Journal profile · MANAGEMENT
Culture and Organization
ISSN 1475-9551 · eISSN 1477-2760 · Taylor & Francis
Culture and Organization: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.35; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 422 days to acceptance (85 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 9% (journal website); 43 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Culture and Organization 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 Management and Organizational Studies, Gender Diversity and Inequality and Management Theory and Practice, together about 46.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Culture and Organization was founded in 1995 as Studies in Cultures, Organizations and Societies . It represents the intersection of academic disciplines that have developed distinct qualitative, empirical and theoretical vocabularies to research organization, culture and related social phenomena. Culture and Organization features refereed articles that offer innovative insights and provoke discussion. It particularly offers papers which employ ethnographic, critical and interpretive approaches, as practised in such disciplines as organizational, communication, media and cultural studies, which go beyond description and use data to advance theoretical reflection. The Journal also presents papers which advance our conceptual understanding of organizational phenomena. Theoretically, Culture and Organization bridges the arts and humanities and the social sciences, and welcomes papers which draw on the disciplinary practices and discourses of philosophy, the performing arts, literary and art criticism and historical analysis, for example, and applies them to the organizational and relevant social arenas. Peer Review Policy All articles appearing in this Journal have undergone editorial screening and double-anonymized peer review.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MANAGEMENT
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 3, Australia 1, Switzerland 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting34.4%
- Gender Diversity and InequalitySocial Sciences6.3%
- Management Theory and PracticeBusiness, Management and Accounting5.8%
- Emotional Labor in ProfessionsSocial Sciences5.3%
- Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentSocial Sciences3.6%
- Social and Cultural DynamicsSocial Sciences3.1%
- Work-Family Balance ChallengesSocial Sciences2.9%
- Labor Movements and UnionsSocial Sciences2.7%
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 | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | 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 | Management | 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
EBSCO, OCLC, IBSS, Sociological Abstracts, Swets Information Services, Thomson GalePublisher website
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
- 1.35LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.58LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.58Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 313OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.37OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 35.04%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 123,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 775 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 53 | 32 | 12 |
| 2025 | 43 | 21 | 49 |
| 2024 | 41 | 23 | 127 |
| 2023 | 50 | 30 | 288 |
| 2022 | 29 | 22 | 196 |
| 2021 | 25 | 14 | 220 |
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
422 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 307 days – 500 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (85 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 431 days
- Sample
- 85 articles with submission and acceptance dates (106 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)
- 9%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 120 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 16 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
Culture and Organization 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 discoverability an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All articles undergo editorial screening and double-anonymized peer review. Model summary
All articles appearing in this Journal have undergone editorial screening and double-anonymized peer review.
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
- 1475-9551
- Electronic ISSN
- 1477-2760
- Society / sponsor
- Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 32, Issue 5 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Culture and Organization
What CAS zone is Culture and Organization in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Culture and Organization is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Management. 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 Culture and Organization?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.35; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 45.
How long does peer review take at Culture and Organization?
Based on the dates recorded on 85 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 422 days (interquartile range 307–500 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 9%. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Culture and Organization based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (3), Australia (1) and Switzerland (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Culture and Organization?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Culture and Organization is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Culture and Organization open access, and what is the APC?
Culture and Organization 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: .