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Open Screens

Open Library of Humanities · United Kingdom

eISSN2516-2888

✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Aims & Scope

Open Screens aims to create a fresh, critical space for the exploration of screen cultures. Research articles, commentaries and film practice research addressing any salient issue in the disciplines of film, television and screen studies will be considered. Items are published on a rolling basis, though it is anticipated that dedicated, themed collections (with their own call for papers) may [...] Open Screens is the open-access online journal of the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies. The scope of the journal is international and its vision is inter-disciplinary. It encourages innovative contributions from scholars of film, television and other screen-based media, publishing research articles, reviews and audio-visual research-by-film-practice. In keeping with the mission of BAFTSS, contributions from both established and postgraduate scholars are considered, and contributors do not need to be members of the Association. Open Screens ranges over the historical and the contemporary, and it aims to embrace film, television, screen and media studies, as well as screen-based research in related disciplines across the Humanities and beyond, such as area studies, gender studies and sexuality studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyRolling issue format, pauses during August

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgOpen Library of Humanities

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSSPubMed CentralEurope PMC / PMC Bookshelf

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Open Library of Humanities

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2516-2888

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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?

CLOCKSS, PubMed Central, Europe PMC / PMC Bookshelf

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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

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)

Cinema and Media StudiesIntellectual Property LawShakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismGender, Feminism, and MediaLibrary Science and Information SystemsDigital Games and MediaGothic Literature and Media AnalysisCopyright and Intellectual PropertyPhotography and Visual CultureMedia Studies and Communication

Frequently asked questions about Open Screens

Is Open Screens a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Open Screens: 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 Open Screens?

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

Is Open Screens indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Open Screens is indexed in DOAJ.