Critical Asian Studies

Critical Asian Studies
DisciplineAsian studies
LanguageEnglish
Edited byRobert J. Shepherd
Publication details
Former name
Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars
HistorySince 1968
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
1.4 (2024)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Crit. Asian Stud.
Indexing
ISSN1467-2715 (print)
1472-6033 (web)
LCCN2002238957
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

  1. ^ "Editorial board". Critical Asian Studies. Routledge. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
  2. ^ The End of Concern: Maoist China, Activism, and Asian Studies. Duke University Press. 31 August 2017. ISBN 9780822372431.
  3. ^ "Critical Asian Studies". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  4. ^ "Critical Asian Studies". 2024 Journal Citation Reports (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2025 – via Web of Science.