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The Journal of Asian Studies


FieldValue
titleThe Journal of Asian Studies
formernamesThe Far Eastern Quarterly
abbreviationJ. Asian Stud.
cover[[File:The Journal of Asian Studies.jpg]]
editorJoseph Alter
disciplineAsian studies
publisherDuke University Press on behalf of the Association for Asian Studies
frequencyQuarterly
history1941–present
impact0.917
impact-year2017
websitehttps://read.dukeupress.edu/journal-of-asian-studies
link1https://read.dukeupress.edu/journal-of-asian-studies
link1-nameOnline access
link2https://read.dukeupress.edu/journal-of-asian-studies
link2-nameOnline archive
JSTOR00219118
OCLC466937010
LCCN43014717
ISSN0021-9118
eISSN1752-0401

| impact-year = 2017 | link1-name = Online access | link2-name = Online archive The Journal of Asian Studies is the flagship journal of the Association for Asian Studies, publishing peer-reviewed academic scholarship in the field of Asian studies. Its acceptance rate is approximately 6%. Each issue circulates over 8,200 copies, reaching a readership across the academic community and beyond.

The journal was established in 1941, as The Far Eastern Quarterly, changing to its current title in September 1956. Before 2023, the journal was published by Cambridge University Press. Published by Duke University Press since 2023, under the guidance of its editorial board, it presents empirical and multidisciplinary work on Asia, spanning the arts, history, literature, the social sciences, and cultural studies. In addition to research, current interest, and state-of-the-field articles, a large section of the journal is devoted to book reviews.

Editors-in-chief

The following are or have been editor-in-chief of the journal:

  • Cyrus Peake (1941–)
  • Earl H. Pritchard
  • Donald Shively (1956–1959)
  • Roger F. Hackett (1959–1962, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
  • David D. Buck (1990–1994, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)
  • Anand A. Yang (1995–2000, University of Utah)
  • Ann Waltner (2001–2004, University of Minnesota)
  • Kenneth M. George (2005–2008, University of Wisconsin–Madison)
  • Jeffrey Wasserstrom (2008–2018, University of California-Irvine)
  • Vinayak Chaturvedi (2018–2021), University of California-Irvine)
  • Joseph Alter (2021–present) University of Pittsburgh

''Bibliography of Asian Studies''==

From 1941 to 1991, the Association for Asian Studies published an annual Bibliography of Asian Studies as a supplement to the journal. Since 1991 the bibliography has only been available by separate subscription.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Scopus. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 0.917.

References

References

  1. "Journal of Asian Studies".
  2. "Submission Guidelines {{!}} Journal of Asian Studies {{!}} Duke University Press".
  3. (2012). "Back Matter". The Journal of Asian Studies.
  4. "Journal of Asian Studies". Cambridge University Press.
  5. "About the Journal {{!}} Journal of Asian Studies {{!}} Duke University Press".
  6. Maclay, Kathleen. [http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/08/17_shively.shtml "Professor emeritus Donald Shively, expert on Japanese life and cultures, dies"], ''UCBerkeley News'', August 17, 2005.
  7. [http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/roger-f-hackett/memoir Roger F. Hackett] {{Webarchive. link. (June 17, 2018 , Faculty History Project, University of Michigan. (Accessed April 22, 2015).)
  8. [https://www.anthropology.pitt.edu/people/joseph-s-alter Joseph S. Alter]
  9. (2018). "2017 Journal Citation Reports". [[Clarivate Analytics]].
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