Critical Asian Studies
| Discipline | Asian studies |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Robert J. Shepherd |
| Publication details | |
Former name | Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars |
| History | Since 1968 |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| 1.4 (2024) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Crit. Asian Stud. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1467-2715 (print) 1472-6033 (web) |
| LCCN | 2002238957 |
| OCLC no. | 45440468 |
| Links | |
Critical Asian Studies is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research in Asian studies. It is published by Routlegde and the editor-in-chief is Robert J. Shepherd (George Washington University).[1]
History
The journal was conceived in 1967 by the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars, a group that coalesced around young scholarly opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War. From 1968 until 2001 it was published under the name of Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars. In the estimation of Fabio Lanza, the journal was at its inception "radical, vibrant, at times excessive, and always politically minded.[2]
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:[3]
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2024 impact factor of1.4.[4]
References
- ^ "Editorial board". Critical Asian Studies. Routledge. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
- ^ The End of Concern: Maoist China, Activism, and Asian Studies. Duke University Press. 31 August 2017. ISBN 9780822372431.
- ^ "Critical Asian Studies". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ "Critical Asian Studies". 2024 Journal Citation Reports (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2025 – via Web of Science.