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| Asian Studies Review | |
|---|---|
| Title | Asian Studies Review |
| Discipline | Asian studies |
| Abbreviation | ASR |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Country | Australia |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| History | 1975–present |
| Issn | 1035-7823 |
| Eissn | 1467-8403 |
Asian Studies Review Asian Studies Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering studies of Asia with emphasis on interdisciplinary scholarship relating to East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Central Asia. Published by Cambridge University Press in association with the Asian Studies Association of Australia, the journal bridges research on topics connected to regions such as China, India, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Brunei, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Founded in 1975, the journal emerged alongside scholarly organizations including the Asian Studies Association of Australia and contemporaneous periodicals like Journal of Asian Studies, Modern Asian Studies, China Quarterly, Pacific Affairs, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Journal of Japanese Studies, Korean Studies, Monsoon: Journal of Asian History, Australian Journal of International Affairs, and Asian Survey. Early editorial figures drew networks from institutions such as the University of Sydney, Australian National University, Monash University, University of Melbourne, University of New South Wales, University of Queensland, Griffith University, University of Auckland, Harvard University, Columbia University, SOAS University of London, University of Oxford, and National University of Singapore. The journal published contributions addressing events like the Vietnam War, the Sino–Soviet split, the Partition of India, the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the Korean War historiography, the Cultural Revolution, and the aftermath of the Cold War in Asia.
Asian Studies Review accepts articles on historical episodes such as the Taiping Rebellion, Opium Wars, Meiji Restoration, Indian Rebellion of 1857, Anglo-Afghan Wars, Portuguese colonization of Goa, and the Dutch East Indies era, as well as contemporary topics involving diplomatic crises like the 2017 China–India border standoff, trade episodes linked to the Belt and Road Initiative, legal changes following the Indian Constitution amendments, cultural analyses invoking works like The Tale of Genji or the films of Akira Kurosawa. The journal frequently situates case studies within debates on institutions such as the Asian Development Bank, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, and the World Bank engagements in Asia. It covers disciplinary intersections engaging scholars who work with archives related to the British Raj, the Mughal Empire, the Tokugawa shogunate, Qing dynasty records, and material culture from the Indus Valley Civilization and Angkor Empire.
Published on a quarterly schedule, the journal follows double-blind peer review with editorial oversight from an editorial office linked to the Asian Studies Association of Australia and administrative structures at Cambridge University Press. Editorial workflows often reference international standards used by publishers like Oxford University Press, Routledge, SAGE Publications, and librarians from institutions such as the National Library of Australia, British Library, Library of Congress, and university presses represented by University of California Press. Special issues have been guest-edited by scholars affiliated with Australian National University, University of Sydney, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of Chicago, and National University of Singapore.
The journal is indexed in major bibliographic services such as Scopus, Web of Science, JSTOR, Academic Search Complete, ProQuest, EBSCOhost, and citation databases maintained by organizations like Clarivate Analytics and Elsevier. Library catalogues including WorldCat and national indexes like those of the National Library of Australia and the British Library list the journal. It is discoverable through academic aggregators associated with projects like Project MUSE and referenced in bibliographies issued by centers such as the Asia Research Institute and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
Scholars in networks spanning area studies programs at Harvard University, Columbia University, SOAS University of London, University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi University, University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and regional think tanks like the Lowy Institute, Asia Society, East-West Center, Chatham House, and Brookings Institution have cited the journal. It has shaped debates about historical interpretations of the Partition of India, policy analysis related to the Asian Financial Crisis, cultural studies engaging Bengal Renaissance, and legal debates arising from the Indian Supreme Court rulings and the International Court of Justice adjudications involving Asian states. Citation metrics compare it with titles like Modern Asian Studies and Journal of Asian Studies.
Notable contributions have engaged with topics such as postcolonial legacies after the British Empire withdrawal, economic transformations linked to the Asian Tigers, sociopolitical change in the wake of the Arab Spring's regional resonances, gender studies referencing authors like Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Chandra Talpade Mohanty, and urban studies focusing on cities like Shanghai, Mumbai, Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, Bangkok, Jakarta, Manila, Kolkata, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Lahore, Karachi, Colombo, Dhaka, and Singapore. Special issues have concentrated on themes such as the Belt and Road Initiative, decolonization in South Asia, transnational migration involving Indonesian and Filipino labor diasporas, and heritage debates at sites like Angkor Wat, Mohenjo-daro, and Taj Mahal.
The journal's editorial board and contributors draw from a wide circle of scholars, including historians, political analysts, anthropologists, and literary critics affiliated with University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, Stanford University, Columbia University, SOAS University of London, Australian National University, University of Sydney, National University of Singapore, Peking University, Tsinghua University, University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Osaka University, Seoul National University, Yonsei University, Hanyang University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, University of Delhi, University of Colombo, University of Malaya, Chulalongkorn University, Institut Teknologi Bandung, University of the Philippines Diliman and research centers such as the Asia Research Institute, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Lowy Institute, and East-West Center. Contributors have included scholars who have also published monographs with presses like Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, Berghahn Books, Columbia University Press, and Duke University Press.
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