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Bioscope-South Asian Screen Studies
ISSN 0974-9276 · eISSN 0976-352X · SAGE
Bioscope-South Asian Screen Studies: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; 15 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bioscope-South Asian Screen Studies is published by SAGE and is in Zone 4 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are South Asian Cinema and Culture, Cinema and Media Studies and Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism, together about 62.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- South Asian Cinema and CultureArts and Humanities31.8%
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance24%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities7%
- South Asian Studies and ConflictsSocial Sciences6.2%
- Southeast Asian Sociopolitical StudiesSocial Sciences3.5%
- South Asian Studies and DiasporaArts and Humanities3.2%
- Socioeconomic Development in AsiaSocial Sciences3.2%
- Social and Economic Development in IndiaSocial Sciences2.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Asian Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Film, Radio, Television | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Film, Radio, Television | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Asian Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Asian Studies | Zone 4 |
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 16.13%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 12LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 316 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 15 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 17 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 22 | 6 | 9 |
| 2022 | 16 | 0 | 15 |
| 2021 | 54 | 5 | 69 |
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
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 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0974-9276
- Electronic ISSN
- 0976-352X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Bioscope-South Asian Screen Studies
What CAS zone is Bioscope-South Asian Screen Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Bioscope-South Asian Screen Studies is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Asian Studies / Film, Radio, Television. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Bioscope-South Asian Screen Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bioscope-South Asian Screen Studies is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Bioscope-South Asian Screen Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Bioscope-South Asian Screen Studies 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; 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: .