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Best Cultural Studies journals

1,430 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Cultural Studies. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 357 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Virtual Economics 16.3 99th Q1 – – No
2 Smart and Sustainable Built Environment 14.4 99th Q1 ESCI C No
3 Journal of Peasant Studies 11.7 99th Q1 SSCI – No
4 Journal of Global Fashion Marketing 11.5 99th Q1 ESCI B No
5 Tourism Recreation Research 11.3 99th Q1 ESCI A No
6 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 9.9 99th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
7 Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 9.1 99th Q1 SCIE – Yes
8 Mobile Media and Communication 8.8 99th Q1 SSCI – No
9 Social Media and Society 8.7 99th Q1 SSCI – Yes
10 Group Processes and Intergroup Relations 8.2 99th Q1 SSCI B No
11 Quantitative Science Studies 8 99th Q1 ESCI – Yes
12 Race Ethnicity and Education 7.8 99th Q1 SSCI – No
13 Forum Scientiae Oeconomia 7.5 99th Q1 – – Yes
14 Social Movement Studies 7.5 99th Q1 SSCI – No
15 Folia Geographica 7.3 98th Q1 ESCI – Yes
16 Games and Culture 7.3 98th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
17 South Asian Journal of Business Studies 6.8 98th Q1 ESCI B No
18 Fashion and Textiles 6.8 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
19 Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change 6.4 98th Q1 SSCI B No
20 Annual Review of Anthropology 6.4 98th Q1 SSCI – No
21 Tourism and Management Studies 6.3 98th Q1 ESCI C Yes
22 International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science 6.3 98th Q1 SCIE – No
23 Ethnicity and Health 6.2 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
24 Journal of Contemporary Asia 6.2 98th Q1 SSCI – No
25 Kharisma 6.2 98th Q1 – – No
26 Science as Culture 6.1 98th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
27 Social and Cultural Geography 6.1 98th Q1 SSCI – No
28 Global Media and China 5.9 98th Q1 ESCI – Yes
29 Information Society 5.8 98th Q1 SSCI A No
30 Cross Cultural and Strategic Management 5.7 97th Q1 SSCI B No
31 Journal of Research on Adolescence 5.7 97th Q1 SSCI – No
32 Pedagogy, Culture and Society 5.7 97th Q1 ESCI – No
33 Annals of Leisure Research 5.6 97th Q1 ESCI B No
34 Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 5.6 97th Q1 SSCI A No
35 Media International Australia 5.6 97th Q1 SSCI – No
36 Ethnic and Racial Studies 5.5 97th Q1 SSCI – No
37 Innovation and Development 5.5 97th Q1 ESCI – No
38 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion 5.3 97th Q1 ESCI B No
39 Journal of China Tourism Research 5.3 97th Q1 ESCI B No
40 American Behavioral Scientist 5.2 97th Q1 SSCI B No
41 Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research 5.1 97th Q1 SSCI B No
42 Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research 5.1 97th Q1 AHCI – No
43 Journal of International and Intercultural Communication 5.1 97th Q1 ESCI – No
44 Psychology of Popular Media 5 96th Q1 SSCI – No
45 Social Semiotics 5 96th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
46 Millennial Asia 4.8 96th Q1 ESCI C No
47 International Journal of Heritage Studies 4.7 96th Q1 AHCI, SSCI B No
48 Cultural Trends 4.6 96th Q1 AHCI, SSCI B No
49 World Leisure Journal 4.6 96th Q1 ESCI B No
50 Crime Science 4.6 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
51 Cultural Sociology 4.6 96th Q1 SSCI – No
52 Discourse, Context and Media 4.6 96th Q1 SSCI – No
53 Forest and Society 4.6 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
54 Identities 4.6 96th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
55 Poetics 4.6 96th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
56 Television and New Media 4.6 96th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
57 Crime, Media, Culture 4.5 96th Q1 SSCI – No
58 International Journal of Cultural Policy 4.5 95th Q1 AHCI, SSCI A No
59 Fashion Practice 4.5 95th Q1 AHCI – No
60 Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering 4.5 95th Q1 AHCI, SCIE – Yes
61 Cambridge Archaeological Journal 4.4 95th Q1 AHCI – No
62 Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice 4.4 95th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
63 European Journal of Cultural Studies 4.3 95th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
64 Journal of International Migration and Integration 4.2 95th Q1 ESCI C No
65 Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education 4.2 95th Q1 – – No
66 Journal of Children and Media 4.2 95th Q1 SSCI – No
67 Nusantara: Journal of Law Studies 4.2 95th Q1 – – No
68 Whiteness and Education 4.2 95th Q1 – – No
69 Sport in Society 4.1 95th Q1 SSCI B No
70 Evolutionary Human Sciences 4.1 95th Q1 ESCI – Yes
71 Journal of Multicultural Discourses 4.1 95th Q1 ESCI – No
72 Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction 4.1 95th Q1 ESCI – Yes
73 Cultural Studies of Science Education 4 94th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
74 Ethnicities 4 94th Q1 SSCI – No
75 Gender, Place and Culture 4 94th Q1 SSCI – No
76 Journal of Cultural Economy 4 94th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
77 Qualitative Report 4 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
78 International Journal of Cultural Studies 3.9 94th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
79 Journal of Communication Inquiry 3.9 94th Q1 ESCI – No
80 Journal of Contemporary European Studies 3.9 94th Q1 SSCI – No
81 Qudus International Journal of Islamic Studies 3.9 94th Q1 – – No
82 Space and Culture 3.9 94th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
83 Ethnopolitics 3.8 94th Q1 ESCI – No
84 Journal of Men's Studies 3.8 94th Q1 – – No
85 Mind, Culture, and Activity 3.8 94th Q1 SSCI – No
86 Race and Class 3.8 94th Q1 SSCI – No
87 China Economic Journal 3.8 93rd Q1 ESCI B No
88 Communication and Society 3.8 93rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
89 Ethnobotany Research and Applications 3.8 93rd Q1 – – No
90 International Journal of Cross Cultural Management 3.7 93rd Q1 ESCI B No
91 Emotions and Society 3.7 93rd Q1 ESCI – No
92 Journal for Multicultural Education 3.7 93rd Q1 ESCI – No
93 Past and Present 3.7 93rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
94 REICE. Revista Iberoamericana Sobre Calidad, Eficacia y Cambio en Educacion 3.7 93rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
95 Creative Industries Journal 3.6 93rd Q1 ESCI – No
96 Culture and Evolution 3.6 93rd Q1 – – No
97 Food, Culture and Society 3.6 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
98 Society Register 3.6 93rd Q1 – – Yes
99 Ethnography 3.5 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
100 Geojournal of Tourism and Geosites 3.5 93rd Q1 – – Yes
101 Journal of Politeness Research 3.5 92nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
102 Africa Spectrum 3.4 92nd Q1 SSCI C Yes
103 Review of Black Political Economy 3.4 92nd Q1 – C No
104 Advances in Southeast Asian Studies 3.4 92nd Q1 – – Yes
105 Icono14 3.4 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
106 Journal of Culture and Values in Education 3.4 92nd Q1 – – No
107 Memory Studies 3.4 92nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
108 Ulumuna 3.4 92nd Q1 – – Yes
109 Cultural Studies 3.3 92nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
110 Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science 3.3 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
111 Revista de Comunicacion 3.3 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
112 Hungarian Geographical Bulletin 3.2 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
113 International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management 3.2 92nd Q1 ESCI – No
114 Regional Statistics 3.2 92nd Q1 ESCI – No
115 Apunts. Educacion Fisica y Deportes 3.1 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
116 Asian Studies Review 3.1 91st Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
117 Childhood 3.1 91st Q1 SSCI – No
118 Contemporary Family Therapy 3.1 91st Q1 ESCI – No
119 Cultural geographies 3.1 91st Q1 SSCI – No
120 International Journal of Ageing and Later Life 3.1 91st Q1 – – Yes
121 Sexuality and Culture 3.1 91st Q1 ESCI – No
122 Tel Aviv 3.1 91st Q1 AHCI – No
123 Communication, Culture and Critique 3 91st Q1 SSCI – No
124 Designs for Learning 3 91st Q1 – – Yes
125 Du Bois Review 3 91st Q1 SSCI – No
126 European Journal of Geography 3 91st Q1 – – Yes
127 Nordicom Review 3 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
128 Revista Mediterranea de Comunicacion 2.9 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
129 Culture and Organization 2.9 90th Q1 SSCI B No
130 Acta Geographica Slovenica 2.9 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
131 Agrarian South 2.9 90th Q1 ESCI – No
132 Creativity Studies 2.9 90th Q1 – – Yes
133 Interiority 2.9 90th Q1 – – Yes
134 Journal of ASEAN Studies 2.9 90th Q1 – – Yes
135 Journal of Intercultural Communication Research 2.9 90th Q1 – – No
136 Journal of Latinos and Education 2.9 90th Q1 ESCI – No
137 Revista Electronica Interuniversitaria de Formacion del Profesorado 2.9 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
138 Transgender Studies Quarterly 2.9 90th Q1 ESCI – No
139 Canadian Slavonic Papers 2.8 90th Q1 ESCI – No
140 Journal of Eurasian Studies 2.8 90th Q1 – – Yes
141 Middle East Critique 2.8 90th Q1 SSCI – No
142 Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies 2.7 90th Q1 – – No
143 China Review 2.7 89th Q1 SSCI C No
144 Canadian Journal of African Studies 2.7 89th Q1 ESCI – No
145 Jurnal Studi Ilmu-ilmu al-Qur'an dan Hadis 2.7 89th Q1 – – Yes
146 Physical Culture and Sport, Studies and Research 2.7 89th Q1 ESCI – Yes
147 Signs and Society 2.7 89th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
148 Body and Society 2.6 89th Q1 SSCI – No
149 Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies 2.6 89th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
150 Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies 2.6 89th Q1 ESCI – Yes
151 Knowledge Cultures 2.6 89th Q1 – – No
152 New Perspectives on Turkey 2.6 89th Q1 SSCI – No
153 Soccer and Society 2.5 89th Q1 ESCI C No
154 African Identities 2.5 89th Q1 – – No
155 Critical Inquiry 2.5 89th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
156 European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology 2.4 89th Q1 – – No
157 Food and Foodways 2.4 89th Q1 ESCI – No
158 Journal of Intercultural Communication 2.4 88th Q1 – C No
159 Contention 2.4 88th Q1 – – No
160 Fat Studies 2.4 88th Q1 ESCI – No
161 Journal of Intercultural Studies 2.4 88th Q1 ESCI – No
162 New Research of Tuva 2.4 88th Q1 ESCI – Yes
163 AlterNative 2.3 88th Q1 ESCI – No
164 Asian Ethnicity 2.3 88th Q1 ESCI – No
165 Baltic Region 2.3 88th Q1 ESCI – Yes
166 Critical Studies in Television 2.3 88th Q1 AHCI – No
167 Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: Pathways toward Terrorism and Genocide 2.3 88th Q1 ESCI – No
168 Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal 2.3 88th Q1 ESCI – No
169 Heritage and Society 2.3 88th Q1 ESCI – No
170 Journal of Bisexuality 2.3 88th Q1 ESCI – No
171 Technology and Language 2.3 88th Q1 – – No
172 Porn Studies 2.3 87th Q1 – – No
173 Acta Borealia 2.2 87th Q1 AHCI – No
174 Bulletin of ASOR 2.2 87th Q1 AHCI – No
175 eTropic 2.2 87th Q1 – – Yes
176 Fashion Theory - Journal of Dress Body and Culture 2.2 87th Q1 AHCI – No
177 Journal of Human Values 2.2 87th Q1 ESCI – No
178 Popular Music and Society 2.2 87th Q1 AHCI – No
179 Training, Language and Culture 2.2 87th Q1 – – Yes
180 Journal of Organizational Ethnography 2.1 87th Q1 ESCI C No
181 Celebrity Studies 2.1 87th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
182 Communication and Critical/ Cultural Studies 2.1 87th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
183 Culture and Psychology 2.1 87th Q1 SSCI – No
184 Journal of Applied Youth Studies 2.1 87th Q1 – – No
185 South Asian Diaspora 2.1 87th Q1 ESCI – No
186 Design and Culture 2.1 86th Q1 AHCI – No
187 Hamdard Islamicus 2.1 86th Q1 – – Yes
188 Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development 2.1 86th Q1 SSCI – No
189 Modern Intellectual History 2.1 86th Q1 AHCI – No
190 Senses and Society 2.1 86th Q1 AHCI – No
191 Analisi 2 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
192 Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 2 86th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
193 Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education 2 86th Q1 ESCI – No
194 Domes : Digest of Middle East Studies 2 86th Q1 ESCI – No
195 Intercultural Education 2 86th Q1 ESCI – No
196 Obrazovanie i Nauka 2 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
197 Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies 2 86th Q1 ESCI – No
198 Temes de Disseny 2 86th Q1 – – Yes
199 Traditiones 2 86th Q1 – – Yes
200 TRaNS: Trans-Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia 2 86th Q1 ESCI – No
201 Studies in Agricultural Economics 2 85th Q1 ESCI C Yes
202 Ethnography and Education 2 85th Q1 ESCI – No
203 European Journal of Cultural Management and Policy 2 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
204 Asiascape: Digital Asia 1.9 85th Q1 ESCI – No
205 Comparative Southeast European Studies 1.9 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
206 Contemporary Islam 1.9 85th Q1 ESCI – No
207 History and Anthropology 1.9 85th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
208 Intercultural Communication Education 1.9 85th Q1 – – Yes
209 International Journal of Cultural Property 1.9 85th Q1 ESCI – No
210 Journal of Cultural Geography 1.9 85th Q1 ESCI – No
211 Jurnal Ilmiah Al-Syir'ah 1.9 85th Q1 – – No
212 Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies 1.9 85th Q1 ESCI – No
213 SEARCH Journal of Media and Communication Research 1.9 85th Q1 ESCI – No
214 South Atlantic Quarterly 1.9 85th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
215 World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development 1.9 85th Q1 ESCI – No
216 Tourism, Culture and Communication 1.9 84th Q1 ESCI C No
217 Journal of Black Studies 1.9 84th Q1 SSCI – No
218 Journal of Indonesian Islam 1.9 84th Q1 – – Yes
219 Continuum 1.8 84th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
220 European Journal of Applied Linguistics 1.8 84th Q1 ESCI – No
221 Food Studies 1.8 84th Q1 – – No
222 Global Queer Politics 1.8 84th Q1 – – No
223 International Journal of Multicultural Education 1.8 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
224 Journal of American Folklore 1.8 84th Q1 AHCI – No
225 Journal of Design, Business and Society 1.8 84th Q1 – – No
226 Journal of Eastern African Studies 1.8 84th Q1 SSCI – No
227 Migraciones 1.8 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
228 Revista Digital de Investigacion en Docencia Universitaria 1.8 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
229 Violence and Gender 1.8 84th Q1 ESCI – No
230 Journal of Al-Tamaddun 1.8 83rd Q1 ESCI – No
231 Journal of Labor and Society 1.7 83rd Q1 ESCI C No
232 Conflict and Society 1.7 83rd Q1 – – Yes
233 DETUROPE 1.7 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
234 Estudios Sobre el Mensaje Periodistico 1.7 83rd Q1 – – Yes
235 Filosofia Theoretica 1.7 83rd Q1 – – No
236 Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education 1.7 83rd Q1 – – No
237 Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization 1.7 83rd Q1 – – Yes
238 Journal of Psychosocial Studies 1.7 83rd Q1 ESCI – No
239 Latin American Research Review 1.7 83rd Q1 SSCI – Yes
240 Law, Culture and the Humanities 1.7 83rd Q1 ESCI – No
241 Popular Music 1.7 83rd Q1 AHCI – No
242 Population and Societies 1.7 83rd Q1 – – No
243 Visual Studies 1.7 83rd Q1 AHCI – No
244 Cultural Politics 1.7 82nd Q1 – – No
245 Journal of Baltic Studies 1.7 82nd Q1 SSCI – No
246 Journal of Modern Italian Studies 1.7 82nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
247 Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series 1.6 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
248 Contemporary Japan 1.6 82nd Q1 – – No
249 Cultura y Educacion 1.6 82nd Q1 SSCI – No
250 Ethnologia Europaea 1.6 82nd Q1 – – Yes
251 European Journal of Humour Research 1.6 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
252 Integration of Education 1.6 82nd Q1 – – Yes
253 International Quarterly for Asian Studies 1.6 82nd Q1 – – Yes
254 Journal of African Cultural Studies 1.6 82nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
255 Journal of Contemporary Religion 1.6 82nd Q1 AHCI – No
256 Language and Semiotic Studies 1.6 82nd Q1 – – Yes
257 MedieKultur 1.6 82nd Q1 – – Yes
258 African Studies Review 1.6 81st Q1 SSCI – No
259 Urbani Izziv 1.6 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
260 Anthropological Journal of European Cultures 1.5 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
261 China Perspectives 1.5 81st Q1 SSCI – No
262 E-Balonmano.com: Revista de Ciencias del Deporte 1.5 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
263 GLQ 1.5 81st Q1 SSCI – No
264 Ikala 1.5 81st Q1 – – Yes
265 International Indigenous Policy Journal 1.5 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
266 International Journal of Fashion Studies 1.5 81st Q1 ESCI – No
267 International Journal of Play 1.5 81st Q1 ESCI – No
268 Journal of Near Eastern Studies 1.5 81st Q1 AHCI – No
269 Revista de Estudios Sociales 1.5 81st Q1 SSCI – Yes
270 Teosofi: Jurnal Tasawuf dan Pemikiran Islam 1.5 81st Q1 – – Yes
271 Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion 1.5 80th Q1 – – No
272 Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment 1.5 80th Q1 ESCI – No
273 DiGeSt - Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies 1.5 80th Q1 – – Yes
274 Geographia Polonica 1.5 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
275 International Critical Thought 1.5 80th Q1 ESCI – No
276 Journal of Sport and Health Research 1.5 80th Q1 ESCI – No
277 Language and Sociocultural Theory 1.5 80th Q1 ESCI – No
278 Multicultural Perspectives 1.5 80th Q1 ESCI – No
279 Shima 1.5 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
280 Social Text 1.5 80th Q1 ESCI – No
281 Speculum 1.5 80th Q1 AHCI – No
282 Teruleti Statisztika 1.5 80th Q1 – – No
283 Cultural-Historical Psychology 1.4 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
284 International Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology 1.4 80th Q1 – – Yes
285 International Journal of Arabic-English Studies 1.4 80th Q1 – – No
286 Anatolian Studies 1.4 79th Q1 AHCI – No
287 Anthropology Southern Africa 1.4 79th Q1 SSCI – No
288 Asian Studies 1.4 79th Q1 ESCI – Yes
289 Contemporary British History 1.4 79th Q1 AHCI – No
290 Cultura, Ciencia y Deporte 1.4 79th Q1 ESCI – Yes
291 Fashion, Style and Popular Culture 1.4 79th Q1 ESCI – No
292 Gesture 1.4 79th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
293 Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya 1.4 79th Q1 – – No
294 Journal of Global Buddhism 1.4 79th Q1 – – Yes
295 Miqot: Jurnal Ilmu-ilmu Keislaman 1.4 79th Q1 – – No
296 Quaternary Environments and Humans 1.4 79th Q1 – – Yes
297 Si Somos Americanos 1.4 79th Q1 ESCI – Yes
298 Social Analysis 1.4 79th Q1 SSCI – Yes
299 Zeitschrift fur Ethnologie 1.4 79th Q1 SSCI – No
300 PASOS Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural 1.4 78th Q1 ESCI C Yes

All remaining Cultural Studies journals (1,130)

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