Journal profile · BUSINESS
Consumption Markets & Culture
ISSN 1025-3866 · eISSN 1477-223X · Taylor & Francis
Consumption Markets & Culture: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.09; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 378 days to acceptance (65 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 8% (journal website); 46 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Consumption Markets & Culture is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification, Fashion and Cultural Textiles and Media, Gender, and Advertising, together about 32.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Consumption Markets & Culture (CMC) focuses on consumerism and the markets as the site of social behaviour and discourse. It encourages discussion of the role of management and organisations in society, especially in terms of production, consumption, colonialism, globalisation, business performance and labour conditions. Combining theories of culture, media, gender, anthropology, literary criticism, and consumption with analyses of business and management, the journal is international in its scope and iconoclastic in its aims. The editor considers marketing to be the ultimate social practice of postmodernity, blending art and commerce and requiring the constant renewal of styles, forms and images. Educating readers about the conscious and planned practice of signification and representation is, thus, the journal’s primary aim; its second is to take part in inquiring in and construction of the material conditions and meanings of consumption and production. Peer Review Policy: Articles that are published in Consumption Markets & Culture (CMC) go through a double-anonymized peer-review process of greatest integrity.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS
Editor-in-chief Alan BradshawPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting14.5%
- Fashion and Cultural TextilesArts and Humanities8.9%
- Media, Gender, and AdvertisingSocial Sciences8.7%
- Culinary Culture and TourismAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.2%
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences7.6%
- Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentSocial Sciences6%
- Social and Cultural DynamicsSocial Sciences4.9%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: OCLC, Leisure Recreation and Tourism Abstracts, World Agriculture Economics and Rural Sociology Abstracts
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 2.09LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.76Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.07LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.07Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 74OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 506OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.31OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 34.18%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 36LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 176,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 902 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 12 | 7 |
| 2025 | 46 | 23 | 50 |
| 2024 | 25 | 18 | 71 |
| 2023 | 32 | 16 | 231 |
| 2022 | 40 | 15 | 455 |
| 2021 | 17 | 6 | 187 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
378 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 215 days – 507 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 19 days (65 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 401 days
- Sample
- 65 articles with submission and acceptance dates (76 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 8%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 119 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 21 daysPublisher website ·
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Consumption Markets & Culture is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverabili…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymized peer review Model summary
Articles that are published in Consumption Markets & Culture (CMC) go through a double-anonymized peer-review process of greatest integrity.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1025-3866
- Electronic ISSN
- 1477-223X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 29, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Consumption Markets & Culture
What CAS zone is Consumption Markets & Culture in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Consumption Markets & Culture is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Consumption Markets & Culture?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.09; CiteScore 4.8, h-index 74.
How long does peer review take at Consumption Markets & Culture?
Based on the dates recorded on 65 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 378 days (interquartile range 215–507 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 8%. 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.
Which databases index Consumption Markets & Culture?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Consumption Markets & Culture is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Consumption Markets & Culture open access, and what is the APC?
Consumption Markets & Culture is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .