Journal profile
Fashion Studies
ISSN 2371-3453 · Centre for Fashion Diversity and Social Change, Ryerson University · Canada
Fashion Studies: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); 21 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Fashion Studies is published by Centre for Fashion Diversity and Social Change, Ryerson University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Fashion and Cultural Textiles, Cultural and Historical Studies and Crafts, Textile, and Design, together about 74.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Museology and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Fashion Studies is an open-access, academic journal in fashion that celebrates multiple ways of knowing and sharing that knowledge.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fashion and Cultural TextilesArts and Humanities37.9%
- Cultural and Historical StudiesArts and Humanities26%
- Crafts, Textile, and DesignArts and Humanities10.4%
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences4.1%
- Libraries and Information ServicesArts and Humanities2%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities1.7%
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences1.5%
- Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities1.5%
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
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.16OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 134 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 8 | 11 |
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | 11 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | 32 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | 20 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | 16 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
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 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 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-NC-ND | |
| 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)
Article types accepted1
- articleWe welcome innovative work engaging with the study of fashion from all disciplines, including social sciences, humanities, and creative fields.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review
- License & copyright
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Model summary
operates under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
Acceptance is based on a rigorous, double-blind peer review process by top scholarly and creative academics.
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
- Centre for Fashion Diversity and Social Change, Ryerson University
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- English, French
- ISSN
- 2371-3453
- 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 Fashion Studies
How long does peer review take at Fashion Studies?
Authors report an average review time of about 30 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.
Which databases index Fashion Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Fashion Studies is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Fashion Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Fashion Studies 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .