Journal of Indian Ocean World Studies

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Indian Ocean World Studies (JIOWS) is the creation of the Indian Ocean World Centre (IOWC) at McGill University.

Aimed for an interdisciplinary, academic audience, it publishes original peer reviewed articles by established and emerging scholars in the social sciences, humanities, and related disciplines that contribute to an understanding of the Indian Ocean World (IOW) and its constituent parts, from early times to the present day.

The JIOWS recognises the urgent need to re-assess Eurocentric spatial, temporal and thematic paradigms that have conventionally dominated academic perceptions of extra-European regions and societies.

It also recognises the significance of environmental factors in human life, and of human-environment interaction, rather than human action alone, as the major catalyst of historical change.

In spatial terms, the IOW comprises both maritime and terrestrial zones.

These include all maritime areas affected by the Asian monsoon system, and significant ancillary systems of winds and currents, such as the southeastern trade wind system.

Broadly speaking, the IOW monsoon zones are, from east to west, the Sea of Japan, the South and the East China seas, the Philippine Sea, the Indonesian seas, the Indian Ocean, the Persian Gulf, and the Red Sea.

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
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• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

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.

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
• Copyright url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

APC Details

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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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