Journal profile
Culture and Local Governance
ISSN 1911-7469 · University of Ottawa · Canada
Culture and Local Governance: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 52 weeks (community reports); 6 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Culture and Local Governance is published by University of Ottawa. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cultural Industries and Urban Development, Arts, Culture, and Music Studies and Urban Development and Cultural Heritage, together about 50.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Urban Studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Culture and Local Governance (CLG) is a peer-reviewed online journal. CLG offers a space for dialogue across disciplinary boundaries, between established and emerging scholars, and between academics and practitioners. In order to enhance the social impact of work published in its pages, CLG emphasizes research diffusion and communication. In keeping with this philosophy, CLG is an open access journal. The journal aims at publishing original work, both theoretical and empirical, on the relation between culture and local governance. This is broadly defined to include the following: Cultural policies and managementCLG encourages submissions related to the administration of municipal leisure and culture services as well as local and regional cultural policies. Papers addressing the various policy and managerial aspects of local cultural administration are welcomed. Heritage administration and preservationIntegral to the contemporary challenges of urban development and renewal, heritage preservation and administration requires the intervention of many stakeholders. As it is an important aspect of urban and regional cultural governance, we encourage submissions that illustrate the different faces of heritage preservation. Culture and urban spaceArticles may also address the uses of urban space. In this sense, the journal is interested in publishing papers that explore the interplay between culture and the production and consumption of space in an urban context. Ethnic groups and local governanceThe journal likewise welcomes contributions that explore the connections between ethno-cultural groups, social identity, power relations and local governance. In particular, we welcome contributions that investigate how different groups contest and appropriate urban and regional spaces. CLG is keenly interested in promoting the exploration of the multifaceted nature of culture and its relation to local governance. We therefore especially encourage contributions that explore linkages between the themes outlined above. CLG is a bilingual journal and invites contributions both in English and in French.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Christopher GunterPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Canada 1, Sweden 1, Portugal 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentSocial Sciences24.6%
- Arts, Culture, and Music StudiesSocial Sciences13.6%
- Urban Development and Cultural HeritageSocial Sciences12.1%
- Cultural Heritage Management and PreservationArts and Humanities6.5%
- French Urban and Social StudiesSocial Sciences5%
- Urban Planning and GovernanceSocial Sciences4%
- Local Governance and PlanningSocial Sciences4%
- Museums and Cultural HeritageArts and Humanities3%
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
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.14OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 98 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | 28 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 23 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | 26 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 41 |
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 52 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 52 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 | |
| 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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Culture and Local Governance (CLG) is a diamond open access journal, which implies that the authors of articles are not required to pay any open access fees. We strictly adhere to the principle of providing immediate open access to our content, as we believe that free access to research for the public significantly aids in the global exchange of knowledge. Unless stated otherwise, all works are li…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymous peer review; manuscripts reviewed by at least two experts. Model summary
Culture and Local Governance publishes double-anonymous peer reviewed articles. Manuscripts will be submitted to at least two experts in the field for evaluation.
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
- University of Ottawa
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- English, French
- ISSN
- 1911-7469
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10, Issue 1 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Culture and Local Governance
How long does peer review take at Culture and Local Governance?
Authors report an average review time of about 52 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 Culture and Local Governance?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words; Reference style: APA. 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 Culture and Local Governance based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Canada (1), Sweden (1) and Portugal (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Culture and Local Governance?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Culture and Local Governance is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Culture and Local Governance open access, and what is the APC?
Culture and Local Governance 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .