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Celebrity Studies

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 2010

ISSN1939-2400

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.491

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.387

Total Worksi

892

Total Citationsi

8,597

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.91

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Celebrity Studies addresses key issues in the production, circulation, and consumption of fame, and its manifestations in both contemporary and historical contexts. The journal publishes interdisciplinary research which critically explores celebrity, stardom, and fame.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2010

FrequencyThree Issues Per Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications892

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?

1939-2400

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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

507

2019

579

2020

251

2021

281

2022

2023

114

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.

Cultural StudiesQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cultural Studies

Scopus Categories

Cultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gender, Feminism, and MediaMedia Studies and CommunicationMedia, Gender, and AdvertisingCinema and Media StudiesAsian Culture and Media StudiesMusic History and CultureDigital Games and MediaSexuality, Behavior, and TechnologySports, Gender, and SocietySocial Media and Politics

Frequently asked questions about Celebrity Studies

Is Celebrity Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Celebrity Studies: 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 Celebrity Studies?

Celebrity Studies 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 0.91.

Is Celebrity Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Celebrity Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.