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Journal for Cultural Research

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 2003

ISSN1479-7585eISSN1740-1666

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.246

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.157

Total Worksi

712

Total Citationsi

5,324

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.67

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal for Cultural Research aims to provide a forum for authors to reflect critically on the paradox of re-searching culture and doing cultural research. It examines concepts such as autonomy in cultural and creative industries work.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications712

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

1479-7585 / 1740-1666

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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

224

2019

149

2020

302

2021

105

2022

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.

AnthropologyQ2

Cultural StudiesQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cultural Studies

Scopus Categories

AnthropologyCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Philosophy, Ethics, and ExistentialismPolitical Theology and SovereigntyHuman auditory perception and evaluationCinema and Media StudiesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHannah Arendt's Political PhilosophyJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesPsychoanalysis, Philosophy, and PoliticsMusic History and CultureGeographies of human-animal interactions

Frequently asked questions about Journal for Cultural Research

Is Journal for Cultural Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal for Cultural Research: 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 for Cultural Research?

Journal for Cultural Research 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 0.67.

Is Journal for Cultural Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal for Cultural Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.