Journal of Peasant Studies

Journal of Peasant Studies  
Discipline Development studies
Language English
Edited by Saturnino Borras Jr.
Publication details
Publisher Routledge
Publication history 1973-present
Frequency 5/year
Impact factor
(2009)		 0.429
Indexing
ISSN 0306-6150 (print)
1743-9361 (web)
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The Journal of Peasant Studies (subtitled: Critical Perspectives on Rural Politics and Development) is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research into the social structures, institutions, actors, and processes of change in the rural areas of the developing world.[1] It was established in 1973 with Terence J. Byres, Charles Curwen, and Teodor Shanin as founding editors.[2][3][4]

Contents

Abstracting and indexing

The Journal of Peasant Studies is abstracted and indexed in Current Contents/Social & Behavioural Sciences, Social Science Citation Index, International Political Science Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, and the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2009 impact factor of 0.429.[5]

Past editors

Past editors of the journal are Terence J. Byres (1973–2000), Charles Curwen (1973–1984), Teodor Shanin (1973–1975), Henry Bernstein (1985–2000), and Tom Brass (1990–1998, 2000–2008). The current editor is Saturnino Borras Jr. (International Institute of Social Studies).[6][3]

References

  1. ^ "Aims and Scope". Journal of Peasant Studies (Taylor & Francis). http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=0306-6150&linktype=1. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 
  2. ^ http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/joac002.pdf Bernstein, H. and Byres, T. J. (2001), From Peasant Studies to Agrarian Change. Journal of Agrarian Change, 1: 1–56. (Accessed May 2011)
  3. ^ a b Byres, Terence J., 1994. ‘The Journal of Peasant Studies: Its Origins and Some Reflections on the First Twenty Years’. In The Journal of Peasant Studies: A Twenty Volume Index 1973–1993, eds Henry Bernstein, Tom Brass and T.J. Byres, with Edward Lahiff and Gill Peace, 1–12. London: Frank Cass.
  4. ^ Brass, T. (2005) The Journal of Peasant Studies: the third decade. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 32(1): 153–180.
  5. ^ "Web of Science". 2011. http://isiwebofknowledge.com. Retrieved 2011-05-20. 
  6. ^ "Editorial Board". Journal of Peasant Studies (Taylor & Francis). http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=0306-6150&linktype=145. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 

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