Journal profile · FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION
Animation-An Interdisciplinary Journal
ISSN 1746-8477 · eISSN 1746-8485 · SAGE
Animation-An Interdisciplinary Journal: CAS Zone 2 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 0.5 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; 23 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Animation-An Interdisciplinary Journal is published by SAGE and is in Zone 2 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cinema and Media Studies, Media, Gender, and Advertising and Digital Games and Media, together about 49.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Animation is increasingly pervasive and implemented in many ways in many disciplines. Animation: an interdisciplinary journal provides the first cohesive, international peer-reviewed publishing platform for animation that unites contributions from a wide range of research agendas and creative practice. View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United Kingdom 21, United States 15, Germany 6, Hong Kong, China 2, Canada 2 (57 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance21.3%
- Media, Gender, and AdvertisingSocial Sciences16.9%
- Digital Games and MediaSocial Sciences11.1%
- Comics and Graphic NarrativesArts and Humanities5.1%
- Japanese History and CultureSocial Sciences4.5%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities4.4%
- Asian Culture and Media StudiesSocial Sciences4.2%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Film, Radio, Television | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Film, Radio, Television | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Arts Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 2 |
| Minor | FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.32LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 80OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.48OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 40%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 28.95%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 14LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 535 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 23 | 2 | 13 |
| 2024 | 15 | 8 | 13 |
| 2023 | 19 | 8 | 35 |
| 2022 | 26 | 9 | 55 |
| 2021 | 19 | 5 | 62 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 9,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
Article types accepted3, with length limits
- articleWe accept manuscripts of 6,000-9,000 words including endnotes, excluding reference bibliography.Length not stated
- letterWhat do we publish? We accept manuscripts of 6,000-9,000 words including endnotes, excluding reference bibliography. Animation isan interdisciplinary journal wi…Length not stated
- reviewWhat do we publish? We accept manuscripts of 6,000-9,000 words including endnotes, excluding reference bibliography. Animation isan interdisciplinary journal wi…main text ≤ 1,200 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright and Permissions
Please ensure that you have obtained any necessary permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures, or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. As these can take time to acquire, we recommend you begin enquiring about permission foryour images, as we will require them in advance of your final submission. The Editor can provide you with a Permission Re…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of c…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review policy Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 1746-8477
- Electronic ISSN
- 1746-8485
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Animation-An Interdisciplinary Journal
What CAS zone is Animation-An Interdisciplinary Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Animation-An Interdisciplinary Journal is in Zone 2 of Arts, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Film, Radio, Television; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Animation-An Interdisciplinary Journal?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.5; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.3, h-index 25.
What are the manuscript requirements of Animation-An Interdisciplinary Journal?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–200 words; Keywords: ≥ 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 9,000 words; Reference style: Harvard. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Animation-An Interdisciplinary Journal based?
Of the 57 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (21), United States (15) and Germany (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Animation-An Interdisciplinary Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Animation-An Interdisciplinary Journal is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Animation-An Interdisciplinary Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Animation-An Interdisciplinary Journal is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .