Journals
Calls for papers and submissions to journals showcasing work on Southeast Asia.
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Asia Pacific Viewpoint
Asia Pacific Viewpoint publishes academic research within the social sciences, arts and humanities on the Asia Pacific and Pacific Islands. Promoting critical and creative approaches to area studies, development studies, geography and allied disciplines, Asia Pacific Viewpoint is interested in analyses that help to grasp the complex configurations of power that characterise this region across its various centres and peripheries. In this journal, the geographical reach of the Asia Pacific is not defined by specific geopolitical boundaries, but is shaped by the social, cultural, economic and political activities of its peoples, hence it is flexible, fluid, multiple, subjective and subjected to change.
Asian Ethnography
Asian Ethnology is dedicated to the promotion of scholarly research on the peoples and cultures of Asia. It began in China as Folklore Studies in 1942 and later moved to Japan where its name was changed to Asian Folklore Studies. It is edited and published at Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan.
Asian Music
Asian Music, the journal of the Society for Asian Music, is the leading journal devoted to ethnomusicology in Asian music, publishing all aspects of the performing arts of Asia and their cultural context. The journal is owned by the Society for Asian Music and published by the University of Texas Press.
Asian Theatre Journal
Asian Theatre Journal is dedicated to the performing arts of Asia, focusing upon both traditional and modern theatrical forms. It aims to facilitate the exchange of knowledge throughout the international theatrical community for the mutual benefit of all interested scholars and artists. This engaging, intercultural journal offers descriptive and analytical articles, original plays and play translations, book and audiovisual reviews, and reports of current theatrical activities in Asia. Full-color plates and black-and-white photographs illustrate each issue.
Cakalele
CAKALELE is a journal devoted exclusively to publishing the results of research in and about Maluku, as well as the Maluku communities scattered through Indonesia and the Netherlands. The past years have witnessed the rapid growth of Maluku as an area of study in many diverse scholarly fields, in both the humanities and the sciences. Despite this increase in research and analysis there is no forum for exchange of information and theory. The absence of an area-focused academic journal in this critical period of growth and exchange inhibits the development of muliti-disciplinary scholarship. CAKALELE is based on the notion that by restricting the scope of coverage to one geographical area, scholarly perspective can expand to encompass the results, notions, and methodologies of other fields of study. There are points of intersections which become all the more important in the confines of an area-focused medium of exchange.
Contemporary Southeast Asia (CSEA)
Contemporary Southeast Asia (CSEA) is an internationally peer-reviewed academic journal published three times a year (April, August and December) by the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
The Editors invite submission of manuscripts in the politics, security, political economy and international relations of Southeast Asia (defined as the 10 ASEAN member states and Timor-Leste).
Forest and Society: Initiating a Southeast Asia Journal for Theoretical, Empirical, and Regional Scholarship
Forest and Society: Initiating a Southeast Asia Journal for Theoretical, Empirical, and Regional Scholarship. We are excited to provide a new, and what we believe, timely avenue for presenting research findings and publications in Southeast Asia, for scholars interested in Southeast Asia. Although Southeast Asia as a region of study has provided tremendous contributions to theory and practice regarding forests and society across the social and natural sciences, avenues for cultivating a scholarship of the region remain limited. We seek to engage on a broad set of themes through the application of targeted research related to timely issues affecting the human-environment interface in a diverse region that we have much to learn from.
International Feminist Journal of Politics
International Feminist Journal of Politics is a unique cross-cultural and international forum to foster debate and dialogue at the intersection of international relations, politics and women’s studies. Developed by a team of leading feminist scholars, this journal brings together some of the most influential figures in the field to build a global critical community of writers and readers.
International journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern finance and management
The International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management (IMEFM) publishes quality and in-depth analysis on current issues within Islamic and Middle Eastern finance and management.
IMEFM is the only title aiming to give an interdisciplinary and holistic view on Islamic finance and business management practices in order to inform these two intertwined communities. The title is also keen to consider work from emerging authors. It is the only Impact Factor (IF) journal on Islamic finance.
IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science
IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science is a double blind peer reviewed International Journaledited by International Organization of Scientific Research (IOSR).The Journal provides a common forum where all aspects of humanities andsocial sciences are presented. IOSR-JHSS publishes original papers, review papers,conceptual framework, analytical and simulation models, case studies, empirical research, technical notes etc.
Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education (JARHE)
Internationally peer-reviewed, the Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education (JARHE), focuses on the scholarship and practice of teaching and learning and higher education, covering:
– Higher education teaching, learning, curriculum, assessment, policy, management, leadership, and related areas
– Digitization, internationalization, and democratization of higher education, and related areas such as lifelong and lifewide learning
– Innovation, change, and reflections on current practices
– Issues around teaching and learning, especially those discussions which seek to inform practice are encouraged, ensuring the journal has validity and relevance in the fast-change higher education landscape
Archaeological Research in Asia
Archaeological Research in Asia presents high quality scholarly research conducted in between the Bosporus and the Pacific on a broad range of archaeological subjects of importance to audiences across Asia and around the world. The journal covers the traditional components of archaeology: placing events and patterns in time and space; analysis of past lifeways; and explanations for cultural processes and change.
The Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs
The Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs is a peer reviewed, Open Access journal. The journal focuses on current political developments in Southeast Asia. We accept submissions with a focus on international relations and the social, economic, legal, etc. dimensions of policies and politics.
Journal of Economic Policy Reform
Journal of Economic Policy Reform offers new perspectives into some of the most critical economic policy issues of modern time. The Journal invites research from diverse backgrounds, including economics, political economy, development and planning, and the social sciences in general. Journal of Economic Policy Reform encourages research that contributes to evolving policy development.
Journal of Economics and Development (JED)
Journal of Economics and Development (JED) promotes and encourages scholarly research that aims to improve sustainability in economics and development with a particular focus on developing countries, including the transition economies.
JED welcomes both theoretical and empirical papers in the fields of economics, business and economic development that are of wider significance to sustainable development. Specifically, the journal explores the dynamic between society, development, and the environment, and their implications for sustainable development. It delves into the economic, social, and institutional aspects of sustainability, as well as the practical implementation of sustainable practices at local, regional, and global levels. Furthermore, JED encourages research investigating the development and application of sustainability indicators, the monitoring of policies for sustainable development, and the sustainable utilisation of finance, energy, and natural resources in development endeavours.
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS)
The Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS) publishes the results of first-class research on all forms of migration and its consequences, together with articles on ethnic conflict, discrimination, racism, nationalism, citizenship and policies of integration. Contributions to the journal, which are all fully refereed, are especially welcome when they are the result of original empirical research that makes a clear contribution to the field of migration.
JEMS has a long-standing interest in informed policy debate and contributions are welcomed which seek to develop the implications of research for policy innovation, or which evaluate the results of previous initiatives.
Journal of Family Issues (JFI)
Journal of Family Issues (JFI), published 18 times per year, provides up-to-date research, theory, and analyses on marriage and family life. With JFI, you’ll also examine professional issues, research developments, and practical applications from an interdisciplinary perspective, encompassing such areas as: Family Studies, Family Violence, Gender Studies, Psychology, Social Work, and Sociology.
Journal of International Development
The Journal of International Development is an inter-disciplinary journal that aims to publish the best research on international development issues in a form that is accessible to practitioners and policy-makers as well as to an academic audience. Alongside its main focus on international development, the Journal does not represent any particular school of development thought, analytical technique or methodological approach, but aims to publish high quality scientific contributions to ideas, frameworks, policy and practice that make a significant and novel contribution to the field of international development. Contributions on the Global North and Global South are welcome, although the journal particularly encourages contributions from researchers from the Global South or working on research that address challenges in the Global South. The Journal has invited Special Issues, which comprise several articles focusing on a theme at the frontier of knowledge in the field of international development.
Journal of Southeast Asian Economies (JSEAE)
The Journal of Southeast Asian Economies (JSEAE) is a peer-reviewed multi-disciplinary journal focusing on economic issues in Southeast Asia.
JSEAE features articles based on original research, research notes, policy notes, review articles and book reviews, and welcomes submissions of conceptual, theoretical and empirical articles preferably with substantive policy discussions. Original research articles and research notes can be country studies or cross-country comparative studies.
The Journal of Southeast Asian Human Rights (JSEAHR)
The Journal of Southeast Asian Human Rights (JSEAHR) editorial board welcomes articles for review and publication consideration. JSEAHR is an open-access journal that does not charge any fees for institutional subscriptions as part of its effort to disseminate human rights knowledge to readers. JSEAHR is the flagship academic publication of the University of Jember’s Centre for Human Rights, Multiculturalism and Migration (CHRM2) and the Indonesian Consortium for Human Rights Lecturers (SEPAHAM Indonesia). The journal provides a platform for human rights analysis from various perspectives that welcome empirical, interdisciplinary, and doctrinal approaches to exploring the historical and recent situation of human rights in Southeast Asia and beyond.
Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
The Journal of Southeast Asian Studies is published for the Department of History, National University of Singapore, by Cambridge University Press. Contributions are invited from scholars working in all disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences, and should deal with the Philippines, Timor Leste, Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos or Vietnam.
PCD (Power Conflict Democracy) Journal
PCD (Power Conflict Democracy) Journal is an initiative to promote works and reports written in high-quality academic standard on the dynamics of power, conflict, and democracy in developing countries, particularly in South and Southeast Asia. Themes on practices of human rights, popular representation, and participatory-based public policy are amongst the interests of the initiative. It is considered that there is a serious lack of scholarly publishers within this geographical area and within these thematic fields, partly, due to the colonial pattern in international publication. PCD Publication seeks to alter the condition. The main discipline area of the initiative is social sciences with sub-discipline areas in political science, human geography, and political anthropology. We invite concerned scholars and experts in related themes to share and discuss their research, knowledge, and works in academically equal spirit. The published works and reports in PCD Journal are under the condition of having to pass through the peer review system, involving international academics and experts.
Sojourn
SOJOURN is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of social and cultural issues in Southeast Asia. It publishes empirical and theoretical research articles to promote and disseminate scholarship in and on the region. Areas of special concern include ethnicity, religion, tourism, urbanization, migration, popular culture, social and cultural change, and development. Fields most often represented in the journal are anthropology, sociology and history.
The South Asia Chronicle
The South Asia Chronicle is a bilingual (German-English) online journal that functions as an interdisciplinary platform for exploring the history, politics, economics, society and culture of the region South Asia. In examining questions on a diverse range of themes and issues such as environment, sport, migration, gender, media, literature, and more, the “South Asia Chronicle” particularly takes international and transregional aspects into consideration.
The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health (“Journal”) is published by the SEAMEO Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network (SEAMEO TROPMED Network). One annual volume comprises of six bi-monthly issues (January, March, May, July, September, and November).
There has never been a greater need than today for closer communication between the doctors working in Tropical Medicine and Public Health in the Southeast Asian region. The last year has resulted in many of these countries becoming independent and free of the restraining influence of their colonial masters. They have begun to feel the need for closer regional cooperation in the political, economic, social and cultural fields. The need for closer liaison between these countries is evident from a number of organizations that have come into being for this very purpose in recent years.
Southeast Asian Studies (SEAS)
Since its first publication in 1963, the bilingual quarterly Southeast Asian Studies (SEAS), Kyoto University has reflected the Center for Southeast Asian Studies’ strong commitment to publishing the best of empirically grounded, multidisciplinary, and contemporary research on Southeast Asia and related areas. In 2012, we re-launched Southeast Asian Studies as an all-English journal, alongside its Japanese sister journal, Tonan Ajia Kenkyu. Intended for a regional as well as global readership, Southeast Asian Studies is published three times a year. The new journal aims to promote excellent, agenda-setting scholarship and provide a forum for dialogue and collaboration both within and beyond the region. Southeast Asian Studies engages in wide-ranging and in-depth discussions that are attuned to the issues, debates, and imperatives within the region, while affirming the importance of learning and sharing ideas on a cross-country, global, and historical scale. An integral part of the journal’s mandate is to foster scholarship that is capable of bridging the continuing divide in area studies between the social sciences and humanities, on the one hand, and the natural sciences, on the other hand. To this end, the journal welcomes accessibly written articles that build on insights and cutting-edge research from the natural sciences.
The Journal of Asian Studies (JAS)
The Journal of Asian Studies (JAS) has played a defining role in the field of Asian studies for over 75 years. JAS publishes the very best empirical and multidisciplinary work on Asia, spanning the arts, history, literature, the social sciences, and cultural studies. Experts around the world turn to this quarterly journal for the latest in-depth scholarship on Asia’s past and present, for its extensive book reviews, and for its state-of-the-field essays on established and emerging topics. With coverage reaching from South and Southeast Asia to China, Inner Asia, and Northeast Asia, JAS welcomes broad comparative and transnational studies as well as essays emanating from fine-grained historical, cultural, political, and literary research. The journal also publishes clusters of papers that present new and vibrant discussions on specific themes and issues.
The Journal of Peasant Studies (JPS)
A leading journal in the field of rural politics and development, The Journal of Peasant Studies ( JPS) provokes and promotes critical thinking about social structures, institutions, actors and processes of change in and in relation to the rural world. It fosters inquiry into how agrarian power relations between classes and other social groups are created, understood, contested and transformed. JPS pays special attention to questions of ‘agency’ of marginalized groups in agrarian societies, particularly their autonomy and capacity to interpret – and change – their conditions.
Other Journals to Consider:
- Critical Asian Studies
- Journal of Burma Studies Special Issue: Gender and Social Change in Myanmar
- eTropic special issue: Tropical Imaginaries and Climate Crisis
- The ethics of research in South and Southeast Asian borderlands
- Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints special issue on Science and Technology Studies
- Mekong River: Towards an integrated approach of Impact, Monitoring, Modelling and Control for Environmental Sustainability” Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (EMAS)
- CFP: MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities (Open Access journal published by Chulalongkorn University in collaboration with Brill)