TheJournal of Australian Studies (JAS) is planning a special issue on Australian Studies in China. It endeavours to showcase original, high-quality research undertaken by Chinese scholars in the field of Australian Studies. As guest editors of this special issue, we invite you to submit articles on Australian culture, society, history and literature.
JASis the journal of the International Australian Studies Association (InASA), the global peak organisation in Australian Studies. It is a fully refereed international quarterly. It is listed in in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI). Discipline-wise,JASis ranked Q1 in both History and Literature & Literary Theory in the 2017 Scientific Journal Rankings (SciMago).
This special issue ofJASis among the collaborative initiatives of InASA and the Chinese Association for Australian Studies. For this special issue, research focussing on Australian culture, society, history and literature is welcomed. Interdisciplinary research in these fields is also welcomed. Articles with specialised interest in the political, economic and trade relationships between Australia and China, or comparison of socio-political systems between Australia and China, should be submitted elsewhere for consideration.
Articles are expected to be 6000 – 8000 words, inclusive of footnotes and references. They are to be submitted via the online systemScholarOne Manuscripts. Please read the Instructions for Authors:
https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=rjau20&page=instructions
for preparing and submitting your manuscript toJAS. Please note that all articles need to be compliant with the house-style of the journal; otherwise, they will not be considered.
When submitting your article in the online system, please notify that your article will be considered in this ‘Special Issue’. There will be prompts in the relevant sections.
Articles will be first assessed by the guest editors and then sent out to at least two anonymous peer-reviewers for double-blind review.
We encourage interested contributors to view the past issues ofJAS. You can subscribe toJASby registering as an InASA memberhttp://inasa.org/membership/(the individual membership provides two-year subscription ofJAS), or contact your university librarians for an institutional subscriptionhttps://www.tandfonline.com/pricing/journal/rjau20.
Deadline:The deadline for manuscript submission will be 31stMay 2020.
We expect to be able to provide the full manuscript toJASby July 2021 with the prospect of publication in 2022.
Should you have any questions, please contact the guest editors Mitchell Rolls:mitchell.rolls@utas.edu.au; Xu Daozhi:xudaozhi@connect.hku.hk; Chen Hong:hchen@english.ecnu.edu.cn; Li Jianjunwhylijianjun@163.com
