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SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1981

ISSN1746-8485

SJR Q1✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total25

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.251

H-Index

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SNIP

1.061

Total Works

526

Total Citations

2,423

2yr Mean Citedness

0.33

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal explores animation through various lenses, including its historical development in specific regions like China, Hong Kong, and Czechoslovakia, and its use as a medium for social and political commentary. It examines animation techniques such as rotoscoping and stop-motion, and their relationship to modernist and post-humanist themes. The journal also investigates the role of animation in education, its medium-specific qualities in documentaries, and its intersection with digital technologies and artificial intelligence.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

Annual Volume~ 19 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications526

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

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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?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1746-8485

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

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2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Film, Radio, Television

Scopus Categories

Visual Arts and Performing Arts

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cinema and Media StudiesMedia, Gender, and AdvertisingDigital Games and MediaComics and Graphic NarrativesJapanese History and CultureVisual Culture and Art TheoryAsian Culture and Media StudiesShakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismPhotography and Visual CultureArt, Technology, and Culture