Journal profile · FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION
Film Quarterly
ISSN 0015-1386 · eISSN 1533-8630 · University of California Press
Film Quarterly: CAS Zone 3 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 69 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Film Quarterly is published by University of California Press and is in Zone 3 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, Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism and Italian Fascism and Post-war Society, together about 57.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Film Quarterly offers serious film lovers in-depth articles, reviews, and interviews that examine all aspects of film history, film theory, and the impact of film, video, and television on culture and society.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance42.4%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities10.3%
- Italian Fascism and Post-war SocietySocial Sciences5.1%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.1%
- Ethics, Aesthetics, and ArtArts and Humanities3.2%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine2.8%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering2.5%
- South Asian Cinema and CultureArts and Humanities2.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Film, Radio, Television | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Film, Radio, Television | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 53OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 416OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.18OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.61%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 8LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 10,178 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 46 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 69 | 21 | 9 |
| 2024 | 75 | 9 | 25 |
| 2023 | 76 | 3 | 64 |
| 2022 | 77 | 29 | 199 |
| 2021 | 75 | 3 | 173 |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted1
- essaysWe are glad to hear from writers who would like, on the basis of these guidelines, to submit essays, proposals, or other pieces.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship
- Authorship
Author Agreement required for accepted papers Model summary
Please note that all authors whose papers are accepted for publication are required to sign an Author Agreement.
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
- University of California Press
- ISSN
- 0015-1386
- Electronic ISSN
- 1533-8630
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Film Quarterly
What CAS zone is Film Quarterly in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Film Quarterly is in Zone 3 of Arts, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Film, Radio, Television. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Film Quarterly?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Film Quarterly is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Film Quarterly open access, and what is the APC?
Film Quarterly 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: .