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Games and Culture

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 2005

ISSN1555-4139

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.946

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.983

Total Worksi

841

Total Citationsi

26,588

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Cultural Studies; Anthropology; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Applied Psychology; Human-Computer Interaction.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications841

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 Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1555-4139

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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

1.7k

2019

786

2020

1.2k

2021

607

2022

103

871

2023

276

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.

AnthropologyQ1

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1

CommunicationQ1

Cultural StudiesQ1

Applied PsychologyQ2

Human-Computer InteractionQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

CommunicationCultural Studies

Scopus Categories

Applied PsychologyAnthropologyCultural StudiesArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Human-Computer InteractionCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Digital Games and MediaEducational Games and GamificationImpact of Technology on AdolescentsCinema and Media StudiesArtificial Intelligence in GamesGender, Feminism, and MediaSexuality, Behavior, and TechnologyMedia Influence and HealthMedia, Gender, and AdvertisingSocial Media and Politics

Frequently asked questions about Games and Culture

Is Games and Culture a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Games and 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 Games and Culture?

Games and 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 1.79.

Is Games and Culture indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Games and Culture is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Games and Culture?