Open Cultural Studies
Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 2016
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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.
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Frequently asked questions about Open Cultural Studies
Is Open Cultural Studies a predatory journal?
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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 PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.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?
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.
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