publications)
China (66 publications)
United Kingdom (23 publications)
China (16 publications)
USA (12 publications)
Germany (4 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Early China
334 citations, 12.23%
Dao
47 citations, 1.72%
Religions
44 citations, 1.61%
Journal of Asian Studies
32 citations, 1.17%
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
25 citations, 0.92%
Dao Companion to the Philosophy of Han Fei
22 citations, 0.81%
Archaeological Research in Asia
17 citations, 0.62%
Journal of Chinese History
16 citations, 0.59%
Journal of World Prehistory
14 citations, 0.51%
Asian Philosophy
14 citations, 0.51%
Antiquity
14 citations, 0.51%
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
10 citations, 0.37%
Monumenta Serica
10 citations, 0.37%
Journal of the American Academy of Religion
10 citations, 0.37%
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
10 citations, 0.37%
Journal of Archaeological Research
9 citations, 0.33%
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
8 citations, 0.29%
Heritage Science
8 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture
7 citations, 0.26%
Acta Orientalia
6 citations, 0.22%
Asian Medicine
6 citations, 0.22%
Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics
6 citations, 0.22%
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
6 citations, 0.22%
TDR - The Drama Review - A Journal of Performance Studies
6 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Field Archaeology
6 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Archaeological Science
5 citations, 0.18%
NTM International Journal of History and Ethics of Natural Sciences, Technology and Medicine
5 citations, 0.18%
Asiatische Studien – Études Asiatiques
5 citations, 0.18%
Bamboo and Silk
5 citations, 0.18%
World Archaeology
4 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Chinese Religions
4 citations, 0.15%
Science
4 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
4 citations, 0.15%
Small Wars and Insurgencies
4 citations, 0.15%
Time and Mind
4 citations, 0.15%
Sustainability
4 citations, 0.15%
Philosophy Compass
4 citations, 0.15%
Studies in Chinese Religions
4 citations, 0.15%
Vistas in Astronomy
4 citations, 0.15%
When Children Draw Gods
4 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Chinese Humanities
3 citations, 0.11%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
3 citations, 0.11%
American Anthropologist
3 citations, 0.11%
Modern Asian Studies
3 citations, 0.11%
Quaternary International
3 citations, 0.11%
Land
3 citations, 0.11%
Asian Studies Review
3 citations, 0.11%
Archaeologies
3 citations, 0.11%
Critical Inquiry
3 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Chinese Military History
3 citations, 0.11%
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
3 citations, 0.11%
Early Medieval China
3 citations, 0.11%
Cambridge Archaeological Journal
3 citations, 0.11%
SSRN Electronic Journal
3 citations, 0.11%
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
3 citations, 0.11%
Evolutionary Human Sciences
3 citations, 0.11%
npj Heritage Science
3 citations, 0.11%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2 citations, 0.07%
Quality Assurance in Education
2 citations, 0.07%
Cognitive Science
2 citations, 0.07%
Geoarchaeology - An International Journal
2 citations, 0.07%
Current Anthropology
2 citations, 0.07%
Journal of Cultural Heritage
2 citations, 0.07%
Journal of Social Archaeology
2 citations, 0.07%
Philosophy and Technology
2 citations, 0.07%
Astrophysical Journal
2 citations, 0.07%
iScience
2 citations, 0.07%
Catena
2 citations, 0.07%
Material Religion
2 citations, 0.07%
The Philosophical Forum
2 citations, 0.07%
Journal of Chinese Philosophy
2 citations, 0.07%
HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory
2 citations, 0.07%
Holocene
2 citations, 0.07%
Journal of Chinese Writing Systems
2 citations, 0.07%
Law and History Review
2 citations, 0.07%
Political Theory
2 citations, 0.07%
Developments in Quaternary Science
2 citations, 0.07%
Buildings
2 citations, 0.07%
Journal of Hydrology
2 citations, 0.07%
Archives of Asian Art
2 citations, 0.07%
Vestnik Archeologii, Antropologii i Etnografii
2 citations, 0.07%
Quaternary
2 citations, 0.07%
Deutsche Zeitschrift für Akupunktur
2 citations, 0.07%
Asian Archaeology
2 citations, 0.07%
Orientalistica
2 citations, 0.07%
Vestnik NSU. Series: History and Philology
2 citations, 0.07%
Characterizing the Robustness of Science
2 citations, 0.07%
The Cold War Politics of Genetic Research
2 citations, 0.07%
Topical Themes in Argumentation Theory
2 citations, 0.07%
Contemporary Social Issues in East Asian Societies
2 citations, 0.07%
Journal of Global Slavery
2 citations, 0.07%
Chinese Culture
2 citations, 0.07%
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
1 citation, 0.04%
British Journal for the History of Philosophy
1 citation, 0.04%
Ming studies
1 citation, 0.04%
Res Philosophica
1 citation, 0.04%
International Journal of Psychology
1 citation, 0.04%
Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions
1 citation, 0.04%
Comparative Studies in Society and History
1 citation, 0.04%
Conservation Biology
1 citation, 0.04%
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Cambridge University Press
830 citations, 30.38%
Springer Nature
186 citations, 6.81%
Taylor & Francis
79 citations, 2.89%
Elsevier
77 citations, 2.82%
Wiley
73 citations, 2.67%
MDPI
61 citations, 2.23%
Oxford University Press
21 citations, 0.77%
Brill
21 citations, 0.77%
SAGE
20 citations, 0.73%
University of Chicago Press
14 citations, 0.51%
Walter de Gruyter
13 citations, 0.48%
Duke University Press
9 citations, 0.33%
MIT Press
7 citations, 0.26%
Emerald
6 citations, 0.22%
Akademiai Kiado
6 citations, 0.22%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
5 citations, 0.18%
IGI Global
5 citations, 0.18%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
3 citations, 0.11%
University of Hawaii Press
2 citations, 0.07%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
2 citations, 0.07%
Frontiers Media S.A.
2 citations, 0.07%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
2 citations, 0.07%
Tyumen Scientific Center of the SB RAS
2 citations, 0.07%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
2 citations, 0.07%
American Astronomical Society
2 citations, 0.07%
Novosibirsk State University (NSU)
2 citations, 0.07%
Institute of Oriental Studies Russian Academy of Sciences
2 citations, 0.07%
Academia Sinica
1 citation, 0.04%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
1 citation, 0.04%
University of California Press
1 citation, 0.04%
Trans Tech Publications
1 citation, 0.04%
Mary Ann Liebert
1 citation, 0.04%
AIP Publishing
1 citation, 0.04%
Philosophy Documentation Center, Saint Louis University
1 citation, 0.04%
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
1 citation, 0.04%
Index Copernicus
1 citation, 0.04%
Eco-Vector LLC
1 citation, 0.04%
Architectural Institute of Japan
1 citation, 0.04%
African Studies Association
1 citation, 0.04%
Casalini Libri Digital Division
1 citation, 0.04%
Institute of archaeology and ethnography SB RAS
1 citation, 0.04%
Annual Reviews
1 citation, 0.04%
BMJ
1 citation, 0.04%
American Psychological Association (APA)
1 citation, 0.04%
PERSEE Program
1 citation, 0.04%
SciELO
1 citation, 0.04%
JMIR Publications
1 citation, 0.04%
OpenEdition
1 citation, 0.04%
The Magnetics Society of Japan
1 citation, 0.04%
The Laser Society of Japan
1 citation, 0.04%
Consortium Erudit
1 citation, 0.04%
Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics
1 citation, 0.04%
Anthropological Society of Nippon
1 citation, 0.04%
The Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
1 citation, 0.04%
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University of California, Berkeley
26 publications, 3.17%
University of Chicago
20 publications, 2.44%
Stanford University
19 publications, 2.32%
University of Cambridge
13 publications, 1.59%
University of Pennsylvania
12 publications, 1.47%
University of British Columbia
9 publications, 1.1%
Harvard University
8 publications, 0.98%
University of Washington
7 publications, 0.85%
University of Michigan
7 publications, 0.85%
Hong Kong Baptist University
6 publications, 0.73%
Peking University
5 publications, 0.61%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
5 publications, 0.61%
Yale University
5 publications, 0.61%
Princeton University
5 publications, 0.61%
University of California, Los Angeles
5 publications, 0.61%
University of Arizona
5 publications, 0.61%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
5 publications, 0.61%
Dartmouth College
5 publications, 0.61%
Tsinghua University
4 publications, 0.49%
Hunan University
4 publications, 0.49%
Brown University
4 publications, 0.49%
Lehigh University
4 publications, 0.49%
School of Oriental and African Studies
4 publications, 0.49%
University of Oregon
4 publications, 0.49%
Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
4 publications, 0.49%
Institute of Oriental Studies RAS
3 publications, 0.37%
University of Oslo
3 publications, 0.37%
Cornell University
3 publications, 0.37%
Columbia University
3 publications, 0.37%
McGill University
3 publications, 0.37%
École pratique des hautes études
3 publications, 0.37%
University of Tennessee
3 publications, 0.37%
University of Pittsburgh
3 publications, 0.37%
Beijing Normal University
2 publications, 0.24%
Nanjing University
2 publications, 0.24%
Australian National University
2 publications, 0.24%
University of Oxford
2 publications, 0.24%
National Tsing Hua University
2 publications, 0.24%
Tamkang University
2 publications, 0.24%
Charles University
2 publications, 0.24%
Sungkyunkwan University
2 publications, 0.24%
Chinese University of Hong Kong
2 publications, 0.24%
University of Hong Kong
2 publications, 0.24%
University of California, San Diego
2 publications, 0.24%
University of California, Davis
2 publications, 0.24%
University of California, Riverside
2 publications, 0.24%
University of Notre Dame
2 publications, 0.24%
Paris Cité University
2 publications, 0.24%
University of Macau
2 publications, 0.24%
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2 publications, 0.24%
Hamburg University
2 publications, 0.24%
University of Münster
2 publications, 0.24%
Goethe University Frankfurt
2 publications, 0.24%
University of Denver
2 publications, 0.24%
Indiana University Bloomington
2 publications, 0.24%
University of Kansas
2 publications, 0.24%
Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 0.24%
University at Albany, State University of New York
2 publications, 0.24%
Ege University
1 publication, 0.12%
Anna University
1 publication, 0.12%
Fudan University
1 publication, 0.12%
Jilin University
1 publication, 0.12%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1 publication, 0.12%
Heidelberg University
1 publication, 0.12%
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
1 publication, 0.12%
Nanjing Normal University
1 publication, 0.12%
Wuhan University
1 publication, 0.12%
University of Zurich
1 publication, 0.12%
National Sun Yat-sen University
1 publication, 0.12%
Shaanxi Normal University
1 publication, 0.12%
Nanyang Technological University
1 publication, 0.12%
Tianjin University
1 publication, 0.12%
Soochow University (Taipei)
1 publication, 0.12%
National University of Singapore
1 publication, 0.12%
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
1 publication, 0.12%
Fu Jen Catholic University
1 publication, 0.12%
National Taiwan Normal University
1 publication, 0.12%
Pennsylvania State University
1 publication, 0.12%
Seoul National University
1 publication, 0.12%
City University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 0.12%
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
1 publication, 0.12%
Lingnan University
1 publication, 0.12%
Duke University
1 publication, 0.12%
University of California, San Francisco
1 publication, 0.12%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
1 publication, 0.12%
Shandong University
1 publication, 0.12%
Henan University
1 publication, 0.12%
Yunnan Minzu University
1 publication, 0.12%
University of Texas at Austin
1 publication, 0.12%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1 publication, 0.12%
Collège de France
1 publication, 0.12%
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
1 publication, 0.12%
University of Passau
1 publication, 0.12%
University of Leeds
1 publication, 0.12%
University of Tokyo
1 publication, 0.12%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
1 publication, 0.12%
Waseda University
1 publication, 0.12%
Niigata University
1 publication, 0.12%
Shimane University
1 publication, 0.12%
Pompeu Fabra University
1 publication, 0.12%
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Tsinghua University
3 publications, 4.62%
Hong Kong Baptist University
3 publications, 4.62%
University of California, Berkeley
3 publications, 4.62%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
3 publications, 4.62%
Yale University
2 publications, 3.08%
Princeton University
2 publications, 3.08%
Hunan University
2 publications, 3.08%
Paris Cité University
2 publications, 3.08%
University of Macau
2 publications, 3.08%
School of Oriental and African Studies
2 publications, 3.08%
Institute of Oriental Studies RAS
1 publication, 1.54%
Peking University
1 publication, 1.54%
Fudan University
1 publication, 1.54%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1 publication, 1.54%
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
1 publication, 1.54%
Nanjing Normal University
1 publication, 1.54%
Wuhan University
1 publication, 1.54%
Shaanxi Normal University
1 publication, 1.54%
University of Cambridge
1 publication, 1.54%
National University of Singapore
1 publication, 1.54%
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
1 publication, 1.54%
Tamkang University
1 publication, 1.54%
Columbia University
1 publication, 1.54%
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
1 publication, 1.54%
Lingnan University
1 publication, 1.54%
University of California, San Francisco
1 publication, 1.54%
Shandong University
1 publication, 1.54%
Henan University
1 publication, 1.54%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 1.54%
University of Texas at Austin
1 publication, 1.54%
Collège de France
1 publication, 1.54%
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
1 publication, 1.54%
Hamburg University
1 publication, 1.54%
University of Pennsylvania
1 publication, 1.54%
École pratique des hautes études
1 publication, 1.54%
Paris Sciences et Lettres
1 publication, 1.54%
University of Oregon
1 publication, 1.54%
Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica
1 publication, 1.54%
California State University, Sacramento
1 publication, 1.54%
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USA, 223, 27.23%
USA
223 publications, 27.23%
China, 66, 8.06%
China
66 publications, 8.06%
United Kingdom, 23, 2.81%
United Kingdom
23 publications, 2.81%
Japan, 16, 1.95%
Japan
16 publications, 1.95%
Germany, 14, 1.71%
Germany
14 publications, 1.71%
Canada, 10, 1.22%
Canada
10 publications, 1.22%
Republic of Korea, 6, 0.73%
Republic of Korea
6 publications, 0.73%
Israel, 5, 0.61%
Israel
5 publications, 0.61%
France, 4, 0.49%
France
4 publications, 0.49%
Russia, 3, 0.37%
Russia
3 publications, 0.37%
Norway, 3, 0.37%
Norway
3 publications, 0.37%
Czech Republic, 3, 0.37%
Czech Republic
3 publications, 0.37%
Switzerland, 3, 0.37%
Switzerland
3 publications, 0.37%
Czechoslovakia, 3, 0.37%
Czechoslovakia
3 publications, 0.37%
Australia, 2, 0.24%
Australia
2 publications, 0.24%
Belgium, 1, 0.12%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.12%
India, 1, 0.12%
India
1 publication, 0.12%
Spain, 1, 0.12%
Spain
1 publication, 0.12%
Panama, 1, 0.12%
Panama
1 publication, 0.12%
Singapore, 1, 0.12%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.12%
Turkey, 1, 0.12%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.12%
Sweden, 1, 0.12%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.12%
USSR, 1, 0.12%
USSR
1 publication, 0.12%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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China, 16, 24.62%
China
16 publications, 24.62%
USA, 12, 18.46%
USA
12 publications, 18.46%
Germany, 4, 6.15%
Germany
4 publications, 6.15%
France, 3, 4.62%
France
3 publications, 4.62%
United Kingdom, 2, 3.08%
United Kingdom
2 publications, 3.08%
Russia, 1, 1.54%
Russia
1 publication, 1.54%
Israel, 1, 1.54%
Israel
1 publication, 1.54%
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