Critical Asian Studies is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal that welcomes unsolicited essays, reviews, translations, interviews, photo essays, and letters about Asia and the Pacific, particularly those that challenge the accepted formulas for understanding the Asia and Pacific regions, the world, and ourselves. Published now by Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group, Critical Asian Studies remains true to the mission that was articulated for the journal in 1967 by the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars:
to develop a humane and knowledgeable understanding of Asian societies and their efforts to maintain cultural integrity and to confront such problems as poverty, oppression, and imperialism
to create alternatives to the prevailing trends in scholarship on Asia, which too often spring from a parochial cultural perspective and serve selfish interests and expansionism
In this spirit Critical Asian Studies welcomes submissions that challenge the accepted formulas for understanding the Asia and Pacific regions, the world, and ourselves.
Peer Review Statement
All submitted research articles undergo an initial editor screening, followed by double-anonymized peer review with at least two independent referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
257K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.7 (2023) Impact Factor
Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
2.6 (2023) 5 year IF
3.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.399 (2023) SNIP
0.490 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
4 days avg. from submission to first
decision
65 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
14 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
15% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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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.
Nan Kim - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA Ching Kwan Lee - University of California, Los Angeles, USA Priti Ramamurthy - University of Washington, USA John Sidel - London School of Economics, UK Ardeth Thawnghmung - University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA Tomomi Yamaguchi - Montana State University, USA
Jojo Abinales (University of Hawai'i-Manoa); Leela Fernandes (University of Washington); Tom Grunfeld (SUNY-Empire); Tristan Grunow (Nagoya University); Laura Hein (Northwestern University); Ben Kiernan (Yale University); Eleana Kim (University of California-Irvine); Duncan McCargo (University of Copenhagen); Pun Ngai (Lingnan University); Donald Nonini (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill); Albert Park (Claremont McKenna College); Jennifer Robertson (University of Michigan); Ratna Saptari (Leiden University); Miriam Sharma (University of Hawai'i-Manoa); Apichai Shipper (Georgetown); Sylvia Tiwon (University of California-Berkeley).
Advisory Board:
Doug Allen, Linda Gail Arrigo, Asoka Bandarage, Amrita Basu, Peter Bell, Robert Cribb, Bruce Cumings, Vedi Hadiz, Marty Hart-Landsberg, Ron Janssen, Richard Kagan, Benedict J. Kerkvliet, Jeff Kingston, Stephanie Lawson, John Lie, Ngo Vinh Long, Richard Madsen, Jim Matson, Mustapha Pasha, Moss Roberts, Wes Sasaki-Uemura, Vera Schwarcz, Mark Selden, Stephen Shalom, Alvin Y So, Joe Tharamangalam, Carl Trocki, Jonathan Unger, Martha K. Winnacker, Linda Yarr, Peter Zarrow.
Abstracting and indexing
Critical Asian Studies is listed in the following abstracting and indexing databases:
Alternative Press Index
America: History and Life
Bibliography of Asian Studies
Historical Abstracts
IBR (International Bibliography of Book Reviews)
IBZ (International Bibliographie der Zeischriften Literatur)
International Development Abstracts
International Development Index
International Political Science Abstracts
Left Index
Political Science Abstracts
Sage Abstracts
SCOPUS
Thomson Reuters Social Sciences Citation Index® (SSCI)
Open access
Critical Asian Studies 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.
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