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Black Camera is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 0.3), WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Indiana University Press.
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ISSN 1536-3155Verify ISSN ↗1947-4237Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature and Literary Theory | 534 / 1186 | 54th | Q2 |
| Visual Arts and Performing Arts | 352 / 697 | 49th | Q3 |
| Cultural Studies | 993 / 1434 | 30th | Q3 |
| Communication | 477 / 541 | 11th | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 0.3.
Black Camera is Q2 in Literature and Literary Theory (rank 534 of 1186), Q3 in Visual Arts and Performing Arts (rank 352 of 697) and Q3 in Cultural Studies (rank 993 of 1434), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Black Camera is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 0.3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 54th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.174, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 6.
Black Camera is published by Indiana University Press. Its print ISSN is 1536-3155 and its online ISSN is 1947-4237.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Black Camera has an h-index of 24 and a 2-year mean of 0.01 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #841 of 1,079 Scopus journals in Literature and Literary Theory.
Black Camera published 37 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 152. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (2 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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