Asian Security aims to be the foremost journal on all aspects of national and international security in Asia. We welcome articles on South, Central, Southeast, and East Asia or comparative articles that draw on cases from those regions. The journal covers "traditional" issues such as interstate warfare, the regional balance of power, alliances and other multilateral security institutions, national defense policies, strategic culture, civil-military relations, nuclear proliferation, conventional arms racing, arms control, and conflict-prone areas. The journal also covers "new" security issues such as the stability of democratic transitions, globalization and its backlash, ethnic conflict, insurgency and counter insurgency, nontraditional security threats, failing states, and transnational terrorism. The editors welcome submissions that are theoretically innovative and/or policy-focused on any of these topics. Policy-related articles should demonstrate engagement with literature in the field and have staying power beyond a single current event issue.
Asian Security strives to be a journal that is appreciated equally by both policymakers and scholars. Policy-related articles should demonstrate engagement with literature in the field and have staying power beyond a single current event issue.
Peer Review Policy: All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial editorial screening, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double-anonymous.
Publication Office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Journal metrics
Usage
50K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
2.1 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.000 (2023) SNIP
0.479 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
115 days avg. from submission to first
decision
123 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
19% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Michael R. Chambers -Indiana State University, USA Amy L. Freedman -Pace University, USA Devin T. Hagerty - University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA Andrew Oros - Washington College, USA Leila Zakhirova -Concordia College, USA
Managing Editor
Manjeet Pardesi-Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Editorial Board
Zakaria Haji Ahmad - Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia Kanti Bajpai - Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore Richard Betts - Columbia University, USA Michael E. Brown - George Washington University, USA Kent Calder - Johns Hopkins University, USA Victor Cha - Georgetown University, USA Rosemary Foot - University of Oxford, UK Sumit Ganguly - Indiana University, Bloomington, USA John Garver -Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Evelyn Goh - Australian National University, Australia Avery Goldstein - University of Pennsylvania, USA Larry Goodson - U.S. Army College, USA Timothy Hoyt- U.S. Naval War College, USA Julie Chernov Hwang- Goucher College, USA Darryl Jarvis - Education University of Hong Kong Nori Katagiri -St. Louis University, USA Paul Kapur - Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, USA Peter Katzenstein - Cornell University, USA P.R. Kumaraswamy - Jawaharlal Nehru University, India Peter Lavoy - ExxonMobil John Mearsheimer -University of Chicago, USA Dinshaw Mistry- University of Cincinnati, USA Chris Ogden - University of St. Andrews, UK Michael O'Hanlon -Brookings Institution, USA Tanya Ogilvie-White -Australian National University, Australia Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan - Observer Research Foundation, India Scott Sagan -Stanford University, USA Yasuyo Sakata - Kanda University of International Studies, Japan Richard Samuels -Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Andrew Scobell -United States Institute of Peace, USA Yuki Tatsumi - Stimson Center, USA Chanintira na Thalang - Thammasat University, Thailand Ashley Tellis -Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, USA William Tow -Australian National University, Australia Donald Zagoria -National Committee on American Foreign Policy, USA
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/indexed in: Bibliography of Asian Studies; CSA; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences; Scopus; and OCLC.
Open access
Asian Security is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
Taylor & Francis make every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the "Content") contained in our publications. However, Taylor & Francis, our agents (including the editor, any member of the editorial team or editorial board, and any guest editors), and our licensors, make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the Content. Any opinions and views expressed in this publication are the opinions and views of the authors, and are not the views of or endorsed by Taylor & Francis. The accuracy of the Content should not be relied upon and should be independently verified with primary sources of information. Taylor & Francis shall not be liable for any losses, actions, claims, proceedings, demands, costs, expenses, damages, and other liabilities whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with, in relation to, or arising out of the use of the Content. Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/page/terms-and-conditions .
Ready to submit?
Start a new submission or continue a submission in progress
![Sample our Area Studies journals, sign in here to start your access, latest two full volumes FREE to you for 14 days]({"type":"image" , "src" : "/sda/110798/Subject-Sample-2021-Area-Studies.jpg"})