Folk Life-Journal of Ethnological Studies

Folk Life-Journal of Ethnological Studies is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Historical Studies of British Isles, Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies and Human auditory perception and evaluation, together about 30.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Folk Life: Journal of Ethnological Studies is a journal devoted to the study of all aspects of traditional ways of life in Great Britain and Ireland. The journal publishes original, high quality, peer-reviewed research in the form of unsolicited articles, solicited papers (which are usually selected from those read at the Society's annual conference) and of members' papers (which are usually short reports of work in progress). Work published in Folk Life may include, for example, papers dealing with the traditional ways of life of other countries and regions, which may be compared to or contrasted with those of Great Britain and Ireland. The journal may also include appropriate work on museology related to traditional ways of life, on cultural heritage and tourism, and on the history and development of the study of ethnology. This fascinating, interdisciplinary subject is important from a historical perspective, but it is also highly relevant to current debate on sustainability, globalisation, migrations of people and cultural identity. The journal is committed to multidisciplinary approaches, and wishes to foster international approaches and debate. It deals with all forms of both material and expressive culture, engages in current theoretical debate and provides a forum for innovative museological thinking. Folk Life aims to provide a robust selection of book reviews, which assists in the achievement of the aims of the Society for Folk Life Studies. Folk Life: Journal of Ethnological Studies is an international journal. It covers a wide range of topics and subjects, illustrating the breadth of relevance of the study of Folk Life to the understanding of past and present experience, exploring ways of life, folk art and related aesthetics, vernacular architecture, custom and belief, crafts, costume and the study of the landscape. Peer review policy Taylor & Francis is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Once your paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will then be single anonymously peer reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): FOLKLORE

Editor-in-chief Lillis Ó LaoirePublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Ireland 3, United Kingdom 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• CiteScore Q2 · 2025

Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website

Database indexing

AHCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

ERIH PLUSCurrent ContentsPublisher website

Other: Anthropological Index Online, Bibliography of the History of Art, British Humanities Index, Genamics JournalSeek, International Bibliography of the Social Science, Modern Language Association Bibliography, Norwegian Register of Scientific Journals and Publishers

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.

Impact

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

0.8Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

0.8Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

0.7LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

0.7Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

0.16LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.16Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SNIP 2026-06

0.04LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

0.04Publisher website · 2026-10-01

h-index

20OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

48OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.41OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

25%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

8.7%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

8LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

21,000Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

Peer review

Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted

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.

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

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.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

0430-8778

Electronic ISSN

1759-670X

Society / sponsor

Society for Folk Life Studies

Latest issue on the website

Volume 64, Issue 1 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Special issues ↗Publisher website