Consumption Markets and Culture

Aims & Scope

Consumption Markets & Culture (CMC) focuses on consumerism and the markets as the site of social behaviour and discourse.

It encourages discussion of the role of management and organisations in society, especially in terms of production, consumption, colonialism, globalisation, business performance and labour conditions.

Combining theories of culture, media, gender, anthropology, literary criticism, and consumption with analyses of business and management, the journal is international in its scope and iconoclastic in its aims.

The editor considers marketing to be the ultimate social practice of postmodernity, blending art and commerce and requiring the constant renewal of styles, forms and images.

Educating readers about the conscious and planned practice of signification and representation is, thus, the journal’s primary aim; its second is to take part in inquiring in and construction of the material conditions and meanings of consumption and production.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.3
2024	1.90

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.898

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	42

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5712

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	291

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Business, Management and Accounting, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Psychology and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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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.

• The Cult of Macintosh

  Citation: 237

  Authors: Russell, Gülnur

• Mirrors of Masculinity: Representation and Identity in Advertising Images

  Citation: 226

  Authors: Jonathan E., Detlev

• Brand Culture and Branded Workers: Service Work and Aesthetic Labour in Fashion Retail

  Citation: 215

  Authors: Lynne

• Consumer Ethics Across Cultures

  Citation: 198

  Authors: Russell, Timothy, Giana

• Sustainable consumption: consumption, consumers and the commodity discourse

  Citation: 194

  Authors: John, Andrea

• Working Weeks, Rave Weekends: Identity Fragmentation and the Emergence of New Communities

  Citation: 192

  Authors: Christina, Avi, Richard

• Notes to self: the visual culture of selfies in the age of social media

  Citation: 180

  Authors: Derek Conrad

• Concepts and practices of digital virtual consumption

  Citation: 169

  Authors: Janice, Mike

• Reflexive Dispossession and the Self: Constructing a Processual Theory of Identity

  Citation: 160

  Authors: Hélène, Jeff B.

• Just doing it: A visual ethnographic study of spectacular consumption behavior at Nike Town

  Citation: 160

  Authors: Lisa

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