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Open Cultural Studies

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 2016

ISSN2451-3474eISSN2451-3474

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total84

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 · Scopus CiteScore 0.9. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.216

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

0.9

SNIPi

0.767

Total Worksi

394

Total Citationsi

1,144

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Open Cultural Studies is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal that explores the fields of Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts. It interprets culture in an inclusive sense, in different theoretical, geographical and historical contexts. The journal promotes new research perspectives in cultural studies, but it also seeks to map out social and political scholarship that places questions of inequalities and imbalances of power at the heart of academic debate.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

Frequencycontinuous publication model

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications394

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter Open

OA Since2016

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Submission Info

APC Cost€1,050

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~15 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

11/12 · 92%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2451-3474 / 2451-3474

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

€1,050

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

228

2019

2020

2021

131

2022

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

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cultural Studies

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geographies of human-animal interactionsPosthumanist Ethics and ActivismCinema and Media StudiesTranslation Studies and PracticesGender, Feminism, and MediaVisual Culture and Art TheoryGothic Literature and Media AnalysisDiaspora, migration, transnational identityMusic History and CultureEcocriticism and Environmental Literature

Frequently asked questions about Open Cultural Studies

Is Open Cultural Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Open Cultural Studies: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 84/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Open Cultural Studies?

Open Cultural 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 0.9.

Is Open Cultural Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Open Cultural Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Open Cultural Studies?

How much does it cost to publish in Open Cultural Studies?

Open Cultural Studies charges an article processing charge (APC) of about €1,050 for open-access publication.