A 1954 review in Soviet Studies deemed that its work on Soviet Central Asia "performs an invaluable service and does it well,"  while more recent scholarship notes that it "gave reports on a wide variety of Central Asian topics gleaned from the Soviet press with often favourable comment." The journal's full title was Central Asian Review: A Quarterly Review of Current Developments in Soviet Central Asia and Kazakhstan and was published quarterly by the Central Asian Research Centre in association with St. Antony's College, Oxford University.
A 1954 review in Soviet Studies declared that its work on Soviet Central Asia "carried out an essential function and did it well,"  whereas more recent scholarship notes that it "provided reports on a broad spectrum of topics related to Central Asian affairs gathered from the Soviet press with generally favorable opinions." The journal's full title was Central Asian Review: A Quarterly Review of Current Developments in Soviet Central Asia and Kazakhstan, which was published quarterly by the Central Asian Research Centre in collaboration with St. Antony's College, Oxford University.