Lateral

Cultural Studies Association · United States

eISSN2469-4053

✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Aims & Scope

Lateral is the peer-reviewed, open access digital journal and production site of the Cultural Studies Association. Lateral is designed to foster experimentation and collaboration among cultural studies practitioners and researchers. It is committed to critical studies of culture that advance and extend the reach of cultural studies as a field and method of inquiry and as an intellectual/political project.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencySemiannual

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgCultural Studies Association

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Internet Archive

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cultural Studies Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2469-4053

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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?

Internet Archive

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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

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)

Race, History, and American SocietyPolitical Economy and MarxismPosthumanist Ethics and ActivismJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentArt, Politics, and ModernismMusic History and CultureHousing, Finance, and NeoliberalismDigital Games and MediaGender, Feminism, and Media

Frequently asked questions about Lateral

Is Lateral a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Lateral: 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 Lateral?

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

Is Lateral indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Lateral is indexed in DOAJ.