Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-History
Asia Maior
ISSN 2385-2526 · eISSN 2612-6680 · Viella · Italy
Asia Maior: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 18 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Asia Maior is published by Viella. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are International Relations and Foreign Policy, Political Conflict and Governance and South Asian Studies and Conflicts, together about 35.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Asia Maior is an Italian think-tank concerned with Central Asia, South Asia, South East Asia and East Asia, which applies a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of Asian contemporary affairs by making use of social, political and historical perspectives.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-History
Editor-in-chief Michelguglielmo TorriPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences17.6%
- Political Conflict and GovernanceSocial Sciences10.6%
- South Asian Studies and ConflictsSocial Sciences7.7%
- Southeast Asian Sociopolitical StudiesSocial Sciences7%
- COVID-19, Geopolitics, Technology, MigrationSocial Sciences6.8%
- Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle EastSocial Sciences5.7%
- Global Political and Economic RelationsSocial Sciences5.3%
- Asian Studies and HistorySocial Sciences3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | Q1 | 252/1936 | 87th |
| Cultural Studies | Q1 | 353/1434 | 75th |
| Sociology and Political Science | Q3 | 852/1530 | 44th |
| Political Science and International Relations | Q3 | 417/745 | 44th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 234 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 29 |
| 2023 | 61 | 61 | 63 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | 11 |
| 2021 | 29 | 29 | 28 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 18 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted4
- articlesAsia Maior is an English-language annual scientific journal. Its articles analyse the political, economic, and, if need be, social developments in Asian countri…Length not stated
- review articlesApart from single-country studies, Asia Maior publishes review articles and reviews.Length not stated
- reviewsApart from single-country studies, Asia Maior publishes review articles and reviews.Length not stated
- special articlesAsia Maior also publishes ‘special articles’ addressing transnational issues or sensitive regions such as Kashmir and Xinjiang.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship
- Authorship
Articles must strictly adhere to the journal's style rules upon submission; no professional proofreading is provided. Model summary
Asia Maior does not employ professional proofreaders to standardise submitted manuscripts. Therefore, articles submitted for publication must strictly adhere to the journal’s style rules upon submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Viella
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2385-2526
- Electronic ISSN
- 2612-6680
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Asia Maior
How long does peer review take at Asia Maior?
Authors report an average review time of about 18 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Asia Maior?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Asia Maior is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Asia Maior open access, and what is the APC?
Asia Maior is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .