Journal profile · CULTURAL STUDIES
Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies
ISSN 1531-0485 · eISSN 1553-3786
Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies 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 Renaissance Literature and Culture, Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism and Literature: history, themes, analysis, together about 43.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies is a home for new interdisciplinary scholarship on the early modern world that roots its inquiries in current theoretical and political debates. JEMCS understands the "early modern" in its broadest possible scope, and welcomes studies on political theology, philosophy, economy (labor, slavery, class), aesthetic currents, and the intellectual and cultural world of the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Since its founding in 2000, JEMCS has served as a venue for theoretical approaches that have, in recent decades, reshaped early modern scholarship: queer and feminist theory, postcolonial theory, histories of race and empire, transnational studies, histories of globalization, and cultural materialism. JEMCS reflects these stimulating possibilities by providing a common venue for scholars in such diverse fields as anthropology, art history, economics, history, literary criticism, political science, and sociology. JEMCS challenges the boundaries that separate traditional scholarly disciplines while bringing those disciplines into dialogue with each other. To submit an essay, visit JEMCS Submissions. Receive alerts when a new issue is published Visit the Project MUSE alert sign-up page for instructions about how to receive table-of-contents alerts. If you have already purchased a subscription to this journal, please login to your account to access your subscription.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): CULTURAL STUDIES
Editor-in-chief Jody BlancoPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Renaissance Literature and CultureArts and Humanities28.4%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities9.1%
- Literature: history, themes, analysisArts and Humanities6.3%
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities6%
- Early Modern Women WritersArts and Humanities4.8%
- Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityArts and Humanities4.4%
- Historical Philosophy and ScienceArts and Humanities3.9%
- Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical ThoughtArts and Humanities3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Cultural Studies | Zone 4 |
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 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
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
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 78OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 751 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 0 | 98 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 361 |
| 2024 | 15 | 0 | 234 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1 | 243 |
| 2022 | 31 | 0 | 527 |
| 2021 | 33 | 1 | 181 |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use
- AI use
Adheres to University of Pennsylvania Press' Policy on Artificial Intelligence and Publication Ethics Guidelines Model summary
JEMCS adheres to the University of Pennsylvania Press’ Policy on Artificial Intelligence and Publication Ethics Guidelines.
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
- ISSN
- 1531-0485
- Electronic ISSN
- 1553-3786
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies
What CAS zone is Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 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.
Is Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .