Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema
ISSN 1756-4905 · eISSN 1756-4913 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema: subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 149 days to acceptance (16 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 25% (journal website); 8 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema is published by Taylor & Francis. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cinema History and Criticism, Cinema and Media Studies and Japanese History and Culture, together about 68.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema is a fully refereed forum for the dissemination of scholarly work devoted to the cinemas of Japan and Korea and the interactions and relations between them. The increasingly transnational status of Japanese and Korean cinema underlines the need to deepen our understanding of this ever more globalized film-making region. Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema is a peer-reviewed journal. The peer review process is double anonymized. Detailed Instructions for Authors can be found here.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities31.2%
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance18.9%
- Japanese History and CultureSocial Sciences18.5%
- Asian Culture and Media StudiesSocial Sciences7.9%
- Ethics, Aesthetics, and ArtArts and Humanities5.7%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities2.9%
- South Asian Cinema and CultureArts and Humanities2.2%
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences1.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Arts and Performing Arts | Q1 | 74/697 | 89th |
| Communication | Q3 | 308/541 | 43rd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
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
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Film & Television Literature Index, MLA International BibliographyPublisher 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.14Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.72Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.14OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 32,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 241 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 7 | 51 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 79 |
| 2024 | 17 | 3 | 79 |
| 2023 | 10 | 1 | 73 |
| 2022 | 16 | 2 | 70 |
| 2021 | 16 | 2 | 43 |
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
149 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 120 days – 260 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (16 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 162 days
- Sample
- 16 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)
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 129 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 Open access
Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema 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 disco…
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
- 1756-4905
- Electronic ISSN
- 1756-4913
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 18, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema
How long does peer review take at Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema?
Based on the dates recorded on 16 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 149 days (interquartile range 120–260 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 25%. 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.
Which databases index Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema is indexed in Scopus.
Is Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema is a subscription journal. 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .