Modern Asian Studies
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Modern Asian Studies 
Discipline Asian Studies, Interdisciplinary Language English Edited by Joya Chatterji Publication details Publisher Cambridge University Press Publication history 1967-Present Frequency Bimonthly Impact factor
(2009)0.506 Indexing ISSN 0026-749X (print)
1469-8099 (web)Links Modern Asian Studies is a bi-monthly journal in the field of Asian studies, published by Cambridge University Press.
The journal was founded in 1967 by the Syndics of the University of Cambridge and the Committee of Directors of the Institute or Centres of Asian Studies in the Universities of London, Cambridge, Hull, Leeds and Sheffield. Modern Asian Studies now publishes approximately 40 original research articles a year on the history, sociology, economics and culture of modern Asia, covering South Asia, South-East Asia, China, Japan and Korea. The book reviews section offers detailed analysis of important new publications in the field. The Journal is currently edited by Joya Chatterji of the University of Cambridge, UK.
Index
- Bibliography of Asian Studies
- C S A Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
- SCOPUS
- Social Sciences Citation Index
In 2009 the journal achieved an impact factor of 0.506 in the Thompson ISI citation index. It is ranked 18/38 in the Area Studies category, which covers a wide variety of regions from Africa to Latin America and the Middle East.
Notable articles
Major articles that have been published include, for example:
- "Law, State and Agrarian Society in Colonial India" by D. A. Washbrook;
- "The Seventeenth-Century Crisis in South Asia" by John F. Richards;
- "Recovering the Subject Subalterns Studies and Histories of Resistance in Colonial South Asia" by Rosalind O’Hanlon;
- "Orientalist Constructions of India" by Ronald Inden;
- "The Pursuit of Persian: Language in Mughal Politics" by Muzaffar Alam
References
Categories:
- Area studies journals
- Asian history journals
- Bimonthly journals
- Publications established in 1967
- Cambridge University Press academic journals
- English-language journals
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