The Journal of Contemporary Asia relocates base to UM

The Journal of Contemporary Asia, a Social Sciences Citation Indexed (SSCI) journal, relocated its institutional base to the University of Macau (UM) Centre for Macau Studies (CMS) in February this year.

Agnes Lam, acting director of the CMS and a lawmaker, said that the journal’s move to the CMS is timely, since the center intends to strengthen its capacity in social science research and situate Macau studies within the scope of broader Asian perspectives, according to a statement by the university.

The relocation of the peer-reviewed academic journal will help to develop researchers’ profiles and link scholars in Macau to more regions in Asia.

The journal’s editor-in-chief, Kevin Hewison, has been appointed adjunct professor of the center, together with its co-editors.

Ngo Tak-Wing, from UM’s Faculty of Social Sciences, will also join the editorial team as a co-editor. Ngo is also the editor of China Information, another SSCI-indexed journal hosted by UM.

The Journal of Contemporary Asia is a top- ranking journal in the field of Asian studies. It was founded in 1970, and is currently published by Taylor and Francis.

The journal publishes articles that deal with the economic, political, and social developments of Asia.

In particular, the journal has an interest in theoretically-informed research, and promotes the works of Asian-based researchers.

According to the 2017 Journal Citation Report, the Journal of Contemporary Asia has an impact factor of 1.141 and has been ranked No. 7 in the category of area studies and No. 2 in Asian studies.