Journal profile · FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION
CAMERA OBSCURA
ISSN 0270-5346 · eISSN 1529-1510 · Duke University Press
CAMERA OBSCURA: CAS Zone 4 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 15 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
CAMERA OBSCURA is published by Duke University Press and 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 Cinema and Media Studies, Gender, Feminism, and Media and Art, Politics, and Modernism, together about 44.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Camera Obscura provides a forum for scholarship and debate on feminism, culture, and media studies. The journal encourages contributions in areas such as the conjunctions of gender, race, class, and sexuality with audiovisual culture; new histories and theories of film, television, video, and digital media; and politically engaged approaches to a range of media practices.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance32.5%
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences6%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities5.9%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities4.3%
- Italian Fascism and Post-war SocietySocial Sciences4.2%
- Media, Gender, and AdvertisingSocial Sciences3.7%
- Photography and Visual CultureArts and Humanities3.3%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering3.2%
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 | Film, Radio, Television | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Film, Radio, Television | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION | Zone 3 |
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
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.33LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 241OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.5OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 15LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,083 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1 | 22 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1 | 31 |
| 2022 | 19 | 2 | 17 |
| 2021 | 36 | 2 | 25 |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- ISSN
- 0270-5346
- Electronic ISSN
- 1529-1510
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 41, Issue 1 (May 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about CAMERA OBSCURA
What CAS zone is CAMERA OBSCURA in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, CAMERA OBSCURA is in Zone 4 of Arts, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Film, Radio, Television. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index CAMERA OBSCURA?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, CAMERA OBSCURA is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is CAMERA OBSCURA open access, and what is the APC?
CAMERA OBSCURA 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .