The first international population journal to focus exclusively on population issues in Asia, Asian Population Studies publishes original research on matters related to population in this large, complex and rapidly changing region, and welcomes substantive empirical analyses, theoretical works, applied research, and contributions to methodology.

Themes
The topics that will be covered include all branches of population studies ranging from population dynamics such as the analysis of fertility, mortality and migration (from both technical and humanistic perspectives) to the consequences of population change from a variety of demographic perspectives. Some areas that may be covered include:

• analysis of population trends in Asia
• health consequences of population changes
• the relationship between population change and development (labour and urbanization)
• socio-cultural perspectives on population (for example, the effects of ethnicity and religion)
• marriage and family
• life course transitions
• aging issues
• transnational movements
• population and poverty issues
• family planning
• health disparities across populations
• health care utilization
• impact of disease on populations
• gender roles throughout the life course
• population projections
• population and environment
• population policy and planning

Peer Review Policy:
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.