Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Discourse-Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture
ISSN 1522-5321 · eISSN 1536-1810
Discourse-Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture: CAS Zone 4 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 9 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Discourse-Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture is in Zone 4 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cinema and Media Studies, Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism and Art, Politics, and Modernism, together about 37.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance23.6%
- Philosophy, Ethics, and ExistentialismArts and Humanities7.8%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities5.7%
- Latin American Literature StudiesSocial Sciences4.3%
- Latin American and Latino StudiesSocial Sciences3.9%
- Walter Benjamin Studies CompilationArts and Humanities3.9%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities3.7%
- Photography and Visual CultureArts and Humanities3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
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
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.13OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 6LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 595 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 22 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 20 | 2 | 12 |
| 2022 | 29 | 0 | 24 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1 | 42 |
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
- ISSN
- 1522-5321
- Electronic ISSN
- 1536-1810
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Discourse-Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture
What CAS zone is Discourse-Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Discourse-Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture is in Zone 4 of Arts, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Is Discourse-Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture open access, and what is the APC?
Discourse-Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .