Inner Asia

Aims & Scope

Published bi-annually for the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit (MIASU) at the University of Cambridge, Inner Asia is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal with emphasis on the social sciences, humanities and cultural studies.

Published since 1999, Inner Asia is currently one of the very few research-orientated publications in the world in which scholars can address the contemporary and historical problems of the region.

Of particular interest to the journal are studies in the following areas: the rise of political and economic nationalism, the introduction of markets and changing concepts of property, the re-emergence of religions, the negotiation of ethnicity and identity, urbanisation and demography, concepts of modernity and post-modernity, environmental and conservation issues, and history and historiography in the aftermath of the decades of socialist governance.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.5
2024	0.20

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	21656

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	29

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.192

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	22

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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.

• The Crystal Forest: Notes on the Ontology of Amazonian Spirits

  Citation: 105

  Authors: Eduardo Viveiros De

• On the ‘Raw’ and the ‘Cooked’ Barbarians of Imperial China

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Magnus

• Is Xinjiang an Internal Colony?

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Barry

• Notions of Rights over Land and the History of Mongolian Pastoralism

  Citation: 32

  Authors: David

• Transcendental Perspectivism: Anonymous Viewpoints from Inner Asia

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Rane, Martin

• Devouring Perspectives: On Cannibal Shamans in Siberia

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Charles

• Xinjiang’s Production and Construction Corps, and the Sinification of Eastern Turkestan

  Citation: 26

  Authors: James D.

• Lev Gumilev: His Pretensions as Founder of Ethnology and his Eurasian Theories

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Sergei, Viktor

• Performing Identity Through Language: The Local Practices of Urban Youth Populations in Post-Socialist Mongolia

  Citation: 23

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• The 'Creative Bureaucrat': Conflicts in the Production of Soviet Communist Party Discourse

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Caroline

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