| Acronym | Sense | Language | Topics | 
|---|---|---|---|
| RCEA | Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines | In French | → Serial publications, periodicals → Canada  | 
| REMMM | Revue du Monde Musulman et de la Méditerranée | In French | → Serial publications, periodicals | 
| REMMM | Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée | In French | → Serial publications, periodicals | 
| REP | Revista Española del Pacífico | In Spanish | → Serial publications, periodicals → Spain  | 
| RIAP | Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific | In English | → Research institutes | 
| RIFIAS | Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies | In English | → Research institutes | 
| RIMAS | Rotterdam Institute of Modern Asian Studies | In English | → Research institutes → Netherlands  | 
| RJSS | Romanian Journal of Japanese Studies | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Romania  | 
| ROMM | Revue de l‘Occident Musulman et de la Méditerranée | In French | → Serial publications, periodicals | 
| RSPAS | Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies | In English | → Higher education, universities | 
| SAAG | South Asia Analysis Group | In English | |
| SAALG | South Asia Archive & Library Group | In English | → Libraries | 
| SAI | South Asian Institute | In English | |
| SAIR | South Asia Intelligence Review | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals | 
| SAJ | South Asian Journal | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals | 
| SAMP | South Asia Microform Project | In English | → Libraries | 
| SARAI | South Asia Resource Access on the Internet | In English | → Libraries → Internet  | 
| SARD | South Asia Resources Database | In English | → Libraries | 
| SARN | South Asia Research Network | In English | → Organizations and associations | 
| SASNET | (Swedish) South Asian Studies Network | In English | → Organizations and associations | 
| SASS | South Asia Studies Summer School | In English | → Education | 
| SATOE | South Asia through Official Eyes | In English | |
| SATP | South Asia Terrorism Portal | In English | → Politics | 
| SCHR | Scottish Centre for Himalayan Research | In English | → United Kingdom | 
| SEAiT | Southeast Asian Images and Text | In English | → Libraries | 
| SEAM | Southeast Asia Microform Project | In English | → Libraries | 
| SEAP | Southeast Asia Program | In English | → Higher education, universities | 
| SEAP | Southeast Asia Publications | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals | 
| SEAR | South East Asia Research | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals | 
| SEAS | School of East Asian Studies | In English | → Higher education, universities | 
| SEASREP | Southeast Asian Studies Regional Exchange Programme | In English | → Education | 
| SEASSI | Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute | In English | |
| SECAAS | Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies | In English | → Associations | 
| SENAS | Southern Europe Network of Asian Studies | In English | → Organizations and associations | 
| SGAS | Society for German-American Studies | In English | → Organizations and associations → United States  | 
| SHAPS | School of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies | In English | → Education | 
| SIS | Suomen Itämainen Seura | In Finnish | → Organizations and associations → Finland  | 
| SJEAA | Stanford Journal of East Asian Affairs | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals | 
| SLO | Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Orientali | In Spanish | → Linguistics | 
| SMVO | Studienschwerpunkt Moderner Vorderer Orient | In German | → Higher education, universities | 
| SO | Studia Orientalia | In Latin | |
| SOAS | School of Oriental and African Studies | In English | → Education | 
| SOTA | Stichting Onderzoekcentrum Turkistan en Azerbaidzjan | In Dutch | → Foundations | 
| SRAS | School of Russian and Asian Studies | In English | → International relations | 
| SRS | Society for Romanian Studies | In English | → Organizations and associations → Romania  | 
| SSAAPS | Swedish School of Advanced Asia-Pacific Studies | In English | → Higher education, universities | 
| SSAS | Society for South Asian Studies | In English | → Organizations and associations | 
| SSAS | Sällskapet för Asienstudier | In Swedish | → Organizations and associations | 
| SSEAL | South/Southeast Asia Library | In English | → Libraries | 
| SSGM | State, Society and Governance in Melanesia | In English | → Sociology | 
| StII | Studien zur Indologie und Iranistik | In German | |
| SUPRA | Support Program for Advanced Asian Studies | In English | |
| SWAIC | Program on Southwest Asia and Islamic Civilization | In English | → Islam | 
| WO | (Die) Welt des Orients | In German | → Serial publications, periodicals | 
| WZKM | Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes | In German | → Serial publications, periodicals → Austria  | 
| WZKS(O) | Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Süd- (und Ost)asiens | In German | → Serial publications, periodicals → Austria  | 
| ZASt | Zeitschrift für Afrikastudien | In German | → Serial publications, periodicals |