Journal profile · ART
Photography and Culture
ISSN 1751-4517 · eISSN 1751-4525 · Taylor & Francis
Photography and Culture: CAS Zone 4 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 133 days to acceptance (46 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 36% (journal website); 31 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Photography and Culture 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 Photography and Visual Culture, Visual Culture and Art Theory and Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration, together about 47.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Photography & Culture is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal aimed at advancing the study of photography through direct considerations of its reciprocal relationship with culturally defined environments, conventions, heritage and politics. The journal embraces the prevalence of changing definitions for both “photography” and “culture”, encouraging the development of knowledge about the dynamic nature of their correspondence with one another across geographies and temporalities. As such, the journal takes interest in photography’s employment and cultural work within local and global contexts—from the early nineteenth century to the present day, and in connection with any analogue or digital artistic, professional, amateur and vernacular photographic practices. Since its establishment in 2008, the journal has provided a platform for the empirical, theoretical and visual work of recognised and emerging researchers alike. It has published full-length scholarly articles alongside shorter discursive critiques, reviews, and photographic portfolios. The journal has equally demonstrated its continued commitment to promoting internationally diverse research of multi- and inter-disciplinary character. It has actively sought individual submissions and proposals for special issues from a boundless range of academic fields, including anthropology, art history, cultural history, material culture, media studies, sociology, visual culture, visual politics, and many others. This vibrant and inclusive approach to the study of photography has rapidly turned Photography & Culture into a key resource for scholars, practitioners, archivists, curators, and students of all academic levels concerned with photographic history, theory, and practice.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ART
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Photography and Visual CultureArts and Humanities29.3%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities12.1%
- Memory, Trauma, and CommemorationPsychology5.7%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities4.4%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.1%
- Qualitative Research Methods and EthicsSocial Sciences4%
- Mental Health and Patient InvolvementHealth Professions3.9%
- Italian Fascism and Post-war SocietySocial Sciences3.8%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Art | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 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
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
- 0.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.14Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.39Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.38OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 11.11%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 19LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 43,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 598 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 7 | 0 |
| 2025 | 31 | 8 | 20 |
| 2024 | 27 | 9 | 9 |
| 2023 | 33 | 10 | 2 |
| 2022 | 28 | 12 | 42 |
| 2021 | 30 | 11 | 47 |
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
133 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 75 days – 191 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 31 days (46 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 174 days
- Sample
- 46 articles with submission and acceptance dates (54 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)
- 36%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 37 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 94 daysPublisher 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
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 accepted3
- noteNote | Published online: 28 Aug 2026Length not stated
- pictorial workPictorial Work | Published online: 27 Aug 2026Length not stated
- research articleResearch Article | Published online: 9 Sep 2026Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal; part of Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program. Model summary
Photography and Culture 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…
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
- 1751-4517
- Electronic ISSN
- 1751-4525
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 19, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Photography and Culture
What CAS zone is Photography and Culture in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Photography and Culture 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 Photography and Culture?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.3, h-index 19.
How long does peer review take at Photography and Culture?
Based on the dates recorded on 46 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 133 days (interquartile range 75–191 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 36%. 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 Photography and Culture?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Photography and Culture is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Photography and Culture open access, and what is the APC?
Photography and Culture is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: 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: .