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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Games and Culture	16
2	European Journal of Cultural Studies	15
3	International Journal of Cultural Studies	14
4	International Journal of Cultural Policy	13
5	Cultural Studies of Science Education	12
-	Journal of Cultural Economy	12
7	Memory Studies	11
-	Theory Culture & Society	11
9	Science As Culture	10
-	Journal of Consumer Culture	10
11	Asian Studies Review	9
-	Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies	9
-	Cultural Studies-Critical Methodologies	9
-	Cultural Trends	9
-	Identities-Global Studies in Culture and Power	9
16	Space and Culture	8
-	Critical Inquiry	8
-	South Atlantic Quarterly	8
19	Communication and Critical-Cultural Studies	7
-	Critical Arts-South-North Cultural and Media Studies	7
-	Inter-Asia Cultural Studies	7
-	Postcolonial Studies	7
-	Celebrity Studies	7
24	Cultural Studies	6
-	Interventions-International Journal of Postcolonial Studies	6
-	Journal of African Media Studies	6
27	Differences-A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies	5
-	Journal of African Cultural Studies	5
-	Journal of Material Culture	5
-	French Cultural Studies	5
-	Journal of Visual Culture	5
-	Parallax	5
33	Boundary 2-An International Journal of Literature and Culture	4
-	European Journal of English Studies	4
-	Journal of Australian Studies	4
-	Public Culture	4
-	Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies	4
-	Representations	4
39	Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies	3
-	Journal of Popular Culture	3
-	Postmedieval-A Journal of Medieval Cultural Studies	3