Journal profile
Comparative Cinema
ISSN 2014-8933 · Universitat Pompeu Fabra · Spain
Comparative Cinema: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports).
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Comparative Cinema is published by Universitat Pompeu Fabra. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cinema History and Criticism, Cinema and Media Studies and Spanish Culture and Identity, together about 61.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Comparative Cinema is a publication that approaches cinema using a comparative methodology. It revives, to that end, critical traditions linked to comparative literature studies in order to propose a way of working with images that is catalyzed by the connection between two different objects. Jean-Luc Godard’s text The Cinémathèques and the history of cinema, included in the first volume of the journal, Projection/Montage, established the programmatic principle for this edition and the entire publication: through the programming of different cinematographic pieces (that is, their conjunction), it is possible to articulate connections that cause new meanings to emerge. Comparative film research analyzes the ways in which an image alludes to and leads us to think of other images (from the same film, from the history of film or from other areas) through montage and through the vision generated by the spectator in the screening. The monographic volumes of Comparative Cinema aim to explore how this comparative perspective can enrich film analysis, by considering both the mise-en-scène and the creation processes or the links between cinema and other arts. For an article proposal to be accepted, it is essential that the starting point should be a comparison, and an explicit one at that. This comparison may refer to two images from the same cinematographic work, images from different works or a cinematographic image compared with a work from another artistic discipline (literature, painting, sculpture, theatre, etc.). The journal is structured into monographic volumes and will accept proposals for articles, interviews (these may also be round tables) and audio-visual essays on the specified subject. With the exception of the Reviews section, for which we routinely accept texts, the journal will not accept texts that are unconnected with the volume’s theme. * From September 15th onwards, Comparative Cinema will start receiving texts for a new miscellaneous section, in which the journal will include articles that have no thematic bond to the proposed monographic issues. From this date on, the reception of these submissions will be carried out continuously throughout the year, but the articles will be published in subsequent issues of the journal, prior coordination with the editors.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Spain 4, United Kingdom 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities34%
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance18.6%
- Spanish Culture and IdentityArts and Humanities9%
- Ethics, Aesthetics, and ArtArts and Humanities8.5%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities6.9%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities2.1%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities2.1%
- Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities2.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
DOAJLetPub
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
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 67 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 prepare10 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- 6–10
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 6,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
- Templates
- Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- articlesArticles The research articles must have a minimum length of 5000 words and a maximum of 6000 words, including footnotes.Length not stated
- films in discussionThe “Films in Discussion” section includes interviews and conversations aimed at research, debate and documentation, and related to the monographic topics tackl…Length not stated
- research articleessay and visual thought. Articles The research articles must have a minimum length of 5000 words and a maximum of 6000 words, including footnotes. They shoumain text ≤ 5,000 words
- reviewesearch strands proposed in each issue. Reviews The length of the reviews must be between 800 and 1000 words. The information on the reviewed book should includ…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- reviewsReviews The length of the reviews must be between 800 and 1000 words.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Plagiarism
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
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish, Catalan
- ISSN
- 2014-8933
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Comparative Cinema
How long does peer review take at Comparative Cinema?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Comparative Cinema?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: 6–10; Manuscript length: ≤ 6,000 words; Reference style: Chicago; Templates: Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Required; Cover letter: Required. 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 Comparative Cinema based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Spain (4) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Comparative Cinema?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Comparative Cinema is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Comparative Cinema open access, and what is the APC?
Comparative Cinema is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .