Camera Obscura
Published by Duke University Press
ISSN : 0270-5346 eISSN : 1529-1510
Abbreviation : Camera Obscura
Aims & Scope
Since its inception, Camera Obscura has devoted itself to providing innovative feminist perspectives on film, television, and visual media.
It consistently combines excellence in scholarship with imaginative presentation and a willingness to lead media studies in new directions.
The journal has developed a reputation for introducing emerging writers into the field.
Its debates, essays, interviews, and summary pieces encompass a spectrum of media practices, including avant-garde, alternative, fringe, international, and mainstream.
Camera Obscura continues to redefine its original statement of purpose.
While remaining faithful to its feminist focus, the journal also explores feminist work in relation to race studies, postcolonial studies, and queer studies.
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Impact Factor
Year | Value |
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2025 | 0.3 |
2024 | 0.10 |
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
Year | Value |
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2024 | 0.176 |
Quartile
Year | Value |
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2024 | Q1 |
h-index
Year | Value |
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2024 | 21 |
Journal Rank
Year | Value |
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2024 | 22707 |
Journal Citation Indicator
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2024 | 13 |
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Most Cited Articles
The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.
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Introduction: Race and/as Technology; or, How to Do Things to Race
Citation: 233
Authors: Wendy Hui Kyong
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Precarious-Girl Comedy: Issa Rae, Lena Dunham, and Abjection Aesthetics
Citation: 68
Authors: Rebecca
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Quality versus Relevance: Feminism, Race, and the Politics of the Sign in 1970s Television
Citation: 52
Authors: Kirsten Marthe
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They Gon’ Think You Loud Regardless: Ratchetness, Reality Television, and Black Womanhood
Citation: 51
Authors: Kristen J.