Journal profile · CULTURAL STUDIES
Journal for Cultural Research
ISSN 1479-7585 · eISSN 1740-1666 · Taylor & Francis
Journal for Cultural Research: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.6 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 110 days to acceptance (81 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 10% (journal website); 31 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal for Cultural Research is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism, Political Theology and Sovereignty and Human auditory perception and evaluation, together about 22.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal for Cultural Research is an international journal that publishes original research pieces by established and emerging authors across the North-South divide who are shaping the future of cultural philosophy and cultural policy in the 21st century. Just as the cultural has become indistinguishable from questions concerning the governable; in the academy, research has become a defining feature of the cultural. The Journal for Cultural Research aims to provide a forum for authors within and outside the academy to reflect critically on the paradox of re-searching culture and doing cultural research as a primary instrument of government underpinned by the desire not to be governed. We encourage self-reflective writing that challenges taken-for-granted formulaic social sciences’ approaches, and we would consider other forms of academic output such as audio and video essays. Authors should aim to explore the conjuncture between culture and research domains or practices in relation to which it is usually defined, including, for example, media, politics, technology, ecology, philosophy, history, economics, geography, architecture, society, art, the sciences, and the sacred. Peer Review Policy: All papers and other output in this journal have undergone editorial screening and double-anonymized peer review.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): CULTURAL STUDIES
Editor-in-chief Hager WeslatiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Philosophy, Ethics, and ExistentialismArts and Humanities9.2%
- Political Theology and SovereigntySocial Sciences7.2%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering6.4%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.2%
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.1%
- Hannah Arendt's Political PhilosophySocial Sciences4.9%
- Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and PoliticsPsychology4.4%
- Jewish and Middle Eastern StudiesSocial Sciences4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Cultural Studies | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Cultural Studies | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- 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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
OCLC, Current Abstracts, Electronic Collections Online, Humanities International Index, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, International Political Science Abstracts, Sociological AbstractsPublisher website
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
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher 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
- 1.22LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.22Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 191OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.69OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 11.93%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 28LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 90,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 909 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44 | 16 | 1 |
| 2025 | 31 | 9 | 22 |
| 2024 | 48 | 16 | 62 |
| 2023 | 32 | 5 | 70 |
| 2022 | 19 | 7 | 107 |
| 2021 | 31 | 9 | 303 |
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
110 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 80 days – 131 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 6 days (81 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 117 days
- Sample
- 81 articles with submission and acceptance dates (98 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)
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 28 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 78 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 7 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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
- research articleResearch Article | Published online: 3 Sep 2026Length not stated
- review articleReview Article | Published online: 2 Sep 2026Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Journal for Cultural Research 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 discoverabili…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All papers and other output undergo editorial screening and double-anonymized peer review. Model summary
All papers and other output in this journal have undergone editorial screening and double-anonymized peer review.
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
- 1479-7585
- Electronic ISSN
- 1740-1666
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 30, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal for Cultural Research
What CAS zone is Journal for Cultural Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal for Cultural Research is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Cultural Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal for Cultural Research?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.6 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.3, h-index 42.
How long does peer review take at Journal for Cultural Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 81 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 110 days (interquartile range 80–131 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10%. 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.
What JCR quartile is Journal for Cultural Research in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Sociology.
Which databases index Journal for Cultural Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal for Cultural Research is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal for Cultural Research open access, and what is the APC?
Journal for Cultural Research 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: .