Journal of Asian Studies
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The Journal of Asian Studies (JAS) is a quarterly journal published by the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), a scholarly, non-profit organization which brings together the shared interest of scholars in Asian studies. The journal was first issued in November 1941, under the title: The Far Eastern Quarterly, which has been changed to JAS since September 1956. Editor of the journal changes every five years. Recent ediotors of the journal are as follows: David D. Buck (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) from 1990-1994; of Anand A. Yang (University of Utah) from 1995-2000; and Ann Waltner (University of Minnesota) from 2001-present. Besides editors, associate editors are assigned, with each editor (sometimes two editors) in charge of one of the following geographic regions: China, Inner Asia, Japan, Korea, South Asia and Southeast Asia. In the past few years, book review editors have been separately assigned for the book review section of the journal, representing Asia: Comparative and Transnational China, Inner Asia, Japan, Korea, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
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[edit] Entries
Four or five articles are featured per issue with their abstracts introduced in the beginning of the journal. The articles usually undergo peer review. Article topics range from history, arts, social sciences, and to philosophy of East, South, and Southeast Asia. China represents the most dominant region that is covered in the journal. In terms of the academic disciplines represented, history is the most popular, with political science and economics which follow. Art and literature are also included.
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In addition to the articles, a large section is devoted to book review, with reviews grouped under the headings: General Asia, China, Inner Asia, Japan, Korea, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Unlike the articles, the book review is diverse in its representation of the geographical region/academic disciplines. Inner Asia remains underrepresented given its political significance to China.
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The entire contents of the JAS are currently available in full-text searchable electronic databases. All issues from the beginning until four years ago are available on JSTOR, and more recent issues on ProQuest.
