The Journal of Peasant Studies
Academic journal
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The Journal of Peasant Studies, subtitled Critical Perspectives on Rural Politics and Development, is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research into the social structures, institutions, actors, and processes of change in the rural areas of the developing world. It is published by Routledge.
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| Discipline | Development studies, anthropology |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Shaila Seshia Galvin, Jacobo Grajales, Ye Jingzhong, Ruth Hall, Kasia Paprocki, Sergio Sauer, Annie Shattuck |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1973–present |
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| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| 5.0 (2024) | |
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| ISO 4 | J. Peasant Stud. |
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| ISSN | 0306-6150 (print) 1743-9361 (web) |
| LCCN | 75642680 |
| OCLC no. | 884525567 |
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Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Current Contents/Social & Behavioural Sciences,[1] International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, International Political Science Abstracts, Scopus,[2] the Social Sciences Citation Index,[1] and Sociological Abstracts. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2013 impact factor of 5.477, ranking it first out of 81 journals in the category "Anthropology"[3] and first out of 55 journals in the category "Planning and Development".[4]
History
The journal was an outgrowth of a 1972 University of London seminar on peasantries. It was established in 1973 with Terence J. Byres (1973–2000), Charles Curwen (1973–1984), and Teodor Shanin (1973–1975) as founding editors-in-chief.[5][6][7] Other past editors of the journal have been Henry Bernstein (1985–2000), Tom Brass (1990–1998, 2000–2008), and Saturnino "Jun" Borras, Jr. (2008-2023).[8][6][9] The current editors are Shaila Seshia Galvin, Jacobo Grajales, Ye Jingzhong, Ruth Hall, Kasia Paprocki, Sergio Sauer, Annie Shattuck.[10]