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Journal of Consumer Culture

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2001

ISSN1469-5405eISSN1741-2900

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI · 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.43

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.867

Total Worksi

876

Total Citationsi

35,556

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.91

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cultural Studies; Sociology; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Business and International Management; Economics and Econometrics; Marketing; Social Psychology; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

Frequency4 Issues Per Year, 2018-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications876

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1469-5405 / 1741-2900

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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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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

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

697

2019

442

2020

992

2021

543

2022

160

2023

2024

2025

2026

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.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1

Business and International ManagementQ1

Economics and EconometricsQ1

MarketingQ1

Social PsychologyQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cultural StudiesSociology

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceSocial PsychologyArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Economics and EconometricsBusiness and International ManagementMarketing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fashion and Cultural TextilesGender, Feminism, and MediaCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentCulinary Culture and TourismConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationSocial and Cultural DynamicsMedia, Gender, and AdvertisingOrganic Food and AgricultureDigital Games and MediaMigration, Ethnicity, and Economy

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Consumer Culture

Is Journal of Consumer Culture a predatory journal?

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

What is the impact factor of Journal of Consumer Culture?

Journal of Consumer 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 0.91.

Is Journal of Consumer Culture indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Consumer Culture is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.