Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Transnational Screens
ISSN 2578-5273 · eISSN 2578-5265 · Taylor & Francis
Transnational Screens: CAS Zone 1 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 0.4 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 125 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 10% (journal website); 24 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Transnational Screens is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 1 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cinema and Media Studies, Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics and Asian Culture and Media Studies, together about 42% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Transnational Screens has emerged in response to a shift in global film, television and streaming and how we understand dynamic new industrial and textual practices. Transnational Screens aims to break down traditional geographical divisions and welcomes submissions on any aspect of transnational film, television, streaming culture, and screen media practices. All articles in Transnational Screens have undergone a rigorous anonymized peer review, based on anonymized refereeing by Editors and reviewers.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance25.6%
- Hong Kong and Taiwan PoliticsSocial Sciences8.3%
- Asian Culture and Media StudiesSocial Sciences8%
- South Asian Cinema and CultureArts and Humanities7.4%
- Italian Fascism and Post-war SocietySocial Sciences5.7%
- Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentSocial Sciences5.1%
- French Historical and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities3.9%
- African history and culture studiesSocial Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Film, Radio, Television | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Film, Radio, Television | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Film & Television Literature Index, MLA International BibliographyPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.17Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.4OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 23.08%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 19LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 45,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 45,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 193 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 24 | 8 | 7 |
| 2024 | 17 | 7 | 16 |
| 2023 | 28 | 11 | 33 |
| 2022 | 25 | 12 | 40 |
| 2021 | 20 | 7 | 107 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
125 daysfirst decision after review
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 125 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 125 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Transnational Screens 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 r…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All articles undergo rigorous anonymized peer review by editors and reviewers. Model summary
All articles in Transnational Screens have undergone a rigorous anonymized peer review, based on anonymized refereeing by Editors and reviewers.
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
- 2578-5273
- Electronic ISSN
- 2578-5265
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Transnational Screens
What CAS zone is Transnational Screens in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Transnational Screens is in Zone 1 of Arts, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Film, Radio, Television; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Transnational Screens?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.4 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.8, h-index 9.
How long does peer review take at Transnational Screens?
The publisher reports about 125 days (first decision after review); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10% (2025). 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 Transnational Screens?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Transnational Screens is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Transnational Screens open access, and what is the APC?
Transnational Screens 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: .