Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, published by the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies (IAS) in Hamburg, is an internationally refereed journal.

The publication focuses on current developments in international relations, politics, economics, society, education, environment and law in Southeast Asia.

The topics covered should not only be oriented towards specialists in Southeast Asian affairs, but should also be of relevance to readers with a practical interest in the region.

For more than three decades, the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs (formerly Südostasien aktuell) has regularly provided – six times per year and in German - insightful and in-depth analyses of current issues in political, social and economic life; culture; and development in Southeast Asia.

It continues to be devoted to the transfer of scholarly insights to a wider audience and is the leading academic journal devoted exclusively to this region.

Interested readers can access the abstracts and tables of contents of earlier issues of the journal via the webpage http://www.giga-hamburg.de/de/publikationen/archiv.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in 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.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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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.

• Politics of Anxiety, Politics of Hope: Penal Populism and Duterte's Rise to Power

  Citation: 146

  Authors: Nicole

• The Philippines’ COVID-19 Response

  Citation: 122

  Authors: Karl

• Bloodied Democracy: Duterte and the Death of Liberal Reformism in the Philippines

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Mark R.

• Populist Anti-Scientism, Religious Polarisation, and Institutionalised Corruption: How Indonesia’s Democratic Decline Shaped Its COVID-19 Response

  Citation: 74

  Authors: Marcus

• Singapore: The Politics of Inventing National Identity

  Citation: 57

  Authors: Stephan

• Police Violence and Corruption in the Philippines: Violent Exchange and the War on Drugs

  Citation: 56

  Authors: Steffen, Karl

• Political Legitimacy of Vietnam's One PartyState: Challenges and Responses

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Carlyle A.

• The Influence of Social Media in Vietnam's Elite Politics

  Citation: 51

  Authors: Thiem Hai

• China's Strategic Misjudgement on Myanmar

  Citation: 49

  Authors: Yun

• The Spectacle of Violence in Duterte's “War on Drugs”

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Danilo Andres