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Current Volume: 85

Frequency: 5 issues annually

Academic Editor: Joseph S. Alter

The Journal of Asian Studies, the flagship journal of the Association for Asian Studies, is the most authoritative and prestigious publication in the field of Asian studies. The journal publishes the very best empirical and multidisciplinary work on Asia, spanning the arts, history, literature, the social sciences, and cultural studies. Experts around the world turn to the journal for the latest in-depth scholarship on Asia’s past and present, for its extensive book reviews, and for its state-of-the-field essays on established and emerging topics. With coverage reaching from South and Southeast Asia to China, Inner Asia, and Northeast Asia, the Journal of Asian Studies welcomes broad comparative and transnational studies as well as essays emanating from fine-grained historical, cultural, political, and literary research and interpretation.
 

Publishers: Information about sending books for review in JAS is listed in the submission guidelines.

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Editorial Office:
Journal of Asian Studies
University of Pittsburgh
4107 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
230 S. Bouquet St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
journalofasianstudies@pitt.edu

Editor:
Joseph Alter, University of Pittsburgh
 
Associate Editors, China:
Kelly Hammond, University of Arkansas
Thomas Wilson, Hamilton College
 
Associate Editors, Inner Asia:
Martin Dimitrov, Tulane University
Rian Thum, University of Nottingham
 
Associate Editor, Japan:
Kate McDonald, University of California, Santa Barbara
 
Associate Editor, Korea:
Albert Park, Claremont McKenna College
 
Associate Editors, South Asia:
Purnima Dhavan, University of Washington
Durba Ghosh, Cornell University
 
Associate Editor, Southeast Asia:
Meredith Weiss, University at Albany, SUNY
 
Book Review Editor, China Pre-1900:
Loretta E. Kim, Hong Kong University
 
Book Review Editor, China since 1900:
Tristan Brown, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Book Review Editor, Inner Asia:
Benno Weiner, Carnegie Mellon University
 
Book Review Editor, Japan:
Ashton Lazarus, University of Utah
 
Book Review Editor, Korea:
Hanmee Kim, Wheaton College
 
Book Review Editor, South Asia:
Nusrat Chowdhury, Amherst College
 
Book Review Editor, Southeast Asia:
Erick White, Independent Scholar
 
Book Review Editor, Global Asias:
Elke Papelitzky, University of Oslo
 
Managing Editor:
Jennifer Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh
 

For Authors

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The Journal of Asian Studies publishes full-length articles and book reviews. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically through the ScholarOne online submission system. The journal also invites proposals for Special Issues as well as Forum Sections. Further information on formatting manuscripts, submitting proposals, and contacting the journal's editorial staff may be found on the Submissions Guidelines page.

The Journal of Asian Studies does not publish unsolicited book reviews. Publishers are asked to contact the appropriate Book Review Editor with lists of books for consideration for review. Book Review Editors commission reviews based on their experience and expertise in the field.

Contact Information: Book Review Editors

China to 1900 (also includes Hong Kong and Taiwan)
Loretta E. Kim
School of Modern Languages and Cultures
5.01, Run Run Shaw Tower
Centennial Campus
University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam, Hong Kong
lekim@hku.hk
 
China since 1900 (also includes Hong Kong and Taiwan)
Tristan Brown
Department of History
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
70 Memorial Drive, E51-284
Cambridge, MA 02139
tristanb@mit.edu
 
Inner Asia
Benno Weiner
Department of History
240 Baker Hall
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
bweiner@andrew.cmu.edu
 
Japan
Ashton Lazarus
University of Utah
255 S. Central Campus Dr. #1400
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
u6031500@utah.edu
 
Korea
Hanmee Kim
History Department
501 College Ave.
Wheaton, IL 60187
hanmee.kim@wheaton.edu
 
South Asia (includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka)
Nusrat Chowdhury
202 Morgan Hall
Department of Anthropology and Sociology
Amherst College
Amherst, MA 01002
bookreviewjas@amherst.edu
 
Southeast Asia (includes Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar/Burma, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam)
Erick White
410 Kellogg Street, #33
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
white.erick.d@gmail.com
 
Global Asias (includes comparison between Asia/Asian countries and other regions of the globe, and also includes books that cover multiple Asian countries, e.g. Korea and Japan, China and Vietnam, etc.)
Elke Papelitzky
Postboks 1010
Blindern
0315 Oslo
elke.papelitzky@ikos.uio.no

 

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Abstractors & Indexers

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Indexed/abstracted in the following: ABC-CLIO, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Bibliography of Asian Studies, CABI, Current Contents/Arts & Humanities, Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences, European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH) PLUS, IBZ - Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur, Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlicher Literatur, Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition, MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association), Revue Bibliographique de Sinologie, Scopus, Social Sciences Citation Index, Sociological Abstracts

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Additional Information

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ISSN: 0021-9118

e-ISSN: 1752-0401