Acta Orientalia publishes research on the history, languages, and cultures of Asia. Recent articles focus on Turkic historical narratives and medical treatises, Sanskrit poetry and its theoretical underpinnings, the symbolism of magic squares in Chinese, Muslim, and Jewish traditions, the construction of cultural memory in premodern East Asia, etymological studies of Mongolic and Central Asiatic languages, and the survival of Manichaean elements in Chinese Daoism. The journal also examines Islamic moral teachings and rational theology.
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SJR Quartile by Discipline
Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.
HistoryQ2
Literature and Literary TheoryQ2
Cultural StudiesQ3
Linguistics and LanguageQ3
Subject Classification
Web of Science Categories
Asian StudiesHistory
Scopus Categories
HistoryCultural StudiesLiterature and Literary TheoryLinguistics and Language
Research Topics (OpenAlex)
Linguistics and Cultural StudiesEurasian Exchange NetworksLinguistics and language evolutionChinese history and philosophyIslamic Studies and HistoryChina's Ethnic Minorities and RelationsIndian and Buddhist StudiesHistorical and Linguistic StudiesByzantine Studies and HistoryArchaeology and Historical Studies