Journal profile · ART
Artforum international
ISSN 1086-7058
Artforum international: CAS Zone 4 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 25 articles a year.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Artforum international is in Zone 4 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Art, Politics, and Modernism, Cultural Industries and Urban Development and Museums and Cultural Heritage, together about 34.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Artforum is the magazine of record for the contemporary art world and holds the unique roles of institution and foremost tastemaker of the industry. Established in 1962, it is often the first to identify artists whose work comes to define eras, delivering the highest level of critical discourse to an international audience. Artforum’s artists’ projects, reviews, and critical essays on contemporary visual culture including coverage of film, music, architecture, performance, and media provide rigorous, diverse, and provocative perspectives on cultural trends of our time.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ART
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities15.8%
- Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentSocial Sciences10.5%
- Museums and Cultural HeritageArts and Humanities7.9%
- Fashion and Cultural TextilesArts and Humanities5.3%
- Oral History, Memory, Narrative AnalysisArts and Humanities5.3%
- Educational Leadership and PracticesSocial Sciences5.3%
- Multi-Criteria Decision MakingDecision Sciences2.6%
- Sexual function and dysfunction studiesMedicine2.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Art | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
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
- h-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 31 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
Artforum is the magazine of record for the contemporary art world and holds the unique roles of institution and foremost tastemaker of the industry. Model summary
Artforum is the magazine of record for the contemporary art world and holds the unique roles of institution and foremost tastemaker of the industry.
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
- ISSN
- 1086-7058
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Artforum international
What CAS zone is Artforum international in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Artforum international is in Zone 4 of Arts, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Art. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Is Artforum international open access, and what is the APC?
Artforum international is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .