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| International Journal of Asian Studies | |
|---|---|
| Title | International Journal of Asian Studies |
| Discipline | Asian studies |
International Journal of Asian Studies is a peer-reviewed academic periodical focusing on scholarship about Asia, with emphasis on interdisciplinary research spanning regional studies, social history, political developments, and cultural analysis. The journal has engaged contributors associated with institutions such as Harvard University, University of Tokyo, Peking University, National University of Singapore, and Jawaharlal Nehru University, and has published work referencing events like the Meiji Restoration, the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the Partition of India, the Korean War, and policy debates stemming from ASEAN summits and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meetings. Contributors frequently cite archives including the British Library, the National Archives (UK), the Library of Congress, and repositories such as the National Diet Library and the Shanghai Municipal Archives.
The journal was founded amid scholarly exchanges that included networks centered on SOAS University of London, Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley, Kyoto University, and Seoul National University, drawing on comparative work influenced by scholars who studied the Taiping Rebellion, the Opium Wars, the Indo-Pakistani Wars, the Vietnam War, and the intellectual legacies of figures associated with the May Fourth Movement, the Indian National Congress, and the Khmer Rouge era. Early editorial boards featured academics with ties to centers like the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, the Asia Research Institute (NUS), and the East–West Center, and the journal evolved alongside publishing trends exemplified by titles such as Modern Asian Studies, The Journal of Asian Studies, and Asian Survey. Over time the journal has documented transitions including the Economic reforms of China (1978–present), the Liberalization in India (1991), the ASEAN Free Trade Area, and post-conflict reconstructions in Timor-Leste and Afghanistan.
The journal covers research on regions including East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and West Asia, engaging topics tied to episodes like the Soviet–Afghan War, the Iran–Iraq War, the Korean Peninsula conflict, the Sri Lankan Civil War, and the Burmese pro-democracy movement. Thematic focuses often intersect with studies on political transformations linked to Meiji Restoration, Democratic Kampuchea, and Perestroika-era influences across Eurasia; cultural analyses tied to works such as The Tale of Genji and the Ramayana; urban studies referencing Shanghai, Delhi, Jakarta, Seoul, and Manila; and legal-historical inquiries invoking instruments like the 1947 Constitution of India, the Treaty of Nanjing (1842), and the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. Contributions also address intellectual histories connected to figures like Rabindranath Tagore, Mahatma Gandhi, Sun Yat-sen, Ho Chi Minh, and Aung San Suu Kyi.
Editorial governance typically involves scholars affiliated with institutions such as University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, Australian National University, and Zhejiang University. The peer-review process engages reviewers from departments at London School of Economics, Yale University, Princeton University, National Taiwan University, and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and invokes ethical guidelines comparable to those of organizations like the Committee on Publication Ethics and the International Committee of the Red Cross for area-field research. Special issues have been guest-edited by researchers connected to projects at the European Association for South Asian Studies, the Association for Asian Studies, the Asia-Europe Foundation, and the UNESCO Memory of the World programme.
Published issues have been produced in collaboration with academic presses and professional societies including the Cambridge University Press, Routledge, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, and university presses associated with University of Chicago Press and Oxford University Press. The journal's distribution networks intersect with libraries and consortia such as JSTOR, Project MUSE, Scopus subscriber platforms, and national libraries including the National Library of China and the National Diet Library. Access models discussed by the editorial team reference debates involving the Budapest Open Access Initiative, the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge, and funder policies from bodies like the European Research Council and the Wellcome Trust.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in databases and services comparable to Scopus, Web of Science, JSTOR, ProQuest, and EBSCOhost, and appears in bibliographies maintained by research centers such as the Asia Studies Web, the British Association for South Asian Studies, and the International Institute for Asian Studies. Citation tracking connects contributions to citation indices that include references catalogued by Google Scholar, the Social Sciences Citation Index, and institutional repositories at Harvard Library and National University of Singapore Libraries.
Scholarly reception has cited the journal in work by analysts at the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, think tanks like the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Chatham House, Brookings Institution, and regional centers including the Japan Institute of International Affairs. Reviews and citations appear in outlets associated with conferences such as the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies and symposia hosted by Vienna International Centre-affiliated programs. The journal's impact metrics are referenced alongside leading field journals like Modern Asian Studies, Journal of Asian Studies, and Asian Survey in departmental evaluation exercises at universities including Columbia University, Peking University, and National University of Singapore.
Category:Asian studies journals