Journal profile · FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION
Short Film Studies
ISSN 2042-7824 · eISSN 2042-7832 · Intellect Publishers
Short Film Studies: CAS Zone 4 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 27 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Short Film Studies is published by Intellect Publishers 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 Cinema and Media Studies, Narrative Theory and Analysis and Italian Fascism and Post-war Society, together about 37.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance24.9%
- Narrative Theory and AnalysisArts and Humanities7.4%
- Italian Fascism and Post-war SocietySocial Sciences5.4%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities5.4%
- Memory, Trauma, and CommemorationPsychology4.6%
- Posthumanist Ethics and ActivismSocial Sciences4.2%
- South Asian Cinema and CultureArts and Humanities3.9%
- Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities3.8%
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 | Film, Radio, Television | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Film, Radio, Television | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.05OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 50%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 631 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 18 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1 | 8 |
| 2022 | 26 | 0 | 26 |
| 2021 | 17 | 2 | 26 |
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Intellect Publishers
- ISSN
- 2042-7824
- Electronic ISSN
- 2042-7832
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Short Film Studies
What CAS zone is Short Film Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Short Film Studies is in Zone 4 of Arts, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Film, Radio, Television. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Short Film Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Short Film Studies is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Short Film Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Short Film Studies is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .