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Critical Arts

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1980

ISSN1992-6049

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.197

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.55

Total Worksi

1,433

Total Citationsi

7,606

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.44

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Critical Arts is a journal that covers cultural studies and media studies, with a focus on South-North perspectives. It aims to shape theory on the topics it covers.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1980

Annual Volume~ 82 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,433

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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1992-6049

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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

283

2019

249

2020

220

2021

140

2022

176

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

Cultural StudiesQ2

CommunicationQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cultural Studies

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Communication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

South African History and CultureAfrican history and culture studiesMedia Studies and CommunicationAfrican studies and sociopolitical issuesAnthropological Studies and InsightsCinema and Media StudiesArchaeology and Rock Art StudiesDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentPostcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies

Frequently asked questions about Critical Arts

Is Critical Arts a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Critical Arts: 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 Critical Arts?

Critical Arts 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 0.44.

Is Critical Arts indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Critical Arts is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.