Journal profile · Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
Liquid Blackness
ISSN 2692-3874 · Duke University Press · United States
Liquid Blackness: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 48 weeks (community reports); 15 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Liquid Blackness is published by Duke University Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Race, History, and American Society, Art, Politics, and Modernism and Cinema History and Criticism, together about 37.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
liquid blackness seeks to carve out a place for aesthetic theory and the most radical agenda of Black studies to come together in productive ways, with the goal of attending to the aesthetic work of blackness and the political work of form. In this way, the journal develops innovative approaches to address points of convergence between the exigencies of Black life and the many slippery ways in which blackness is encountered in contemporary sonic and visual culture. The journal showcases a variety of scholarly modes, including audio-visual work and experimental and traditional essays. It aims to explore who can do theory (scholars, artists, activists, individuals, and ensembles), how theory can be done (in image, writing, archiving, curating, social activism), and what a Black aesthetic object is (“high”/“low” art, sound and image, practice and praxis). Articles are published under a Creative Commons license (BY-NC-ND) and are open immediately upon publication. Authors are not charged any fees for publication and retain copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions in their articles. Readers may use the full text of articles as described in the license. The journal gratefully acknowledges the Open Access Community Investment Program for its support and the institutions who have contributed to it.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
Editor-in-chief Alessandra RaengoPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Race, History, and American SocietySocial Sciences16.2%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities11.9%
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities9.5%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities5.7%
- Music History and CultureArts and Humanities4.8%
- Gothic Literature and Media AnalysisSocial Sciences4.8%
- Critical Theory and Political PhilosophySocial Sciences4.8%
- Arts and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities4.8%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Studies | Q1 | 326/1434 | 77th |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 391/744 | 47th |
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
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.95LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.57OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 96 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | 123 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | 40 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | 34 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | 23 |
| 2021 | 21 | 21 | 23 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 48 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 48 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 5,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
Article types accepted3, with length limits
- articlesArticles should be 3,000–5,000 words in length.Length not stated
- commentaryoundtables, artist statements and other commentary, art reviews, and other creative “nontraditional” scholarship) should be 1,500–3,000 words in length. Questio…main text ≤ 3,000 words
- short piecesShort Pieces (interviews, roundtables, artist statements and other commentary, art reviews, and other creative “nontraditional” scholarship) should be 1,500–3,0…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
No publication fees; authors retain copyright and full publishing rights. Model summary
Authors are not charged any fees for publication and retain copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions in their articles.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Content
Articles published under Creative Commons license (BY-NC-ND), open immediately upon publication. Model summary
Learn more about our involvement in open-access initiatives.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Single-blind peer review by at least two field specialists. Model summary
All submissions, solicited and unsolicited, undergo single-blind peer review by at least two field specialists.
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
- Duke University Press
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2692-3874
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10, Issue 1 (April 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Liquid Blackness
How long does peer review take at Liquid Blackness?
Authors report an average review time of about 48 weeks. 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 are the manuscript requirements of Liquid Blackness?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 5,000 words; Reference style: Chicago. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Liquid Blackness?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Liquid Blackness is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Liquid Blackness open access, and what is the APC?
Liquid Blackness is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .