Friday, May 15, 2009

Open Access Journals Related to Asian Studies

...to continue with the OA topic....

If one is interested in finding OA journals devoted to Asian topics, try the online 'Directory of Open Access Journals', mentioned by Prof. Chan in his article. Just go to 'Find Journals', and run a search for 'Asia', 'China', 'Japan' or 'Korea'. Search results bring up journals such as Asian Ethnology, Asian folklore studies, Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal, China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies, to mention just a few. These are free, valuable resources for EAS scholars.

Here are a brief list of some of the OA journals:

CHINA:

China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly
ISSN: 16534212
Subject: Political Science
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University
Country: United States
Language: English
Keywords: China, Central Asia, security politics
Start year: 2005

Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
ISSN: 18681026
EISSN: 18684874
Subject: Political Science
Publisher: German Institute of Global and Area Studies, (GIGA)
Country: Germany
Language: English, German
Keywords: China, politics, social science, culture, economics
Start year: 2009

Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Xue Bao (Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine)
ISSN: 16721977
Subject: Medicine (General)
Publisher: Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine Press
Country: China
Language: Chinese
Keywords: integrative medicine, complementary medicine, alternative medicine, traditional Chinese medicine
Start year: 2003

Chinese Medicine
ISSN: 17498546
Subject: Medicine (General)
Publisher: BioMed Central
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Keywords: herbal medicine, health food, clinical nutrition, acupuncture, energy research, medical education, cultural exchange
Start year: 2006

Chinese Librarianship: an International Electronic Journal
ISSN: 10894667
Subject: Library and Information Science
Publisher: Internet Chinese Librarians Club
Country: United States
Language: English
Keywords: library and information science
Start year: 1996

Journal of Educational Media & Library Sciences
ISSN: 1013090X
Subject: Library and Information Science --- Computer Science
Publisher: Tamkang University Press
Country: Taiwan
Language: Chinese, English
Keywords: library science, information science, information technology, publishing, book trade Start year: 2003

Journal of Textbook Research
ISSN: 19998856
EISSN: 19998864
Subject: Education
Publisher: National Institute for Compilation and Translation
Country: Taiwan
Language: Chinese
Keywords: textbook development, textbook policy and system, textbook review and approval, teaching materials, schoolbooks
Start year: 2008

Transnational Curriculum Inquiry
ISSN: 14498855 Subject: Education
Publisher: International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies
Country: Canada
Language: English, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese
Keywords: curriculum inquiry, globalisation, internationalisation
Start year: 2004

Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies (南方华裔研究杂志)
ISSN: 1834609X
Subject: Multidisciplinary
Publisher: Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora
Country: Australia
Language: English, Mandarin Chinese
Keywords: Southeast Asia, Australasia, southwest Pacific region, migration
Start year: 2007


JAPAN

Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
ISSN: 03041042
Subject: Religion --- Philosophy
Publisher: Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, Nagoya
Country: Japan
Language: English
Keywords: Japan, religion, East Asia, philosophy
tart year: 1974

Early Modern Japan : an Interdisciplinary Journal
ISSN: 19407947
EISSN: 19407955
Subject: Multidisciplinary
Publisher: Early Modern Japan Network
Country: United States
Language: English
Keywords: pre-modern Japan, Japanese society, Japanese culture, Japanese history
Start year: 1995

Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies
ISSN: 14769158
Subject: Social Sciences
Publisher: University Sheffield, School of East Asian Studies
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Keywords: Japanese studies, Asian studies, area studies, economy, politics, culture, Japan
Start year: 2001

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly
ISSN: 00213551
Subject: Agriculture (General)
Publisher: Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
Country: Japan
Language: English
Keywords: agriculture
Start year: 1998

Japanese journal of American studies
ISSN: 02883570
Subject: History --- Languages and Literatures
Publisher: Japanese Association for American Studies
Country: Japan
Language: English
Keywords: american studies, history, literature, cultural studies
Start year: 1981

Journal of the Japan Statistical Society
ISSN: 03895602
EISSN: 13486365
Subject: Statistics
Publisher: The Japan Statistical Society
Country: Japan
Language: English
Keywords: statistics
Start year: 2002

The Nonprofit Review
ISSN: 13464116
Subject: Social and Public Welfare
Publisher: Japan NPO Research Association (JANPORA)
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese, English
Keywords: philanthropy, volunteering
Start year: 2001

Transactions of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
ISSN: 13460714
EISSN: 13468030
Subject: Computer Science
Publisher: The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
Country: Japan
Language: English
Keywords: artificial intelligence, computer science
Start year: 2001



KOREA

Korean Journal of Medical History
ISSN: 1225505X
Subject: Medicine (General)
Publisher: Korean Society for the History of Medicine
Country: Korea
Language: Korean, English
Keywords: medical history, history of Oriental medicine, medical ethics
Start year: 1992



ASIA

Studies on Asia
ISSN: 15543749
Subject: History
Publisher: Asian Studies Centre, Michigan State University
Country: United States
Language: English
Keywords: asian studies
Start year: 2004

South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal
ISSN: 19606060
Subject: Social Sciences
Publisher: Centre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud
Country: France
Language: English
Keywords: social science studies, South Asia, multidisciplinary
Start year: 2007

Folklore Studies
ISSN: 03880370
Subject: Ethnology --- Anthropology
Publisher: Asian Folklore Studies
Country: Japan
Language: English
Keywords: Asia, folklore, ethnology
Start year: 1942
End year: 1962 Continued by Asian folklore studies

Asian folklore studies
ISSN: 03852342
Subject: Anthropology --- Ethnology
Publisher: Asian Folklore Studies
Country: Japan
Language: English
Keywords: Asia, folklore, ethnology
Start year: 1963
End year: 2007
Continued by Asian Ethnology

Asian Ethnology
ISSN: 18826865
Subject: Anthropology
Publisher: Nanzan University
Country: Japan
Language: English
Keywords: Asia, folklore, ethnology, culture
Start year: 2008

Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal
ISSN: 1541244X
Subject: Law
Publisher: University of Hawaii
Country: United States
Language: English
Keywords: law, Asia
Start year: 2000

Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies
ISSN: 11762152 Subject: Multidisciplinary
Publisher: University of Auckland
Country: New Zealand
Language: English
Keywords: cultural studies, political studies, art history, psychology, sociology
Start year: 2003

International Journal for Educational Integrity
ISSN: 18332595
Subject: Education
Publisher: Asia Pacific Forum on Educational Integrity
Country: Australia
Language: English
Keywords: educational integrity, plagiarism, cheating, academic integrity, honour codes
Start year: 2005

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs
ISSN: 18681034 Subject: Political Science
Publisher: German Institute of Global and Area Studies, (GIGA)
Country: Germany
Language: German, English
Keywords: politics, social development, Southeast Asia
Start year: 2009

Asian Journal of Occupational Therapy
ISSN: 13473484
Subject: Therapeutics
Publisher: Japanese Association of Occupational Therapists
Country: Japan
Language: English
Keywords: occupational therapy, medicine
Start year: 2001

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