Journals

  • Indian History Journal

    Indian History Journal is a peer-reviewed, open-access, quarterly journal dedicated to advancing rigorous scholarship on the histories of the Indian subcontinent and its interconnected land and maritime worlds. The journal embraces a broad chronological canvas, from ancient and medieval formations to early modern and contemporary transformations, situating South Asia within wider regional and global processes. Committed to methodological pluralism and theoretical innovation, the journal welcomes interdisciplinary approaches that engage political, social, economic, cultural, intellectual, environmental, and transnational histories. Particular emphasis is placed on cross-border interactions linking the subcontinent with Central Asia, West Asia, Southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean world, and beyond. By foregrounding both terrestrial and maritime networks, the journal seeks to illuminate the dynamic exchanges that have shaped the region’s past. The journal operates under a rigorous double-blind peer review system to ensure the highest standards of academic integrity, originality, and analytical depth. All submissions are evaluated by subject specialists and assessed on the basis of scholarly merit, evidentiary strength, conceptual clarity, and contribution to existing historiography. As an open-access platform, Indian History Journal is committed to the free and global dissemination of knowledge. It adheres strictly to the ethical guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and follows internationally recognized best practices in publication ethics, transparency, and research integrity. The journal upholds policies on plagiarism screening, conflict of interest disclosure, data integrity, and responsible authorship. By fostering critical debate and comparative inquiry, the journal aspires to serve as a leading international forum for historical scholarship.

  • Indian Mobility History Review

    Indian Mobility History Review: A Journal of Railways, Migration, and Movement

    IMHR is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to understanding how movement of people, labour, and infrastructure — has shaped South Asia in the modern period. Covering India, Pakistan, and the wider region from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, the journal traces how mobility has been one of the defining forces of South Asian social, economic, and political life: from the construction of colonial railway networks to indentured and internal labour migration, from Partition-era displacement to the everyday rhythms of urban commuting in contemporary cities.

    The journal brings together historians, researchers, and students working at the intersection of transport history, migration studies, labour history, and urban studies. We publish original research articles, archival notes, and book reviews that combine rigorous scholarship with accessible writing, making this history legible to both specialists and a wider readership.

    Why This Matters: Railways and migration are usually studied separately — one as infrastructure history, the other as social history. This journal exists on the premise that they are deeply connected: railways did not merely move goods, they moved people, and in doing so reshaped labour markets, family structures, urban growth, and regional identity across the subcontinent. Partition itself was, among other things, a mobility event, and the region's post-independence histories — in India, Pakistan, and beyond — remain shaped by movement across and within its borders.

    The journal welcomes submissions on:

    • Colonial and post-colonial railway history in South Asia
    • Labour and indentured migration (internal and overseas)
    • Partition-era displacement and refugee history
    • Urban migration, commuting, and city growth
    • Transport infrastructure and policy history
    • Mobility and identity, caste, gender, or religion

  • Journal of Power Cartography

    The Journal of Power Cartography (JPC) is an international, peer-reviewed academic journal published bi-monthly by Allahabad Academic Press. JPC is dedicated to mapping the shifting geographies of power in world politics, bringing together scholars, strategists, and policy practitioners to examine how power is contested, projected, and reconfigured across territory, geopolitics, and global strategic affairs.

    The journal publishes rigorous, original research spanning classical and critical geopolitics, international relations theory, security and strategic studies, border and territorial disputes, economic statecraft, and the evolving domains of maritime, space, and cyber power. JPC's guiding approach is genuinely cartographic — tracing how influence, sovereignty, and strategy are drawn, redrawn, and defended across regions, actors, and eras.

    Each bi-monthly issue features full-length peer-reviewed research articles, strategic commentary on current affairs, cartographic essays pairing visual and analytical insight, book reviews, and dialogues with practitioners, diplomats, and policymakers. The journal welcomes contributions from established scholars as well as early-career researchers working at the intersection of geography, power, and international relations.

    JPC follows a double-blind peer review process and is committed to timely, transparent editorial decisions given its accelerated bi-monthly publication schedule. The journal aims to become an essential reference point for understanding the strategic contours of the twenty-first century — from great-power competition and regional rivalries to non-state actors and emerging technologies of influence.

    Focus and Scope 

    • Classical and critical geopolitics
    • International relations theory and practice
    • Security and strategic studies
    • Territorial disputes, borders, and sovereignty
    • Economic statecraft and resource geopolitics
    • Maritime, space, and cyber domains of power
    • Regional and area studies (South Asia, Indo-Pacific, Middle East, Europe, Americas)

    Publication Frequency: 

    Bi-monthly — 6 issues annually (January, March, May, July, September, November)

    Peer Review Process

    All submissions undergo double-blind peer review by a minimum of two independent reviewers. Given the journal's bi-monthly cycle, editors aim for an initial decision within 4–6 weeks of submission.