Journal profile · FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION
Film comment
ISSN 0015-119X · Film Society of Lincoln Center
Film comment: subscription journal; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Film comment is published by Film Society of Lincoln Center. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cinema History and Criticism, Cinema and Media Studies and Gender, Feminism, and Media, together about 66.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts and Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Founded in 1962, Film Comment is an independent nonprofit magazine publishing in-depth interviews and critical analysis of cinema from around the world.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities33.3%
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance22.2%
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences11.1%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities11.1%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities11.1%
- Semiotics and Representation StudiesArts and Humanities11.1%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Arts and Performing Arts | Q3 | 308/532 | — |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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
- Publisher
- Film Society of Lincoln Center
- ISSN
- 0015-119X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Film comment
Which databases index Film comment?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Film comment is indexed in Scopus.
Is Film comment open access, and what is the APC?
Film comment 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, 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: .