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Society and Culture in South Asia is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering South Asian Studies and Conflicts, Anthropological Studies and Insights, South Asian Cinema and Culture.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Society and Culture in South Asia, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts Anthropological Studies and Insights South Asian Cinema and Culture Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies South Asian Studies and Diaspora
ISSN2393-8617
Citation impact (2-yr)0.09
h-index12
i10-index18
Total citations689
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Delhi
Journal websiteus.sagepub.com
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Papers published in Society and Culture in South Asia per year

23
2015
36
2016
39
2017
25
2018
15
2019
27
2020
39
2021
33
2022
19
2023
25
2024
23
2025

Citation impact of Society and Culture in South Asia by publication year

57
2015
190
2016
102
2017
60
2018
20
2019
106
2020
104
2021
31
2022
7
2023
5
2024
1
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Society and Culture in South Asia

Atheism and Unbelief among Indian Scientists: Towards an Anthropology of Atheism(s)

Renny Thomas · 27 Dec 2016

Taking into account the specific contexts and cultural specificities lends different meanings to categories like ‘atheists’, ‘agnostics’ and ‘materialists’, this ethnographic discussion of scientists shows the limitations of Western atheism to capture the everyday life of Indian scientists. The article argues that Indian atheism(s) need not be, nor is it actually, identical with the brands…

103 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Medical Pluralism, Mainstream Marginality or Subaltern Therapeutics? Globalisation and the Integration of ‘Asian’ Medicines and Biomedicine in the UK

Sarah Cant · 1 Jan 2020

Medical Pluralism refers to the coexistence of differing medical traditions and practices grounded in divergent epistemological positions and based on distinctive worldviews. From the 1970s, a globalised health market, underpinned by new consumer and practitioner interest, spawned the importation of ‘non-Western’ therapeutics to the UK. Since then, these various modalities have coexisted alongside, and sometimes…

38 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Spiritualising Marginality: Sufi Concepts and the Politics of Identity in Pakistan

Amen Jaffer · 1 Jun 2017

Similar to many parts of South Asia, hijras in Pakistan define themselves as a distinctive gender that is neither men nor women. This article explores hijra identity in Pakistan by focusing on the creative appropriation of Sufi discourses, practices and organisational forms by hijras to construct a spiritual gender identity for themselves. The political significance…

36 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
The Politics of Scheduled Tribe Status in Manipur

Thongkholal Haokip · 1 Jan 2015

This article critically examines the demand made by a progressively forward moving Meitei community of Manipur for Scheduled Tribe status after having been listed in the general category for the past 60 years. The calling attention motion raised by Ibohalbi in the State Assembly in February 2014 regarding this attempt to move backward raises concerns…

30 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Neoliberalism, Violence and Student Resistance in the Higher Education Sector in Bangladesh

Ariful Haq Kabir, Janinka Greenwood · 27 Dec 2016

Neoliberalism is a common form of policy doctrine that has been incorporated into the higher education sector in Bangladesh since the 1990s. Due to this policy doctrine, Bangladesh’s higher education sector has experienced radical changes. This article argues that violence has erupted in higher education institutions following university authorities and government intervention into student resistance…

23 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Society and Culture in South Asia template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does Society and Culture in South Asia use?
Society and Culture in South Asia uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Society and Culture in South Asia, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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