Journal profile · Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
Contention
ISSN 2572-7184 · eISSN 2330-1392 · Berghahn
Contention: subscription journal; 9 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Contention is published by Berghahn. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Political Conflict and Governance, Social Movements and Cultural Identity and Political Theory and Democracy, together about 30.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Political Conflict and GovernanceSocial Sciences13.2%
- Social Movements and Cultural IdentitySocial Sciences10.7%
- Political Theory and DemocracySocial Sciences6.6%
- Communism, Protests, Social MovementsSocial Sciences5.4%
- Anarchism and Radical PoliticsSocial Sciences5%
- Qualitative Research Methods and EthicsSocial Sciences4.4%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities4.4%
- Contemporary Sociological Theory and PracticeSocial Sciences3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Studies | Q1 | 161/1434 | 88th |
| Sociology and Political Science | Q2 | 529/1530 | 65th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.68LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.26OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 193 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 14 | 66 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 89 |
| 2024 | 14 | 3 | 87 |
| 2023 | 11 | 5 | 74 |
| 2022 | 13 | 6 | 94 |
| 2021 | 13 | 3 | 66 |
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
- Berghahn
- ISSN
- 2572-7184
- Electronic ISSN
- 2330-1392
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Contention
Which databases index Contention?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Contention is indexed in Scopus.
Is Contention open access, and what is the APC?
Contention 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; 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: .