European Journal of Cultural Studies

The European Journal of Cultural Studies is a major international, peer-reviewed academic journal originally founded in Europe by Pertti Alasuutari, Ann Gray and Joke Hermes.[1] It adopts a broad-ranging view of cultural studies, charting new questions and new research, and mapping the transformations of cultural studies. The journal publishes well theorized empirically grounded work from a variety of locations and disciplinary backgrounds. It engages in critical discussions on power relations concerning gender, class, sexual preference, ethnicity and other macro or micro sites of political struggle. It also includes a ‘Cultural Commons’ section publishing short-form articles including interviews and ‘rapid response' pieces.[2]

European Journal of Cultural Studies
DisciplineCultural studies
LanguageEnglish
Edited byYiu Fai Chow, Jilly Kay, Jo Littler, Anamik Saha
Publication details
History1998-present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
2.4 (2022)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Eur. J. Cult. Stud.
Indexing
ISSN1367-5494 (print)
1460-3551 (web)
OCLC no.38868540
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The journal's current editors-in-chief are Yiu Fai Chow (Hong Kong Baptist University), Jilly Kay (Loughborough University), Jo Littler (Goldsmiths, University of London), Anamik Saha (University of Leeds).[3] It was established in 1998 and is published by SAGE Publications.[4]

Abstracting and indexing

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The European Journal of Cultural Studies is abstracted and indexed in Scopus with a CiteScore of 5.500 and is ranked 25 out of 1304 cultural studies journals. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2022 impact factor is 2.4, ranking it 5th out of 44 journals in the category cultural studies.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Alasuutari, Pertti; Gray, Ann; Hermes, Joke (1998). "Editorial". European Journal of Cultural Studies. 1 (1): 5–11. doi:10.1177/136754949800100101. ISSN 1367-5494.
  2. ^ Kay, Jilly Boyce; Wood, Helen (2020). "Culture and commoning in a time of coronavirus: Introduction to a Cultural Commons special section on COVID-19". European Journal of Cultural Studies. 23 (4): 630–634. doi:10.1177/1367549420928360. ISSN 1367-5494.
  3. ^ "Editorial Board: European Journal of Cultural Studies". SAGE Journals. Archived from the original on 18 December 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  4. ^ Hermes, Joke; Kooijman, Jaap; Littler, Jo; Wood, Helen (2017). "On the move: Twentieth anniversary editorial of the European Journal of Cultural Studies". European Journal of Cultural Studies. 20 (6): 595–605. doi:10.1177/1367549417733006. ISSN 1367-5494.
  5. ^ "European Journal of Cultural Studies: Journal overview and metrics". Sage Journals. Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 20 November 2024.

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