Journal profile · ART
Journal of Modern Craft
ISSN 1749-6772 · eISSN 1749-6780 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Modern Craft: CAS Zone 4 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; 34 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Modern Craft is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Crafts, Textile, and Design, Fashion and Cultural Textiles and Cultural Industries and Urban Development, together about 56% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Modern Craft is the first peer-reviewed academic journal to provide an interdisciplinary and international forum in its subject area. It addresses all forms of making that self-consciously set themselves apart from mass production—whether in the making of designed objects, artworks, buildings, or other artefacts. The journal covers craft in all its historical and contemporary manifestations, from the mid-nineteenth century, when handwork was first consciously framed in opposition to industrialization, through to the present day, when ideas once confined to the “applied arts” have come to seem vital across a huge range of cultural activities. Special emphasis is placed on studio practice, and on the transformations of indigenous forms of craft activity throughout the world. The journal also reviews and analyses the relevance of craft within new media, folk art, architecture, design, contemporary art and other fields. The Journal of Modern Craft is the main scholarly voice on the subject of craft, conceived both as an idea and as a field of practice in its own right. Funded in part by the Windgate Charitable Foundation with support from The Centre for Craft, Creativity & Design, whose mission is to advance the understanding of craft by encouraging and supporting research, scholarship and professional development. www.americanstudiocrafthistory.org. The Journal of Modern Craft gratefully welcomes this and all other support that it receives.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ART
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 2, United States 1, New Zealand 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Crafts, Textile, and DesignArts and Humanities26.5%
- Fashion and Cultural TextilesArts and Humanities17.2%
- Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentSocial Sciences12.4%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities8.4%
- Art, Technology, and CultureArts and Humanities4.5%
- Geographies of human-animal interactionsSocial Sciences3.4%
- Contemporary Sociological Theory and PracticeSocial Sciences2.9%
- Decolonial Thought and EpistemologiesSocial Sciences2.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Art | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Art | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Art | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview 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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.11Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.06OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 18.18%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 11LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 29,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 650 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | 10 | 0 |
| 2024 | 34 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 24 | 5 | 7 |
| 2022 | 36 | 7 | 37 |
| 2021 | 38 | 3 | 57 |
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
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
- exhibitionO.M. Comstock Exhibition | Published online: 8 Aug 2026Length not stated
- research articleResearch Article | Published online: 7 May 2026Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
The Journal of Modern Craft 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…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Rigorous peer review for every open access article Model summary
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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
- 1749-6772
- Electronic ISSN
- 1749-6780
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 18, Issue 3 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Modern Craft
What CAS zone is Journal of Modern Craft in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Modern Craft is in Zone 4 of Arts, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Art. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Modern Craft?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.2 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.2, h-index 16.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Modern Craft based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (2), United States (1) and New Zealand (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Modern Craft?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Modern Craft is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Modern Craft open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Modern Craft is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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: .