The Journal of Asian Studies
Cambridge University Press · US · ISSN 00219118
SJR Q1
What the numbers say
Output rose while citedness notably strengthened.
Field-weighted citation impact moved from 0.95 to 2.37. If you care about visibility per article, this suggests higher citation reach now. Both output and citation impact grew. Expect both more papers published and greater average citation attention. Indian and Buddhist Studies rose from 0.0% to 5.1% of what the journal runs. If your work is on Indian or Buddhist studies, the journal is publishing more of that material.
Citation metrics
SJR quartile
Q1
SJR score
0.26
Citations / doc (2y)
0.41
h-index
115
Based on the Scopus and OpenAlex citation graphs. We do not provide Clarivate’s JCR Impact Factor.
Output and citation impact
Whether citation performance keeps up as output grows.
PapersField-weighted impact
2018
190
0.95
2019
240
0.50
2020
250
0.44
2021
275
0.40
2022
237
0.27
2023
236
3.11
2024
178
3.14
2025
230
2.37
Topic shift
Share in the last 24 months (2024-09 – 2026-08) versus the previous 24 (2022-09 – 2024-08).
Rising
- Indian and Buddhist Studies0.0%→5.1%+5.1%pPrevNow
- Asian Culture and Media Studies3.9%→9.0%+5.1%pPrevNow
- Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice0.0%→3.0%+3.0%pPrevNow
- China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations4.2%→6.8%+2.7%pPrevNow
- Asian American and Pacific Histories0.0%→2.6%+2.6%pPrevNow
Falling
- Vietnamese History and Culture Studies11.3%→3.4%−7.9%pPrevNow
- Chinese history and philosophy35.8%→28.6%−7.2%pPrevNow
- Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies8.1%→2.6%−5.5%pPrevNow
- Asian Studies and History6.1%→2.6%−3.6%pPrevNow
Terms appearing more often
Wording in recent paper titles that stands out against the journal's own baseline.
sinophonemughalmongoliabuddhismbuddhistmanchuriaqing
Author countries
Last 24 months (2024-09 – 2026-08) against the previous 24 (2022-09 – 2024-08).
- US69.6%→66.1%−3.5%pPrevNow
- GB6.1%→9.6%+3.5%pPrevNow
- CA5.4%→6.3%+0.9%pPrevNow
- AU4.0%→4.6%+0.5%pPrevNow
- CN3.0%→4.6%+1.6%pPrevNow
- HK0.0%→3.4%+3.4%pPrevNow
Top 5 institutions
Top 5 institutions publishing in this journal, 2018 – 2026.
Recently published
20The 20 most recent papers — not the full list.
1
Article2026
The Red Wind Howls: A NovelTenzin Dickie*
Literature and Literary TheoryArts and Humanities
2
Article2026
Fighting on the Cultural Front: U.S.-China Relations in the Cold WarXuesong Shao*
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
3
4
Article2026
Contested Environmentalisms: Trees and the Making of Modern ChinaLarissa Pitts*
Literature and Literary TheoryArts and Humanities
5
Article2026
A Historical Taxonomy of Talking Birds in Chinese LiteratureYue Zhang*
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
6
Article2026
Religion, Secularism, and Love as a Political Discourse in Modern ChinaKin Cheung*
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
7
Article2026
From Temples to Garden Estates and Academies: Landscape Transformation of Suzhou During the Thirteenth–Sixteenth Centuries and BeyondZhenxing Zhao*
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
8
9
Article2026
Unruly Comparison: Queerness, Hong Kong, and the SinophoneTing Guo*
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
10
Article2026
Testing the Literary: Prose and the Aesthetic in Early Modern ChinaZhiqing Liu*
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
11
Article2026
Botanical Imagination: Rethinking Plants in Modern JapanRachel Dinitto*
EcologyEnvironmental Science
12
Article2026
Selling the Future: Community, Hope, and Crisis in the Early History of Japanese Life InsuranceMax Ward*
Cultural StudiesSocial Sciences
13
Article2026
Modern Chinese FoodwaysCecilia Leong-Salobir*
Food ScienceAgricultural and Biological Sciences
14
Article2026
Botany of Empire: Plant Worlds and the Scientific Legacies of ColonialismSuchismita Das*
History and Philosophy of ScienceArts and Humanities
15
16
Article2026
Brutal Fantasies: Imagining North Korea in the Long Cold WarNoël Um‐Lo*
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
17
Article2026
China's Post-COVID DevelopmentJean C. Oi*
Political Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
18
19
Article2026
Ghostly Past, Capitalist Presence: A Social History of Fear in Colonial BengalAniket De*
AnthropologySocial Sciences
20
Article2026
The Great Commentary on the Documents Classic / Shangshu dazhuan 尚書大傳.Zhuming Yao*
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
Most cited
20Top 20 most cited, 2018 – 2026.
1
ArticleCitations 1712023
In the Shadow of the Palms: More-than-Human Becomings in West PapuaDanilyn Rutherford*
Political Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
2
ArticleCitations 922019
The Asian Anthropocene: Electricity and Fossil DevelopmentalismElizabeth Chatterjee*
Political Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
3
ArticleCitations 462020
The Media Spectacle of a Techno-City: COVID-19 and the South Korean Experience of the State of EmergencyJaeho Kang*
OAInformation SystemsComputer Science
4
ArticleCitations 452018
What Is Mandarin? The Social Project of Language Standardization in Early Republican ChinaJeffrey Weng*
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
5
ArticleCitations 432024
The Specter of Materialism: Queer Theory and Marxism in the Age of the Beijing ConsensusCharlie Zhang*
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
6
ArticleCitations 412020
A History of Pigs in China: From Curious Omnivores to Industrial PorkBrian Lander, Mindi Schneider, Katherine Brunson
OAManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawEnvironmental Science
7
ArticleCitations 402018
Platform Patrol: China, the United States, and the Global Battle for Data SecurityAynne Kokas*
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
8
ArticleCitations 392018
Vietnamese Media Going Social: Connectivism, Collectivism, and ConservatismGiang Nguyen-Thu*
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
9
ArticleCitations 392023
Model Machines: A History of the Asian as AutomatonBaryon Tensor Posadas*
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
10
ArticleCitations 332018
Mediated Massacre: Digital Nationalism and History Discourse on China's WebFlorian Schneider*
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
11
ArticleCitations 322021
The Platformization of Culture: Webtoon Platforms and Media Ecology in Korea and BeyondHeekyoung Cho*
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
12
ArticleCitations 302020
“Modernization” and Agrarian Development in India, 1912–52Prakash Kumar*
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
13
ArticleCitations 292023
Monetary Authorities: Capitalism and Decolonization in the American Colonial PhilippinesAllison Truitt*
AnthropologySocial Sciences
14
ArticleCitations 272020
Tangled Lands: Burma and India's Unfinished Separation, 1937–1948Bérénice Guyot-Réchard*
Political Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
15
ArticleCitations 272018
Seeing Cages: Home Confinement in Early Twentieth-Century JapanYumi Kim*
OACultural StudiesSocial Sciences
16
ArticleCitations 262019
The Sovereign TricksterVicente L. Rafael*
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
17
ArticleCitations 242018
What's the Matter with “China”? A Critique of Teleological HistoryHugh R. Clark*
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
18
ArticleCitations 242019
The Futurists of Beijing: Alvin Toffler, Zhao Ziyang, and China's “New Technological Revolution,” 1979–1991Julian Gewirtz*
OAPolitical Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
19
ArticleCitations 232018
A Secular State for a Religious Nation: The Republic of Vietnam and Religious Nationalism, 1946–1963Phi-Vân Nguyễn*
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
20
ArticleCitations 232023
Disunion: Anticommunist Nationalism and the Making of the Republic of VietnamAnh Sy Huy Le*
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
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