Journal profile · ARCHITECTURE
Home Cultures
ISSN 1740-6315 · eISSN 1751-7427 · Taylor & Francis
Home Cultures: CAS Zone 2 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.7 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 362 days to acceptance (20 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 20% (journal website); 14 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Home Cultures is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 2 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Architecture, Design, and Social History, Urban Planning and Governance and Cultural Industries and Urban Development, together about 22.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Urban Studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Home Cultures is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the critical understanding of the domestic sphere, its artifacts, spaces and relations, across timeframes and cultures. 'Home' is a highly fluid and contested site of human existence that reflects and reifies identities and values. In this context Home Cultures explores the relationship between body and building, consumption, material culture, the meaning of home, moving cultures and social consequences of planning and architecture. 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 double anonmously peer reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ARCHITECTURE
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 3 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Architecture, Design, and Social HistoryArts and Humanities8.5%
- Urban Planning and GovernanceSocial Sciences7.4%
- Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentSocial Sciences6.9%
- Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.7%
- Urbanization and City PlanningSocial Sciences6.7%
- Geographies of human-animal interactionsSocial Sciences5.6%
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism StudiesSocial Sciences4.7%
- Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal ChangesArts and Humanities4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Architecture | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Architecture | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Architecture | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 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
Current ContentsPublisher website
Other: Abstracts in Anthropology, AIO - Anthropological Index Online, ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM), British Humanities Index, DAAI - Design and Applied Arts Index, IBSS - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, MLA International Bibliography, Sociological Abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
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 (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.25Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.79LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.79Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 107OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.4OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 30.56%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 12LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 31,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 365 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 14 | 6 | 4 |
| 2024 | 10 | 4 | 8 |
| 2023 | 21 | 6 | 20 |
| 2022 | 12 | 3 | 35 |
| 2021 | 15 | 6 | 59 |
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
362 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 284 days – 522 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 23 days (20 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 385 days
- Sample
- 20 articles with submission and acceptance dates (18 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 20%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 121 daysPublisher website ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted2, with length limits
- original research articleextended abstracts of 500 words for 4-5 original research articles, and expected length of articles (Total words for special issue should be around 40,000 words…main text ≤ 40,000 words
- original research articlesDetails of titles, authors and extended abstracts of 500 words for 4-5 original research articles, and expected length of articles (Total words for special issu…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Home Cultures is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readershi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymous peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees after editor suitability assessment. Model summary
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 double anonmously peer reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1740-6315
- Electronic ISSN
- 1751-7427
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 22, Issue 3 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Home Cultures
What CAS zone is Home Cultures in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Home Cultures is in Zone 2 of Arts, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Architecture. 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.
What is the impact factor of Home Cultures?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.7 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.3, h-index 29.
How long does peer review take at Home Cultures?
Based on the dates recorded on 20 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 362 days (interquartile range 284–522 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 20%. 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 Home Cultures based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Home Cultures?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Home Cultures is indexed in AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Home Cultures open access, and what is the APC?
Home Cultures is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .