Modern Asian Studies is a bi-monthly journal in the field of Asian studies

Asian studies

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, published by Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

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The journal was founded in 1967 by the Syndics

Syndic

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 of the University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

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 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 Asia

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, South-East Asia, China

China

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, Japan

Japan

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 and Korea

Korea

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. 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

University of Cambridge

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, UK.

Index

• Bibliography of Asian Studies
• C S A Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
• SCOPUS
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• Social Sciences Citation Index
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In 2009 the journal achieved an impact factor

Impact factor

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 of 0.506 in the Thompson ISI citation index. It is ranked 18/38 in the Area Studies

Area studies

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 category, which covers a wide variety of regions from Africa

Africa

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 to Latin America

Latin America

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 and the Middle East

Middle East

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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