ASR (Asian Social Research) was first launched in 2014 by Chiang Mai University. However, it has a longer history, with its genesis in 2002 as part of Chiang Mai University Journal
This journal was split into two in 2007, with the formation of ASR is predecessor, the Chiang Mai University Journal of social Sciences and Humanities, which was later restyled as ASR in 2014, and began publishing online in 2015.
As of 2015, ASR has been indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Clarivate Analytics.