Modern Asian Studies

Aims & Scope

Modern Asian Studies publishes cutting-edge research articles on the history, social anthropology, sociology, political science, and cultures of modern Asia.

Covering all the regions of Asia, including Maritime Asia, and their interconnections, the journal particularly welcomes articles which deploy interdisciplinary and comparative research methods.

Since its inception in 1967, Modern Asian Studies has specialized in the publication of longer monographic essays whose theoretical claims are supported by rich empirical data.

It also carries substantial synoptic review essays which summarize and critique the current state of a field of study, and it publishes special issues, forums, and roundtable discussions which explore topical themes in depth and from a number of perspectives.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.476

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	52

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	1.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	12062

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	180

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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.

• Connected Histories: Notes towards a Reconfiguration of Early Modern Eurasia

  Citation: 539

  Authors: Sanjay

• Law, State and Agrarian Society in Colonial India

  Citation: 198

  Authors: D. A.

• Orientalist Constructions of India

  Citation: 180

  Authors: Ronald

• Information Technology Professionals and the New-Rich Middle Class in Chennai (Madras)

  Citation: 143

  Authors: C. J., HARIPRIYA

• Imagined Religious Communities? Ancient History and the Modern Search for a Hindu Identity

  Citation: 131

  Authors: Romila

• <i>Recovering the Subject</i>Subaltern Studies<i>and Histories of Resistance in Colonial South Asia</i>- Subaltern Studies. Writings on South Asian History and Society. Edited by Ranajit Guha. Oxford University Press: Delhi. Volume I, 1982, pp. viii, 241; Volume II, 1983, pp. x, 358; Volume III, 1984, pp. x, 327; Volume IV, 1985, pp. vi, 383.

  Citation: 124

  Authors: Rosalind

• Technology and Religious Change: Islam and the Impact of Print

  Citation: 115

  Authors: Francis

• The Fashioning of a Frontier: The Radcliffe Line and Bengal's Border Landscape, 1947–52

  Citation: 112

  Authors: Joya

• Framed, Blamed and Renamed: The Recasting of Islamic Jurisprudence in Colonial South Asia

  Citation: 111

  Authors: SCOTT ALAN

• Progress and Problems: South Asian Economic and Social History c.1720–1860

  Citation: 109

  Authors: D. A.

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