Journal profile · Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
Cultural Politics
ISSN 1743-2197 · eISSN 1751-7435 · Duke University Press
Cultural Politics: subscription journal; 34 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cultural Politics is published by Duke University Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Art, Politics, and Modernism, Cultural Studies and Postmodernism and Cybernetics and Technology in Society, together about 29.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (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
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities11.3%
- Cultural Studies and PostmodernismSocial Sciences10.7%
- Cybernetics and Technology in SocietyArts and Humanities7.1%
- Posthumanist Ethics and ActivismSocial Sciences5.8%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities5.7%
- Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and PoliticsPsychology5.5%
- Ecocriticism and Environmental LiteratureArts and Humanities5.1%
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities4.4%
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
Not covered by this edition.
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 | 245/1434 | 82nd |
| Sociology and Political Science | Q2 | 706/1530 | 53rd |
| Communication | Q2 | 255/541 | 52nd |
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
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
- 1.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.23LetPub ·
- h-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 114OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.43OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 635 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 1 | 394 |
| 2025 | 34 | 6 | 397 |
| 2024 | 38 | 4 | 384 |
| 2023 | 28 | 5 | 375 |
| 2022 | 35 | 7 | 440 |
| 2021 | 31 | 7 | 410 |
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
- 1743-2197
- Electronic ISSN
- 1751-7435
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cultural Politics
Which databases index Cultural Politics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cultural Politics is indexed in Scopus.
Is Cultural Politics open access, and what is the APC?
Cultural Politics 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: .