Academic Journal

Cultural Studies

United KingdomAnthropology (Q1); Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (Q1); Cultural Studies (Q1); Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q2)ISSN-matched source record

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Q1Ranking

—Impact Factor (year unverified)

70H-index (SCImago 2025)

0.523SJR (2025)

1987-1996, 1998-2001, 2003-2026Coverage

About Cultural Studies

Cultural Studies is a scholarly journal published by Taylor and Francis Ltd.. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 0.523 and H-index of 70.

Coverage: 1987-1996, 1998-2001, 2003-2026. Research categories: Anthropology (Q1); Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (Q1); Cultural Studies (Q1); Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q2).

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ISSN(s)0950-2386, 1466-4348

ISSN-L0950-2386

Source typeJournal

Publisher / hosting organisationRoutledge

Publisher country codeGB

Fully open access (OpenAlex)Not marked as fully open access; hybrid options may exist

DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Not listed in OpenAlex metadata; this is not a direct DOAJ check

Works recorded in OpenAlex2,075

Citations recorded in OpenAlex55,948

OpenAlex H-index95

Years represented in OpenAlex1987–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Music History and Culture; Cultural Industries and Urban Development; Gender, Feminism, and Media; Social and Cultural Dynamics; Anthropological Studies and Insights; Human auditory perception and evaluation.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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