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Postmodern Culture

Johns Hopkins University Press · United States

ISSN1053-1920eISSN1053-1920

SJR Q1✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (AHCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.165

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Worksi

1,225

Total Citationsi

4,302

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Postmodern Culture is an interdisciplinary journal of contemporary cultures, offering commentary, criticism, and theory. Its scope includes subjects such as identity politics, the economics of information, literary theory, politics, and contemporary society.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 18 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,225

Publisher OrgJohns Hopkins University Press

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Johns Hopkins University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1053-1920 / 1053-1920

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Literature and Literary TheoryQ1

Cultural StudiesQ2

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesLiterature and Literary TheoryVisual Arts and Performing Arts

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Contemporary Literature and CriticismPhilosophy, Ethics, and ExistentialismHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesPsychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics

Frequently asked questions about Postmodern Culture

Is Postmodern Culture a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Postmodern Culture: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Postmodern Culture?

Postmodern Culture is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.14.

Is Postmodern Culture indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Postmodern Culture is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.