Amerasia Journal

Aims & Scope

Since 1971, Amerasia Journal has been the leading interdisciplinary journal in Asian American and Pacific Islander studies.

For almost five decades, Amerasia Journal has played an indispensable role in establishing Asian American studies as a viable and relevant field of scholarship, teaching, community service, and public discourse.

According to founding publisher Don T.

Nakanishi, Amerasia Journal “has benefited from and reflected a wide array of profound social changes that have occurred among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders—be it their unprecedented growth and diversification, or their ever-increasing levels of access, representation, and achievement in American society’s institutions and sectors that had long excluded, marginalized, or demonized them.”

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.4

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.125

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Settlers of Color and “Immigrant” Hegemony: “Locals” in Hawai'i

  Citation: 207

  Authors: Haunani-Kay

• Denationalization Reconsidered: Asian American Cultural Criticism at a Theoretical Crossroads

  Citation: 178

  Authors: Sau-Ling C.

• Education and the Socialization of Asian Americans: A Revisionist Analysis of the “Model Minority” Thesis

  Citation: 127

  Authors: Bob H.

• Chinese-American Personality And Mental Health

  Citation: 97

  Authors: Stanley, Derald W.

• Majority World: Challenging the West's Rhetoric of Democracy

  Citation: 95

  Authors: Shahidul

• “On Strike!” San Francisco State College Strike, 1968–69: The Role of Asian American Students

  Citation: 80

  Authors: Karen

• Targeting Arab/Muslim/South Asian Americans: Criminalization and Cultural Citizenship

  Citation: 76

  Authors: Louise, Sunaina

• The Gospel According to the Model Minority?: Hazarding an Interpretation of Asian American Evangelical College Students

  Citation: 65

  Authors: Rudy V.

• Aloha Kanaka Me Ke Aloha 'Aina: Local Culture and Society in Hawaii

  Citation: 59

  Authors: Jonathan Y.

• Local Story: The Massie Case Narrative and the Cultural Production of Local Identity in Hawai'i

  Citation: 59

  Authors: John P.

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