Last updated: 2 Sept 2017

Suggestive List of Non-Nepali Journals

This is a suggestive list of non-Nepal produced journals to which social science researchers
working at Martin Chautari should consider sending their English language articles in the
coming years . Only basic information is provided here since detailed information about them
can be found in their websites.

1. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education (vol 47 in 2017)

Publisher: Taylor and Francis (for the British Association for International and
Comparative Education)
Areas: International and comparative education
Recent Nepal related article: Eg, “The ‘iron gate’: high-stakes assessment at age 16 in
Nepal and England” by Dan Davies 46(4): 582-602, 2016.
Homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccom20/current
Suggestions: Old established journal; highly reputed and selective; seems to have a
backlog; has published some articles on Nepal; possible to send only education related
articles written in a comparative mode

2. Contemporary South Asia (vol 25 in 2017)

Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Areas: All of South Asia
Recent Nepal related article: Eg, “Looking tājā ‘fresh’; skin whitening, and emergent
masculinities in far-west Nepal” by Matthew Maycock in 25(2): 153-166.
Homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccsa20/current
Suggestions: Established journal; reputed and selective; has published some articles on
Nepal; will be good to send various discipline-related stuff.

3. Indian Economic and Social History Review (vol 54 in 2017)

Publisher: Sage India
Areas: Mostly Indian history but also covers the rest of South Asia occasionally
Recent Nepal related article: Eg “Textbook difference: Spatial history and national
education in Panchayat and present-day Nepal” by Rune Bennike in 52(1): 53-78, 2015.
Pratyoush published two book reviews in this journal in 1994.
Homepage: https://in.sagepub.com/en-in/sas/the-indian-economic-social-history-
review/journal201284#description
Suggestion: Old established journal; highly reputed and selective; possible to send only
historical research with a comparative angle.

4. The Journal of Asian Studies (vol 76 in 2017)

Publisher: Cambridge University Press UK (for the Association of Asian Studies, US)
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 Areas: All of Asia
Recent Nepal related article: Eg, “Things that should not Be Said: Censorship and Self-
Censorship in the Nepali Press Media, 2001–02” by Michael Hutt in 65(2): 361-392,
2006.
Pratyoush published one book review in this journal in 2001 and has reviewed some
articles for it in recent years.
Homepage: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-asian-studies
Suggestions: Old established journal; highly reputed and selective; seems to have a
backlog; has published a few articles on Nepal; will be good to send various discipline-
related stuff.

5. Modern Asian Studies (vol 51 in 2017)

Publisher: Cambridge University Press UK
Areas: All of South Asia
Recent Nepal related article: Eg, “New Identity Politics and the 2012 Collapse of Nepal's
Constituent Assembly: When the dominant becomes ‘other’" by Krishna Adhikari and
David Gellner in 50(6): 2009-2040, 2016.
Pratyoush published one book review in this journal in 1997.
Homepage: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-asian-studies
Suggestions: Old established journal; highly reputed and selective; seems to have a
backlog; has published some articles on Nepal; will be good to send various discipline-
related stuff.

6. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies (vol 40 in 2017)

Publisher: Taylor and Francis (for the South Asian Studies Association of Australia)
Areas: All of South Asia
Recent Nepal related article: Eg “Representations of Unity and Diversity of Women in
Panchayat and Post-Panchayat Nepal” by John Gray in 38(2): 200-215, 2015
Homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/csas20/current?nav=tocList
Suggestion: Old established journal; reputed and selective; seems to have a backlog; has
published many articles on Nepal by Australia-based scholars in particular; will be good
to send various discipline-related stuff.

7. South Asia Research (vol 37 in 2017)

Publisher: Sage India (for School of Oriental and African Studies
Areas: All of South Asia.
Recent Nepal related article: Eg. “Masculinities, Remittances and Failure: Narratives
from Far-West Nepal” by Matthew Maycock in 37(2): 179-193, 2017.
Homepage: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/sar

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 Suggestion: Old journal but not highly reputed these days in South Asian circles; it has
published some articles on Nepal; will be good to send some relatively minor pieces.

8. South Asian History and Culture (founded in 2010; vol 8 in 2017)

Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Areas: This journal especially welcomes contributions on other parts of South Asia.
Recent Nepal related article: Eg. “The practice and meanings of spiritual healing in
Nepal” by Asha Lal Tamang and Alex Broom in 1(2): 328-340, 2010
Homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rsac20/current
Suggestion: new journal and relatively unknown; seems not to have a backlog; not big on
theory dance; hasn’t really published anything significant on Nepal; hence very likely to
publish anything good related to Nepal; will be good to send some of our stuff here.