Asian and African Studies

Aims & Scope

Published since 1965 by Institute of Oriental Studies of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava.

Each volume deals with subjects related to oriental culture, linguistics and history, with stress being laid on methodology.

In addition to papers, review articles and critical reviews of publications on Asia, Africa and the Pacific appear.

Along with Slovak Orientalists, scholars from abroad contribute to AAS as well.

The policy of AAS is to publish papers largely in English and occasionally in French and German.

Each research article in this journal has undergone peer review process, based on initial editor screening and consequent blind review by independent experts in the field.

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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.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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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.

• IDEOPHONES AS LINGUISTIC “REBELS”: THE EXTRA-SYSTEMATICITY OF IDEOPHONES IN XHOSA – Part II

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Alexander

• THE QUEST FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL: AN INSCRIBED RELIC FROM ANCIENT RAPA NUI (EASTER ISLAND) – Part II

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Tomi S., Robert M.

• THE GRAMMAR OF CONATIVE ANIMAL CALLS: THE CASE OF TOGO-TEÅŠU KAN OF DOUROU (DOGON)

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Alexander, Idrissa

• THE QUEST FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL: AN INSCRIBED RELIC FROM ANCIENT RAPA NUI (EASTER ISLAND) – Part I

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Tomi S., Robert M.

• CZECHOSLOVAK-EGYPTIAN RELATIONS AT THE ONSET OF THE COLD WAR: THE WAY TO A PRAGMATIC PARTNERSHIP

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Eva

• WANG SHOUREN’S ETHICO-EPISTEMOLOGY AND THE DOUBLE NATURE OF RECOGNITION

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Jana

• A CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF POLISH-LITHUANIAN TATARS – ALI ISMAIL WORONOWICZ (1902 – 1941) AND HIS WORK

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Marek M.

• SHADES OF SILENCE IN YASMINE EL RASHIDIʼS CHRONICLE OF A LAST SUMMER: SOCIO-CULTURAL DYNAMICS, SILENCING AND TRAUMA

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Katarína

• HUMANENESS AND FAMILY VALUES IN TRANSCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE: THE CONFUCIAN REVIVAL IN THE MIRROR OF INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN CHINA AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Téa

• THE HISTORY OF THE ALASH MOVEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE “EMPIRE OF POSITIVE ACTION”

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Khazretali, Nasuh, Kanat, Gulzhamal, Samat