Journal profile · FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION
Journal of British Cinema and Television
ISSN 1743-4521 · eISSN 1755-1714 · Edinburgh University Press
Journal of British Cinema and Television: CAS Zone 2 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 49 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of British Cinema and Television is published by Edinburgh University Press 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 Cinema and Media Studies, Political and Economic history of UK and US and Cultural Industries and Urban Development, together about 48.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of British Cinema and Television is indispensable for anyone seriously interested in British cinema and television. Themed issues alternate with general issues, and each issue contains a wide range of articles that encourage debate.
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 Finance32.7%
- Political and Economic history of UK and USSocial Sciences8.7%
- Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentSocial Sciences7%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities6.7%
- European history and politicsSocial Sciences4.6%
- Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Sciences4.3%
- Irish and British StudiesSocial Sciences4.1%
- Italian Fascism and Post-war SocietySocial Sciences3.5%
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 | Film, Radio, Television | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Film, Radio, Television | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Arts Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 1 |
| Minor | FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview 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
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.34LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 49OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.07OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.9%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,186 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 11 | 0 |
| 2025 | 49 | 13 | 3 |
| 2024 | 52 | 25 | 6 |
| 2023 | 43 | 14 | 26 |
| 2022 | 42 | 7 | 61 |
| 2021 | 61 | 15 | 44 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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".
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
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 websiteOpen access
- Open access
Subscribe to Open title for 2025 Model summary
This is a Subscribe to Open title for 2025.
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
- Edinburgh University Press
- ISSN
- 1743-4521
- Electronic ISSN
- 1755-1714
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of British Cinema and Television
What CAS zone is Journal of British Cinema and Television in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of British Cinema and Television is in Zone 2 of Arts, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Film, Radio, Television. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Journal of British Cinema and Television?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of British Cinema and Television is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of British Cinema and Television open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of British Cinema and Television 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: .