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| Journal of East Asian Studies | |
|---|---|
| Title | Journal of East Asian Studies |
| Discipline | East Asian studies |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Unspecified |
| Country | Unspecified |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| History | 19XX–present |
| Issn | XXXX-XXXX |
Journal of East Asian Studies The Journal of East Asian Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering scholarship on China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Mongolia, and Hong Kong. It publishes research connecting historical episodes such as the Opium Wars, Meiji Restoration, Korean War, and Sino-Japanese War with contemporary issues involving figures like Deng Xiaoping, Emperor Meiji, and Syngman Rhee. The journal often situates analyses alongside institutions including the Asian Development Bank, United Nations, and World Trade Organization.
Founded in the late 20th century during a surge of interest following events such as the Cultural Revolution, the journal emerged amid debates sparked by the Treaty of Shimonoseki, the Treaty of Nanjing, and the aftermath of the Treaty of Portsmouth. Early volumes engaged with scholarship on scholars like Ienaga Saburō, Benjamin I. Schwartz, and John K. Fairbank and responded to conferences hosted by Harvard University, Columbia University, and the University of Tokyo. Over time the title reflected shifts comparable to those in journals tied to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and networks around the East Asian Summit.
The journal emphasizes interdisciplinary work spanning studies of the Song dynasty, Tokugawa shogunate, Joseon dynasty, and Yuan dynasty to analyses of modern policymaking associated with leaders such as Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Zedong, and Park Chung-hee. It welcomes research engaging primary sources from archives like the National Diet Library, the First Historical Archives of China, and the Seoul Museum of History as well as methodological intersections with projects linked to the Library of Congress, the British Library, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Article topics often intersect with legal texts such as the Meiji Constitution, treaties including the San Francisco Peace Treaty, and cultural artifacts like The Tale of Genji, Dream of the Red Chamber, and works by Kim Saryang.
The editorial board has historically included scholars associated with University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Peking University, Seoul National University, Kyoto University, and National Taiwan University. Editors coordinate peer review with referees who have published with presses including Cambridge University Press, Harvard University Press, Oxford University Press, and Stanford University Press. The review process has been compared to standards upheld by journals such as Modern Asian Studies, The China Quarterly, and Journal of Japanese Studies, and involves external reviewers drawn from committees connected to organizations like the Association for Asian Studies and the European Association for Chinese Studies.
Issues are typically released quarterly and include research articles, review essays, and translations of documents tied to archives such as the National Archives of Japan, the Archive of the Republic of Korea, and the China National Library. Special issues have focused on themes tied to events and periods such as the Taiping Rebellion, Rape of Nanking, Sino-Soviet split, and the Asian Financial Crisis. The journal’s production has engaged editorial workflows similar to those at Taylor & Francis, Routledge, and Wiley-Blackwell while indexing practices mirror those used by Elsevier and Springer journals.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in major bibliographic services alongside titles like JSTOR, Scopus, and Web of Science; inclusion aids discoverability for research on topics ranging from the Boxer Rebellion to the 1997 Hong Kong handover. Citation data are tracked in databases such as Google Scholar, CrossRef, and ProQuest and library holdings appear in catalogs including WorldCat and the OCLC network. The journal’s metadata conforms to standards encouraged by organizations like the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and the Committee on Publication Ethics.
Scholarly reception has noted the journal’s contributions to debates about the One-Child Policy, Land Reform in Taiwan, Japanese imperialism, and interpretations of texts by Lu Xun and Natsume Sōseki. Reviews in outlets such as Times Literary Supplement, The Economist (Asia section), and university press notices have compared its influence to that of Pacific Affairs and Asian Survey. Citation analyses situate it within networks referencing monographs by Mark Selden, Ezra Vogel, Andre Schmid, and C. P. Fitzgerald.
Notable contributions have addressed the historiography of the Great Leap Forward, reassessed the legacy of the Meiji Restoration, offered new readings of Korean independence movements, and provided archival translations of documents related to the February 28 Incident. Influential pieces have engaged with economic reforms associated with Zhou Enlai, security discussions implicating US–Japan Security Treaty, and cultural analysis referencing works such as Kōji Suzuki’s fiction and Haruki Murakami’s novels. The journal has published articles that were later cited in policy reports by bodies like the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the World Bank, and regional think tanks such as the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada.
Category:East Asian studies journals