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International Journal of Cultural Policy

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1983

ISSN1477-2833

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.746

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.854

Total Worksi

1,375

Total Citationsi

29,020

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.60

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cultural Studies; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1983

Annual Volume~ 73 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,375

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1477-2833

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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

522

2019

1.2k

2020

683

2021

1.1k

2022

363

2023

191

2024

204

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.

Cultural StudiesQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cultural Studies

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentSocial and Cultural DynamicsCultural Heritage Management and PreservationArt History and Market AnalysisSport and Mega-Event ImpactsArtistic and Creative ResearchAsian Culture and Media StudiesMuseums and Cultural HeritageArchaeological Research and ProtectionMusic History and Culture

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Cultural Policy

Is International Journal of Cultural Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Cultural Policy: 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 International Journal of Cultural Policy?

International Journal of Cultural Policy 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 1.60.

Is International Journal of Cultural Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Cultural Policy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of Cultural Policy?