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African And Asian Studies
''African and Asian Studies'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on Africa and Asia. It covers aspects of anthropology, sociology, history, political science and related social sciences about African and Asian societies and cultures and their relationships. From 1966 to 2001 this journal was published under the name of Journal of African and Asian Studies. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 0.250. The editor-in-chief is Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo (Wells College). Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in: * Geobase * Scopus * MLA - Modern Language Association Database * Worldwide Political Science Abstracts * Historical Abstracts * SCImago The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) indicator is a measure of the prestige of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the prestige of the journals where the citations come from. Rationale Cita .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Area Studies
Area studies (also known as regional studies) are interdisciplinary fields of research and scholarship pertaining to particular geographical, national/ federal, or cultural regions. The term exists primarily as a general description for what are, in the practice of scholarship, many heterogeneous fields of research, encompassing both the social sciences and the humanities. Typical area study programs involve international relations, strategic studies, history, political science, political economy, cultural studies, languages, geography, literature, and other related disciplines. In contrast to cultural studies, area studies often include diaspora and emigration from the area. History Interdisciplinary area studies became increasingly common in the United States and in Western scholarship after World War II. Before that war American universities had just a few faculty who taught or conducted research on the non-Western world. Foreign-area studies were virtually non ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |