The Journal of Contemporary Asia is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering Asian studies. It was established in 1970 and is published 5 times a year by Routledge. The editor-in-chief is Kevin Hewison (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). Previous editors were Malcolm Caldwell, Jonathan Fast, Bruce McFarlane and Peter Limqueco.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 1.882.