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Culture Unbound

Linkoping University Electronic Press · Sweden · Est. 2009

ISSN2000-1525
SJR Q3Scopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
66
/ 100
Established
PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals
Score Breakdown
Scopus Q354
✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12
Total66
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⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
20
weeks to publish · journal-reported
Average · vs ~15 wk median
Q3
SJR Rank
Top 75% in field
Journal Impact Factor
Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗
SJR Scorei
0.123
H-Indexi
29
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIPi
0.397
Total Worksi
567
Total Citationsi
4,179
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.43
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research is an international open-access peer-reviewed journal that publishes emergent research on culture and politics. We are interested in work that advances novel and emerging perspectives, methods and approaches on our understanding of emergent issues such as global developments related to digital society, technologies and cultures; climate change; infrastructure politics; gender and inequality; transformations in science and knowledge; automation; rising militarism, and changes in media and cultural economies. The journal seeks to be an arena for a cross-disciplinary dialogue and welcomes contributions from a wide range of fields including media and communication studies, critical data- and algorithm studies, gender studies, history, social anthropology, the environmental humanities, human geography, cultural studies, science and technology studies and related fields.

General Information

Country / RegionSweden
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2009
Annual Volume~ 13 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications567
Publisher OrgLinköping University Electronic Press
OA Since2008
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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free
Peer ReviewDouble-blind
Review Time~20 weeks
Acceptance Rate
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✗ No
📦 Long-term Preservation
National Library of Sweden

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

10/12 · 83%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Linkoping University Electronic Press
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2000-1525
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
No APC (Free)
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
National Library of Sweden
Plagiarism detection in place?
No
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
30
178
2019
36
197
2020
25
66
2021
32
43
2022
10
14
2023
18
13
2024
10
1
2025
8
0
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)Q3
Cultural StudiesQ3
AnthropologyQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

AnthropologyCultural StudiesArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentCultural Heritage Management and PreservationGender, Feminism, and MediaMemory, Trauma, and CommemorationMuseums and Cultural HeritageFashion and Cultural TextilesMedia Studies and CommunicationSocial Media and PoliticsGeographies of human-animal interactionsSocial and Cultural Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Culture Unbound

Is Culture Unbound a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Culture Unbound: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 66/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Culture Unbound?

Culture Unbound is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.123.

Is Culture Unbound indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Culture Unbound is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Culture Unbound?

Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research is an international open-access peer-reviewed journal that publishes emergent research on culture and politics. We are interested in work that advances novel and emerging perspectives, methods and approaches on our understanding of emergent issues such as global developments related to digital society, technologies and cultures; climate change; infrastructure politics; gender and inequality; transformations in science and knowledge; automation; rising militarism, and changes in media and cultural economies. The journal seeks to be an arena

How much does it cost to publish in Culture Unbound?

Culture Unbound is a Diamond open-access journal — there is no article processing charge (APC) to publish.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref