Journal of Asian and African Studies
Last updated ISSN 0021-9096
Journal of Asian and African Studies is published by SAGE Publishing in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,650.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Asian and African Studies concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- African history and culture studies
- Chinese history and philosophy
- African history and culture analysis
- International Development and Aid
- Japanese History and Culture
- Political Conflict and Governance
- African studies and sociopolitical issues
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
- South African History and Culture
Key facts
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0021-9096, 1568-5217, 1745-2538 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,650 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 4,752 |
| Publishing since | 1966 |
| Journal website | jas.sagepub.com/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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