Journal profile · Business, Management and Accounting-Marketing
Fashion and Textiles
ISSN 2198-0802 · Springer Singapore · SOUTH KOREA · Founded 2014
Fashion and Textiles: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.62; fully open access; APC about USD 1,970; median 182 days to acceptance (79 articles, last 24 months); 42 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Fashion and Textiles is published by Springer Singapore 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 Textile materials and evaluations, Fashion and Cultural Textiles and Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification, together about 33.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Marketing. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Fashion and Textiles aims to advance knowledge and to seek new perspectives in the fashion and textiles industry worldwide. Great visibility with open access. Official Journal of The Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles Covers diverse research divisions including textile science, clothing science, fashion business, and fashion design. Editor-in-Chief Kyu-Hye Lee View all editors
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Business, Management and Accounting-Marketing
Editor-in-chief Kyu-Hye LeePublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named South Korea 30, United States 11, Japan 2, Germany 2, Sweden 2 (54 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Textile materials and evaluationsMaterials Science11.8%
- Fashion and Cultural TextilesArts and Humanities11.6%
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting10.4%
- Dyeing and Modifying Textile FibersEngineering7.2%
- Consumer Retail Behavior StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsEngineering4.9%
- Color perception and designPsychology4.8%
- Consumer Perception and Purchasing BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting4.7%
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 | Materials Science, Textiles | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Textiles | Zone 1 |
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 | Materials Science, Textiles | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
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
- 3.62LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 50OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 239OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.68OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 40LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 967,200Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 483 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34 | 34 | 20 |
| 2025 | 42 | 42 | 158 |
| 2024 | 42 | 42 | 492 |
| 2023 | 44 | 44 | 709 |
| 2022 | 46 | 46 | 774 |
| 2021 | 45 | 45 | 1,246 |
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
182 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 124 days – 305 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (79 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 209 days
- Sample
- 79 articles with submission and acceptance dates (86 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 17 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 1,630 / USD 1,970 / GBP 1,350 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,880 / EUR 1,560 / GBP 1,290 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,240 / USD 1,790 / EUR 1,490 | Yes | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteExcerpts 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
- Springer Singapore
- Country or region
- SOUTH KOREA
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2014
- ISSN
- 2198-0802
- Society / sponsor
- Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Fashion and Textiles
What CAS zone is Fashion and Textiles in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Fashion and Textiles is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Materials Science, Textiles. 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 Fashion and Textiles?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.62; CiteScore 6.8, h-index 50.
How long does peer review take at Fashion and Textiles?
Based on the dates recorded on 79 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 182 days (interquartile range 124–305 days); authors report an average review time of about 13 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Fashion and Textiles based?
Of the 54 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are South Korea (30), United States (11) and Japan (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Fashion and Textiles?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Fashion and Textiles is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Fashion and Textiles open access, and what is the APC?
Fashion and Textiles is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,970.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .