About this journal
Aims and scope
Central Asian Survey is the only established peer reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal in the world concerned with the history, politics, cultures, religions and economies of the Central Asian and Caucasian regions. These include primarily the republics of former Soviet Central Asia and the South and North Caucasus. Also covered are Chinese Xinjiang, Mongolia, Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey inrelation to their links/policies vis-à-vis Central Asia.
The central aim of Central Asian Survey is to reflect and promote advances in area-based scholarship in the social sciences and humanities and enhance understanding of processes of local and regional change that make Central Asia and the Caucasus an area of significant contemporary interest.
Central Asian Survey publishes original research articles, research notes and book reviews. The journal welcomes proposals from Guest Editors for special issues or special sections.
Peer Review Statement
All research articles and research notes in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and double anonymous refereeing by two referees. Book reviews are assessed by the Book Review Editors but are not externally peer reviewed.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 112K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.1 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 1.6 (2023) 5 year IF
- 2.4 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.544 (2023) SNIP
- 0.363 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 7 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 67 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 39 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 21% 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.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
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.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor:
Rico Isaacs - University of Lincoln, UK
Associate Editors:
Jasmin Dall'Agnola - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Switzerland
Alexander Morrison - University of Oxford, UK
Editor Emeritus:
Deniz Kandiyoti - SOAS, University of London, UK
Editorial Manager:
Madeleine Hatfield - Yellowback, Canterbury, UK
Book Review Editors:
Zhanibek Arynov - Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Philipp Lottholz - University of Marburg, Germany
Editorial Board:
Ildikó Bellér-Hann - University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Timothy Blauvelt - American Councils for International Education/Ilia State University, Georgia
Alexander Cooley - Columbia University, USA
Adrienne L. Edgar - University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Gulzhanat Gafu - Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Jonathan Goodhand - SOAS University of London, UK
Aksana Ismailbekova - Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, Germany
Ablet Kamalov - Turan University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Marianne Kamp - Indiana University, USA
Nargis Kassenova - Harvard University, USA /KIMEP, Kazakhstan
Adeeb Khalid - Carleton College, USA
Erica Marat - National Defense University, USA
Nick Megoran - University of Newcastle, UK
Filippo Menga - University of Bergamo, Italy
James A. Millward - Georgetown University, USA
David W. Montgomery - University of Maryland, USA
Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili - University of Pittsburgh, USA
Emil Nasritdinov - American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Douglas Northrop - University of Michigan, USA
Madeleine Reeves - University of Manchester, UK
Edward Schatz - University of Toronto, Canada
Dina Sharipova - Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Gulmira Sultangalieva - Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Mohira Suyarkulova - American University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan
Russell Zanca - Northeastern Illinois University, USA
International Advisory Board:
Gulnara Aitpaeva - Aigine Cultural Research Center, Kyrgyzstan
Thomas Barfield - Boston University, USA
Judith Beyer - University of Konstanz, Germany
Christine Bichsel - University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Rebecca Empson - University College London, UK
John Heathershaw - University of Exeter, UK
Barbara Junisbai - Pitzer College, USA
Artemy M. Kalinovsky - University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Magnus Marsden - University of Sussex, UK
Julie McBrien - University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ashirbek Muminov - The L.N. Gumilev Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan
Niccolò Pianciola - Lingnan University, Hong Kong
Richard Pomfret - University of Adelaide, Australia
Johan Rasanayagam - University of Aberdeen, UK
Sophie Roche - Heidelberg University, Germany
Jeff Sahadeo - Carleton University, Canada
Joanne Smith Finley - Newcastle University, UK
Regine Spector - University of Massachusetts, USA
Julien Thorez - CNRS, France
Medet Tiulegenov - American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Tomohiko Uyama - Hokkaido University, Japan
Cynthia Werner - Texas A&M University, USA
Updated 11 July 2024
Abstracting and indexing
Central Asian Survey is indexed and abstracted in:
America: History and Life
CAB Abstracts
Clarivate Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
EBSCO Research Database
GEOBASE
Historical Abstracts
IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences)
International Development Abstracts
International Political Science Abstracts
Periodica Islamica
Planning/Policy & Development Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts
SCOPUS
Open access
Central Asian Survey 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)
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News, offers and calls for papers
News and offers
- Visit the new Global Souths Hub!
- The Irene Hilgers Memorial Prize
- Watch the video of 40 Years of Central Asian Survey: Launch of the Critical Reader in Central Asian Studies
- Book: A Critical Reader in Central Asian Studies
- Watch the panel discussion on 'The Afghan Conundrum' special issue
- Interested in peer reviewing for Central Asian Survey? Join the Excellence in Peer Review training programme.
Society information
Members of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) receive a special society rate to Central Asian Survey. CESS members can choose between a print and online subscription ($40 + VAT) or online only subscription ($20 + VAT).
For further information about this special rate please visit the CESS website at https://www.centraleurasia.org/publications/cas/
4 issues per year
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