Cultural Studies: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Theory Culture & Society	16
2	Games and Culture	14
3	Cultural Studies of Science Education	13
-	Journal of Cultural Economy	13
-	Memory Studies	13
-	European Journal of Cultural Studies	13
7	International Journal of Cultural Policy	11
8	International Journal of Cultural Studies	10
-	Science As Culture	10
-	Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies	10
-	Cultural Studies-Critical Methodologies	10
-	Cultural Trends	10
-	Journal of Consumer Culture	10
-	South Atlantic Quarterly	10
15	Space and Culture	9
-	Identities-Global Studies in Culture and Power	9
17	Postcolonial Studies	8
-	Asian Studies Review	8
19	Cultural Studies	7
-	Public Culture	7
-	Celebrity Studies	7
-	Critical Inquiry	7
-	Journal of African Media Studies	7
24	Communication and Critical-Cultural Studies	6
-	Critical Arts-South-North Cultural and Media Studies	6
-	Interventions-International Journal of Postcolonial Studies	6
27	European Journal of English Studies	5
-	Inter-Asia Cultural Studies	5
-	Journal of African Cultural Studies	5
-	Journal of Material Culture	5
31	Boundary 2-An International Journal of Literature and Culture	4
-	Journal of Australian Studies	4
-	French Cultural Studies	4
-	Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies	4
-	Journal of Visual Culture	4
-	Representations	4
37	Differences-A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies	3
-	Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies	3
-	Journal of Popular Culture	3
40	Parallax	2
-	Postmedieval-A Journal of Medieval Cultural Studies	2