Asian Studies Review

Aims & Scope

Asian Studies Review is a multidisciplinary journal of contemporary and modern Asia.

The journal sets out to showcase high quality scholarship on the modern histories, cultures, societies, languages, politics and religions of Asia through the publication of research articles, book reviews and review articles.

It welcomes the submission of research articles from across the broad spectrum of the social sciences and humanities on all the regions of Asia and on international and transnational issues in which Asia is the major point of focus.

Asian Studies Review sets out to publish a balanced mixture of articles in both traditional and emerging disciplines.

The invited review articles and book reviews published in Asian Studies Review provide a vital point of articulation between the scholarship on display in the research articles and the broader world of Asian Studies.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.1
2024	1.20

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8790

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	223

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.653

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

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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.

• Together‐in‐difference: beyond diaspora, into hybridity

  Citation: 129

  Authors: Ien

• Lee Kuan Yew and the “Asian values” debate

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Michael D.

• Sustaining Families across Transnational Spaces: Vietnamese Migrant Parents and their Left-Behind Children

  Citation: 83

  Authors: Lan Anh, Brenda S.A.

• Development for Whom? Rural to Urban Resettlement at the Three Gorges Dam, China

  Citation: 81

  Authors: Brooke, Michael, Duan

• Where Health and Beauty Meet: Femininity and Racialisation in Thai Cosmetic Surgery Clinics

  Citation: 80

  Authors: Aren Z.

• Memory Politics and Ontological Security in Sino-Japanese Relations

  Citation: 76

  Authors: Karl

• Explaining the 2016 Islamist Mobilisation in Indonesia: Religious Intolerance, Militant Groups and the Politics of Accommodation

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Marcus, Burhanuddin

• Grassroots Environmental Activism and the Internet: Constructing a Green Public Sphere in China

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Yangzi

• Between Control and Empowerment: Governmental Strategies towards the Development of the Non-profit Sector in China

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Yijia

• The politics of civil society in Singapore

  Citation: 58

  Authors: Terence

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