This is the journal published by the American Anthropological Society. It is Published in Washington DC. Over its many year of publications it has propagated many essays of considerable interest to the field.
This quarterly journal which has been published since 1919 is focused upon scholarly articles and book review on the Indian tradition. Some of the topics include Sanskrit texts, History and Archaeology.
This journal is a very important anthropological research tool and contains numerous articles of importance for the field.
This journal is published quarterly by Benares University and has been produced since 1975. It contains articles on studies of the Indian intellectual tradition. This is an interesting journal for not only the articles that it publishes, but also the perspective of its source.
This journal is published quarterly by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, an active organization interested in the preservation of Indian tradition (this organization also publishes books of considerable interest.) It contains many articles which can be useful to the academic. Some of the essays are published in Sanskrit!
This journal published since 1967 in Delhi is a major publishing location for works of a sociological nature. In my research up to this point, this is the journal I have most frequently consulted. It is a major contributor to the field. It has been historically, the fount from which crucial theorists such as Dumont and Pocock have spoken.
· Darshana International
The journal focuses upon issues primarily oriented toward a philosophical study of religious thought. It was first published in 1962 and since then has, quarterly, published some works of interest to the academic study of Hinduism.
This is an anthropological journal published by the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh. It regularly contains articles of interest, both descriptive and theoretical, to the field.
· History of Religions
Published Quarterly by the University of Chicago Press, this journal often contains materials which are of interest to the Hindu scholar. This journal is a good source for book reviews. In fact, it seem that 1/3 if not more of the journal is regularly devoted to book reviews.
This journal is interesting because it contain a great deal of material that can be found no where else. It contains many "first-hand" reports by scholars/ politicians from the time of British Imperial rule.
This journal is a major contributor to the field and is focused upon publishing articles which are scholarly studies of Indian history over time.
This journal which has been published twice yearly from 1957 is a major contributor to the field. The scope of the articles are split equally between Near-Eastern studies and Indian Studies. It contains many important articles, some of which seek to bridge the spatial gap between Iranian and Vedic Culture.
International Journal of Hindu Studies
"The aim of the [IJHS] is... to consider Hinduism analytically and comparatively as a 'form of life' as clarified by its contrasts and similarities to other historical and present day forms... Our focus will be, on the one hand, on Hinduism's adaptations to a wide range of historical circumstances and ecological, economic, and political possibilities and, on the other, on the Hindu forms that work "on the ground" in particular places and times to generate special kinds of social, cultural, and psychological order and problems."
This journal is a heavy hitter in the field and is the organ of the American Academy of religion ( of which Religion in South Asia is a subsidiary). Published since 1932, this journal produces both articles and book review of considerable interest to this field. I have found it to be a useful source for scholarly nuggets of information.
This is an interesting quarterly which is published by the Association for Asian Studies. It contains many relevant book reviews. Somewhere between 1/3 and ¼ of all the work published in this journal concerns Hinduism.
This Journal is another major contributor to the field. It has been published since 1976 and is devoted to comparative religion, but is heavily focused upon Hinduism. It is published by the Center for the Study of World Religions in Bangalore.
· Journal of Indian Folkoristics
This journal which was first published in 1978 by the Folklore Fellows of India is an important Journal for the study of popular Hinduism. There are often articles related to the Puranas and other folk texts. The journal represents a significant location for the publication of popular materials that would otherwise have remained unpublished.
This journal is to begin publication this fall. It is to be produced by the Society for Indian Philosophy and Religion annually. The scope of the journal is suppose to engage a wide range of topics relevant to the indigenous philosophical traditions of India. There was also some mention of comparative work to be included. The journal will also include sections of "discussion" and book reviews.
This journal is published irregularly and has been in print since 1966. Although some of the articles represent questionable scholarship, this journal is the single most important source for literature and translations in the entire field.
This journal, published since 1969 is an interesting collection of works as it focuses upon South Indian languages and culture. It is an essential journal for anyone doing work in South India.
This journal is, for many, the life-blood of the field. It is published by the American Oriental Society. First produced in 1849, this journal publishes excellent critical book review of works in the field. At least one article in every journal is devoted to the academic study of Hinduism.
This is an extremely important journal which had first been edited by Kramrisch. It contains major articles on art history, symbolism and iconography.
Produced by the Royal Asiatic Society since 1831, this journal is a good source for wide range of articles. Although devoted to Asian culture at large, Indological studies have dominated the published scholarship.
· Man: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
This is the major publication of one of the largest (if not the largest) anthropological societies in the world. It often contains useful and substantial contributions to the field.
Produced Biannually by the NAASR, this journal publishes articles, notes, book reviews, and letters on methodological and theoretical approaches to the academic study of religion. This publication is a very interesting and engaging publication which addresses issues which are largely ignored by the majority of other publications. For more information contact: 416-978-1805 or mtsr@epasutoronto.ca
This journal is published three times a year by the International Association for the History of Religions. It is an interesting journal which addresses a wide range of issues. There are often essays of direct interest to the Hindu scholar and more often essays of peripheral interest. This is also a good place for book reviews.
This journal is published quarterly and dates from 1976. The essays contained herein are not scholarly in a traditional form, yet they are usually clearly written and thought provoking. This journal also frequently publishes book review on works relevant to Hinduism. This journal is like a breath of fresh air amidst the stale odor that only exists in libraries.
This journal, published quarterly by the All Indian Kashiraj Trust in Benares since 1958 is an incredibly useful source for studies on the Puranas, symbolism and mythology. (Amazingly, our library does not have any copies of this journal, although I have asked them to subscribe). This journal contain much material on subjects like geography, spatial symbology and tirthas which appear nowhere else.
This is an interesting journal published in Bangalore which is focused upon essays which address the relationship between Hinduism and Indian Society. It contain many works of potential interest.
This Journal is published quarterly by Columbia University Press. This journal publishes a wide range of material throughout the field of Religious Studies and often includes essays and reviews which are of direct interest to the study of Hinduism. The essays are primarily theoretical in focus.
This journal is published quarterly by Council of Societies for the Study of Religion. It very often has short articles of interest. However, the journal is useful primarily for the book reviews that it publishes. In each volume, there are at least three entries specifically on South Asia. In addition, it also provides an index of completed dissertations
This journal, published since 1966 by Perennial Books, includes articles on all of the major religious traditions of the world (at least in theory) and frequently contains essays of interest to the scholar of Hinduism.