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Public Culture

Duke University Press · United States · Est. 1988

ISSN1527-8018

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ 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 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.29

H-Indexi

123

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.455

Total Worksi

1,296

Total Citationsi

76,474

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.16

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Anthropology; Cultural Studies; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Communication; Social Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1988

Annual Volume~ 25 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,296

Publisher OrgDuke University Press

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Submission Info

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

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Duke University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1527-8018

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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

473

2019

455

2020

241

2021

111

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.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q2

CommunicationQ2

Social PsychologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

AnthropologyCultural Studies

Scopus Categories

Social PsychologyArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Communication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Anthropological Studies and InsightsPublic Spaces through ArtLegal case studies and regulationsHuman auditory perception and evaluationMusic History and CultureSouth Asian Cinema and CultureCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentRace, History, and American SocietyJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesPhilippine History and Culture

Frequently asked questions about Public Culture

Is Public Culture a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Public 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 Public Culture?

Public 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 0.16.

Is Public Culture indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Public Culture is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Public Culture?