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The Journal of Asian Studies Template

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About the The Journal of Asian Studies format

The Journal of Asian Studies is a peer-reviewed journal published by Cambridge University Press, covering Chinese history and philosophy, Japanese History and Culture, Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies.

PublisherCambridge University Press
Reference styleNumbered
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
[1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, The Journal of Asian Studies 12 (2023) 45–58.

Formats any DOI in the closest standard style — The Journal of Asian Studies has no published style definition, so this is an approximation. No sign-up.

Publishes research inChinese history and philosophy Japanese History and Culture Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Asian Studies and History
ISSN0021-9118
Citation impact (2-yr)0.96
h-index115
i10-index2,137
Total citations97,488
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of California, Berkeley
Journal websitejournals.cambridge.org
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Papers published in The Journal of Asian Studies per year

260
2014
227
2015
213
2016
160
2017
190
2018
240
2019
250
2020
275
2021
237
2022
236
2023
178
2024
234
2025

Citation impact of The Journal of Asian Studies by publication year

894
2014
733
2015
608
2016
649
2017
503
2018
391
2019
336
2020
218
2021
90
2022
857
2023
388
2024
96
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in The Journal of Asian Studies

Marketing and Social Structure in Rural China, Part I

G. William Skinner · 1 Nov 1964

I set forth in this paper a partial description and preliminary analysis of rural marketing in China. This neglected topic has significance with ranges far beyond the disciplinary concerns of economics. It interests anthropologists in particular because marketing structures of the kind described here for China appear to be characteristic of the whole class of…

Genealogies of the Political Forest and Customary Rights in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand

Nancy Lee Peluso, Peter Vandergeest · 1 Aug 2001

How have national and state governments the world over come to “own” huge expanses of territory under the rubric of “national forest,” “national parks,” or “wastelands”? The two contradictory statements in the above epigraph illustrate that not all colonial administrators agreed that forests should be taken away from local people and “protected” by the state.…

The Meaning and Measurement of Ethnicity in Malaysia: An Analysis of Census Classifications

Charles Hirschman · 1 Aug 1987

In Peninsular Malaysia, the conventional ethnic divisions are “Malay,” “Chinese,” “Indian,” and “Other.” At first glance, this classification seems to represent the popular conception of “race” (the everyday term) as well as the “official” definition. According to the Malaysian constitution, a Malay is a person who was born locally, habitually speaks Malay, follows Malay custom,…

On the Political Construction of Tradition:<i>Gotong Royong</i>in Indonesia

John R. Bowen · 1 May 1986

The idea of “mutual assistance” ( gotong royong ) in Indonesia has been the basis for political discourse concerning the nature of authority, the characteristics of village society, and the legitimacy of demands for labor by the state. This article traces the way in which both changing political ideologies and state-village relations have been mediated…

The Journal of Asian Studies template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does The Journal of Asian Studies use?
The Journal of Asian Studies uses Numbered references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: [1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, The Journal of Asian Studies 12 (2023) 45–58.
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