Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Luxury-History Culture Consumption
ISSN 2051-1817 · eISSN 2051-1825
Luxury-History Culture Consumption: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.9 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; 3 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Luxury-History Culture Consumption 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 Fashion and Cultural Textiles, Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification and Historical Art and Culture Studies, together about 36.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Luxury: History, Culture, Consumption is the first truly interdisciplinary, academic journal devoted to luxury, and satisfies the demand for scholarly, unbiased and penetrating thinking on the subject. The journal considers luxury in broad socio-cultural contexts, exploring and interrogating both our historical and contemporary understanding of the term. Within the context of the contemporary global economic recession, our consumption of luxury is being questioned and indeed transformed, with notions of ‘affordable luxury’, ‘sustainable luxury’ and even ‘luxury for less’ suggesting a new discourse. At the same time, the demand for luxury goods and services on a global scale is at an unprecedented level. Luxury examines all aspects of the subject: its historical formation and understanding, its contemporary global political and economic function, alongside an exploration of how the concept of luxury remains an impetus for design, popular culture, literature and fine art. The journal publishes peer-reviewed papers from leading academics and commentators from a variety of disciplines providing an account of luxury that includes the historical, international, political and economic, alongside those directly concerned with the contemporary luxury industry. Each issue will demonstrate the breadth and interpretation of the term that its contemporary status demands and the contestation of luxury in the form of socio-political critique will generate challenging academic debate, establishing the journal as the leading forum for those interested in the field.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Editor-in-chief Thomaï SerdariPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 3, United States 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fashion and Cultural TextilesArts and Humanities15.3%
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting14.1%
- Historical Art and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities7.2%
- Art History and Market AnalysisArts and Humanities6.8%
- Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentSocial Sciences6.4%
- Geographies of human-animal interactionsSocial Sciences6%
- Contemporary Sociological Theory and PracticeSocial Sciences5.2%
- Decolonial Thought and EpistemologiesSocial Sciences4.4%
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 | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | 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
ESCILetPub
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
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.71OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 25%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 6LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 31,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 156 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9 | 18 |
| 2022 | 10 | 7 | 16 |
| 2021 | 22 | 8 | 27 |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Open Select: choose to publish open access Model summary
Luxury 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 and readership of yo…
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
- ISSN
- 2051-1817
- Electronic ISSN
- 2051-1825
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 12, Issue 1-3 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Luxury-History Culture Consumption
What CAS zone is Luxury-History Culture Consumption in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Luxury-History Culture Consumption is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Luxury-History Culture Consumption?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 10.
Where are the editorial board members of Luxury-History Culture Consumption 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 (3) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Luxury-History Culture Consumption?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Luxury-History Culture Consumption is indexed in ESCI.
Is Luxury-History Culture Consumption open access, and what is the APC?
Luxury-History Culture Consumption 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .