The Central Asiatic Journal is devoted to the linguistic, cultural, and historical heritage of Central Asia. Most contributions relate to the geographical remit of the Central Asian core region, i.e. Mongolia, Turkestan/Xinjiang, Tibet, Siberia, and Manchuria. By extension, however, this definition can include a secondary sphere extending into all of western Asia, the Himalayas, China’s Han-majority provinces and the Pacific fringe region (Korea, Japan, and eastern Siberia). Articles are published in English, German, French, Russian, and Chinese. The Central Asiatic Journal is fully peer-reviewed.
The journal has started publishing contributions in thematic clusters, and after focuses on Mongolia, its surrounding regions and the historical implications of Mongolian expansion in issue 56 (2012/2013), and on the Tangut people and the Xi-Xia (His-Hsia) state in issue 57 (2014), the focus in issue 58 is on the contribution of the Manchus to China’s more recent history. The latest issue 59 (2016) is focused on the migration and nation-building in central and western Asia.

From the contents (altogether 11 contributions):
Johan Vandewalle, On the Uzbek Converb Construction Starting with olib, its Reanalysis, and its Grammaticalisation
Iwao Kazushi, Dbus mtha’: Centre and Periphery in the Old Tibetan Empire
Sam van Schaik, Dharma from the Sky: The Pangkong Prayer
Lewis Doney, Imperial Gods: A Ninth-Century Tridaṇḍaka Prayer (rGyud chags gsum) from Dunhuang
Quentin Devers, Archaeological Ladakh: Contribution of Recent Discoveries to Redefining the History of a Key Region between the Pamirs and the Himalayas
Ai Nishida, Two Tibetan Dice Divination Texts from Dunhuang: Pelliot tibetain 1046B and IOL Tib J 740
Emanuela Garatti, Pelliot Tibetain 986: New Approaches to a Tibetan Paraphrase of a Chinese Classic among Dunhuang Manuscripts
Florence Hodous, The Impact of the Mongol Vengeance System on Sedentary Peoples