The ''Journal of Contemporary Asia'' is a peer-reviewed

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covering Asian studies. It was established in 1970 and is published 5 times a year by

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. The

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is Kevin Hewison (

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). Previous editors were Malcolm Caldwell, Jonathan Fast, Bruce McFarlane and Peter Limqueco.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2021

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of 1.882.

References

External links

*{{Official website, 1=https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=rjoc20 Routledge academic journals Asian studies journals Publications established in 1970 English-language journals 5 times per year journals