Journal of Australian Studies

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Australian Studies (JAS) is the journal of the International Australian Studies Association.

In print since the mid- 1970s, JAS has been involved in some of the most important discussion about the past, present and future of Australia in the last few decades.

JAS is a fully-refereed, international quarterly journal which publishes scholarly articles and reviews on Australian culture, society, politics, history and literature.

The editorial practice is to promote and include multi and interdisciplinary work.

JAS is published four times per year from the launch of its new series in early 2009.

JAS has been assigned a multidisciplinary code in the 2012 ERA exercise.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.5

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	24899

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	51

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.145

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	24

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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.

• Ways of knowing, being and doing: A theoretical framework and methods for indigenous and indigenist re‐search

  Citation: 739

  Authors: Karen

• Belonging to country — a philosophical anthropology

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Linn

• Learning to read the signs: law in an Indigenous reality

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Ambelin, Blaze

• Expulsion, exodus and exile in white Australian historical mythology

  Citation: 46

  Authors: Ann

• White Medicine, White Ethics: On the Historical Formation of Racism in Australian Healthcare

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Christopher

• Dark tourism and the celebrity prisoner: Front and back regions in representations of an Australian historical prison

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Jacqueline Zara

• It’s Boom Time! (Again): Progress Narratives and Women’s Sport in Australia

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Fiona

• The Trouble with Newcomers: Women, Localism and the Politics of Surfing

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Rebecca

• Endangered territory, endangered identity: Oxford Street and the dissipation of gay life¹

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Robert

• The Colour of Jews: Jews, Race and the White Australia Policy

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Jon

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