Journal profile
Mobile Culture Studies The Journal
ISSN 2413-9181 · Karl Franzens-Universität Graz · Austria
Mobile Culture Studies The Journal: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports).
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Mobile Culture Studies The Journal is published by Karl Franzens-Universität Graz. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Migration and Exile Studies, Diaspora, migration, transnational identity and Travel Writing and Literature, together about 42.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
›mcsj› welcomes contributions from new and established researchers, scholars and practitioners in English and other languages. It highlights: mobilities of people, things, ideas, information and finances cultural and social phenomena of mobilities and their counterparts historical evidence of people’s mobile practices and changing concepts of mobility representations of mobility in oral and visual culture Besides scientific articles, related to the key subject, ›mcsj› publishes book reviews and miscellaneous, comprising short stories, atmospheric and thought-provoking textual impulses, as well as drawings, photographs, video and audio clips. Mobile Culture Studies Mobile Culture Studies (MCS), a non profit association founded in 2006 in Basel (Switzerland), aimed to collect, discuss and redistribute inspiring mobility themes in an interdisciplinary context. Its members departed from cultural analysis, offering competence in both qualitative and quantitative research, covering all fields that exhibit mobility phenomena, in practise as well as in academia. The website maintained by MCS until 2014 collected a number of reviewed articles and texts that will be integrated in the ›mcsj› archive. What is mobile culture? Perhaps you will spontaneously have read ‘mobile cultures’ instead of the present ‘mobile culture’. However, MCS and now ›mcsj› is not primarily about the comparative study of cultures of mobility, but culture as an inherent movement. Mobile culture contains a theory of kinesis and stasis, thus as much ‘moving’ and ‘staying’ as ‘motility’ or the ‘incapacity to move’ in physical and symbolical spaces. Then, two meanings emerge: on the one hand mobile cultures, the fact that in late Modernity our lifeworlds are increasingly mobile; on the other hand mobile culture, culture as a dynamic principle, as generator of spatial and mental movement. In late Modernity people, commodities, ideas, knowledge and practises are involved in movements around the globe. This ever increasing mobility asks for the reformulation of scientific descriptive terms and theoretical concepts. Mobility is basically the result of motility, interest and movement, though not only movement in space or space in movement, but also space created by movement and perceived in movement. It is a liminal third space, and thus the space of possibilities. Mobility as a cultural principle points to facts and phenomena that transgress everyday understanding of transport and movement in terms o
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Migration and Exile StudiesSocial Sciences18.4%
- Diaspora, migration, transnational identitySocial Sciences13.2%
- Travel Writing and LiteratureArts and Humanities10.5%
- Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationSocial Sciences6.6%
- Music History and CultureArts and Humanities5.3%
- German Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities5.3%
- Legal and cultural studies analysisSocial Sciences4%
- Media and Digital CommunicationComputer Science4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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 | |
| 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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 170 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- Conflicts of interest
Authors are asked not to submit their work to other journals at the same time. Model summary
›mcsj› relies on the generosity of scholars who contribute their time to review articles, so we ask that authors do not submit their work to other journals at the same time.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Authors agree to include their own illustrations into the CC BY by the author agreement. Third party rights for illustrations and other non-textual digital elements have to be satisfied by the submitting author. Model summary
Authors agree to include their own illustrations into the CC BY by the author agreement. Third party rights for illustrations and other non-textual digital elements have to be satisfied by the submitting author.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Authors agree to the editors' open access policies when submitting work to ›mcsj›. Model summary
In submitting work to ›mcsj›, authors agree to the editors' open access policies.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review H. Review Process
All articles will be blind-refereed except when invited. Model summary
Contributions, submitted to be published within the sections miscellaneous and book-reviews, undergo a first review by the appropriate editors, guest editor and review editor. If a contribution is submitted to be published in the thematic section, the guest editor of the respective issue is responsible for organising the subsequent review process. He/she decides if a contribution will be accepted …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Articles for submission must be previously unpublished. Model summary
Articles for submission must be previously unpublished.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
The author may post any version to any repository or website. Model summary
Author Posting Rights: The author may post any version to any repository or website
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
- Karl Franzens-Universität Graz
- Country or region
- Austria
- Language
- English, German, French
- ISSN
- 2413-9181
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Mobile Culture Studies The Journal
How long does peer review take at Mobile Culture Studies The Journal?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 Mobile Culture Studies The Journal?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 170 words; Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. 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 Mobile Culture Studies The Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Mobile Culture Studies The Journal is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Mobile Culture Studies The Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Mobile Culture Studies The Journal 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .