Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Costume-The Journal of the Costume Society
ISSN 0590-8876 · eISSN 1749-6306 · Edinburgh University Press
Costume-The Journal of the Costume Society: CAS Zone 3 · History (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; 39 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2016 (Volume 50, Issue 2): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Costume-The Journal of the Costume Society is published by Edinburgh University Press and is in Zone 3 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Fashion and Cultural Textiles, Crafts, Textile, and Design and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 50.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Museology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Published by Edinburgh University Press from 2017. Costume is a scholarly, refereed publication presenting current research into historic and contemporary dress. The journal publishes articles from a broad chronological period and with a worldwide remit; it maintains a balance between practice and theory and concentrates on the social significance of dress. The journal also includes reviews and listings of new books, journal articles and exhibitions. The editorial team’s complementary expertise and experience as curators, writers and lecturers ensure a wide network of contacts throughout the diverse world of dress and textile studies. Articles are welcomed from both established researchers and those new to the field. Papers published in Costume are sent out for peer review to ensure that they are of a high standard and make an original contribution to dress studies. Sorry, there are currently no metrics available for this journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fashion and Cultural TextilesArts and Humanities33.4%
- Crafts, Textile, and DesignArts and Humanities8.8%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.9%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering7.7%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities5.6%
- Historical Art and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities5.2%
- Historical Gender and Feminism StudiesSocial Sciences4.3%
- Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Art Index, Bibliography of the History of Art, British Humanities Index, Current Abstracts, Genamics JournalSeek, Humanities International Complete, International Bibliography of Periodicals Literature (IBZ), Modern Language Association Bibliography, Norwegian Register of Scientific Journals and Publishers, Periodicals Index Online, Royal Historical Society Bibliography, TOC Premier
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 55OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.01OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 14.81%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 10LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,411 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 39 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 38 | 11 | 0 |
| 2023 | 41 | 1 | 7 |
| 2022 | 27 | 4 | 20 |
| 2021 | 36 | 2 | 10 |
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
Overview Open journals Open Select Dove Medical Press F1000Research
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review Model summary
Papers published in Costume are sent out for peer review to ensure that they are of a high standard and make an original contribution to dress studies.
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
- Edinburgh University Press
- ISSN
- 0590-8876
- Electronic ISSN
- 1749-6306
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 50, Issue 2 (2016)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Costume-The Journal of the Costume Society
What CAS zone is Costume-The Journal of the Costume Society in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Costume-The Journal of the Costume Society is in Zone 3 of History, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Costume-The Journal of the Costume Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Costume-The Journal of the Costume Society is indexed in AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Costume-The Journal of the Costume Society open access, and what is the APC?
Costume-The Journal of the Costume Society is a hybrid 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: .