Journal profile · ASIAN STUDIES
South Asian History and Culture
ISSN 1947-2498 · eISSN 1947-2501 · Taylor & Francis
South Asian History and Culture: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.5 (journal website); subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 268 days to acceptance (43 articles, last 24 months); 52 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
South Asian History and Culture is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are South Asian Studies and Conflicts, Anthropological Studies and Insights and South Asian Cinema and Culture, together about 38.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
South Asian History and Culture (SAHC) is a multidisciplinary journal that provides an integrated perspective on the field of South Asian studies. The journal brings together research on South Asia in the humanities and social sciences, and provides scholars with a platform covering, but not restricted to, their particular fields of interest and specialization. Such an approach is critical to the field, for the development of more informed and broader perspectives, and of more overarching theoretical conceptions. SAHC brings together established areas of study (eg. nationalism, communalism, gender, language and literature) and more recent frameworks (e.g. minority rights, sexuality studies, terrorism). A focus is also to make more mainstream the more recently developed disciplines in the field of South Asian studies, which have to date remained specialized fields, for instance research on film, media, photography, sport, medicine and the environment. To this purpose, we commission special issues to be guest edited. A significant concern for this journal is to focus across the region known as South Asia, and not simply on India, as most ‘South Asia’ forums inevitably do. We are conscious of this gap in South Asian studies and work to bring into focus more scholarship on and from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and other parts of South Asia. Peer Review Statement All research articles in this journal undergo rigorous peer review, with initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by two independent referees. The same review process applies to commissioned special issues.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ASIAN STUDIES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- South Asian Studies and ConflictsSocial Sciences13.2%
- Anthropological Studies and InsightsSocial Sciences12.6%
- South Asian Cinema and CultureArts and Humanities12.4%
- Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle EastSocial Sciences6.4%
- Southeast Asian Sociopolitical StudiesSocial Sciences5.9%
- South Asian Studies and DiasporaArts and Humanities5.6%
- Indian History and PhilosophyArts and Humanities5.6%
- Indian and Buddhist StudiesArts and Humanities4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Asian Studies | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Asian Studies | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS)Publisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.21Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.44Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 116OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.46OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.74%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 66,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 784 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 52 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 44 | 8 | 54 |
| 2023 | 21 | 2 | 26 |
| 2022 | 67 | 10 | 232 |
| 2021 | 40 | 12 | 182 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
268 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 204 days – 322 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 25 days (42 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 313 days
- Sample
- 43 articles with submission and acceptance dates (85 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance to publication
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 accepted3
- book reviewBook ReviewLength not stated
- research articleResearch ArticleLength not stated
- research articlesAll research articles in this journal undergo rigorous peer review, with initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by two independent referees.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
South Asian History and Culture is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverabi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Statement
Peer review: initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by two independent referees. Model summary
All research articles in this journal undergo rigorous peer review, with initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by two independent referees. The same review process applies to commissioned special issues.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1947-2498
- Electronic ISSN
- 1947-2501
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about South Asian History and Culture
What CAS zone is South Asian History and Culture in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, South Asian History and Culture is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Asian Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of South Asian History and Culture?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.5 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.3, h-index 26.
How long does peer review take at South Asian History and Culture?
Based on the dates recorded on 43 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 268 days (interquartile range 204–322 days). 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 South Asian History and Culture?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, South Asian History and Culture is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is South Asian History and Culture open access, and what is the APC?
South Asian History and Culture is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .