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Fashion Studies

Centre for Fashion Diversity and Social Change, Ryerson University · Canada

eISSN2371-3453
✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Aims & Scope

Fashion Studies is an interdisciplinary journal that engages with other disciplines, including pop culture and archeology, to critically study fashion. It welcomes innovative, multi-media, and diverse theoretical and methodological approaches, aiming to foster fashion as a fun, creative field of study with forward-thinking, cutting-edge submissions. The journal particularly encourages submissions from graduate students, minorities, activists, feminists, and independent scholars, and does not accept discriminatory, racist, sexist, or hateful content.

General Information

Country / RegionCanada
Primary LanguageEnglish, French
1st Year Published—
Frequencyannually
StatusActive
Total Publications—
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review
OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND
OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

8/11 · 73%
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Do you know the journal / publisher?
Centre for Fashion Diversity and Social Change, Ryerson University
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Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
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Is the ISSN verified?
2371-3453
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Indexed in a trusted database?
DOAJ
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Peer review process documented?
Double anonymous peer review
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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)?
DOAJ verified
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Primary language documented?
English, French

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.

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fashion and Cultural TextilesCrafts, Textile, and DesignArt, Politics, and ModernismCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentHistorical Gender and Feminism StudiesDecadence, Literature, and SocietyDiversity and Impact of DanceVisual Culture and Art TheoryRace, History, and American SocietyMedia, Gender, and Advertising

Frequently asked questions about Fashion Studies

Is Fashion Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Fashion Studies: it is indexed in DOAJ, 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 Fashion Studies?

Fashion Studies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

Is Fashion Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Fashion Studies is indexed in DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Fashion Studies?

Fashion Studies is an interdisciplinary journal that engages with other disciplines, including pop culture and archeology, to critically study fashion. It welcomes innovative, multi-media, and diverse theoretical and methodological approaches, aiming to foster fashion as a fun, creative field of study with forward-thinking, cutting-edge submissions. The journal particularly encourages submissions from graduate students, minorities, activists, feminists, and independent scholars, and does not accept discriminatory, racist, sexist, or hateful content.

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