Positions

Aims & Scope

Offering a fresh approach to East Asia and Asian American studies, positions employs theoretical and multidisciplinary methods in creating a provocative forum for vigorous debate.

Through expansive scholarly articles, commentaries, poetry, photo spreads, and political and philosophical debates, contributors consider a broad variety of pressing questions from a striking range of perspectives.

Thematic issues of positions tackling new, often pathbreaking areas of concern—or traditional areas of concern from a fresh vantage point—are interspersed with general issues offering original scholarship that crosses disciplinary and topical boundaries.

The breadth and pace of the journal ensure that readers are challenged as well as informed.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.4
2024	0.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.173

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	30

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	22881

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	54

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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.

• Fear (The Spectrum Said)

  Citation: 211

  Authors: Brian

• Three Sexes and Four Sexualities: Redressing the Discourses on Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Thailand

  Citation: 157

  Authors: Rosalind C.

• On the Edge of Empires: Flexible Citizenship among Chinese in Diaspora

  Citation: 145

  Authors: Aihwa

• Cultivating Citizens: <i>Suzhi</i> (Quality) Discourse in the PRC

  Citation: 145

  Authors: Tamara

• Colonialism's Career in Postwar China Studies

  Citation: 137

  Authors: Tani E.

• Culture as Leisure and Culture as Capital

  Citation: 122

  Authors: Jing

• Guest Editors' Introduction: How Is Neoliberalism Good to Think Vietnam? How Is Vietnam Good to Think Neoliberalism?

  Citation: 115

  Authors: Christina, Ann Marie

• The Discourse of Decolonization and Popular Memory: South Korea

  Citation: 104

  Authors: Chungmoo

• Intimate Encounters: Affective Labor in Call Centers

  Citation: 91

  Authors: Purnima, Akhil

• Of Quality, Harmony, and Community: Civilization and the Middle Class in Urban China

  Citation: 89

  Authors: Luigi

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