Critical Military Studies

Aims & Scope

Critical Military Studies provides a rigorous, innovative platform for interdisciplinary debate on the operation of military power.

It encourages the interrogation and destabilization of often taken-for-granted categories related to the military, militarism and militarization.

It especially welcomes original thinking on contradictions and tensions central to the ways in which military institutions and military power work, how such tensions are reproduced within different societies and geopolitical arenas, and within and beyond academic discourse.

Contributions on experiences of militarization among groups and individuals, and in hitherto underexplored, perhaps even seemingly ‘non-military’ settings are also encouraged.

All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to double-blind peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.

The Journal also includes a non-peer reviewed section, Encounters, showcasing multidisciplinary forms of critique such as film and photography, and engaging with policy debates and activism.

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10620

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	147

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.547

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	23

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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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, Decision Sciences 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.

• Unmaking militarized masculinity: veterans and the project of military-to-civilian transition

  Citation: 89

  Authors: Sarah, Maya

• Geography, military geography, and critical military studies

  Citation: 83

  Authors: Matthew, Daniel, K. Neil, Alison, Rachel

• Re-thinking hegemonic masculinities in conflict-affected contexts

  Citation: 71

  Authors: Henri, Lana, Jana

• What is Critical Military Studies?

  Citation: 70

  Authors: Victoria M., Aaron, Jess

• The recruiter and the sceptic: a critical feminist approach to military studies

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Cynthia

• Problematizing military masculinity, intersectionality and male vulnerability in feminist critical military studies

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Marsha

• “You do not live in my skin”: embodiment, voice, and the veteran

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Sarah, David

• Sexy warriors: the politics and pleasures of submission to the state

  Citation: 47

  Authors: Jesse Paul

• Recruiting the “enterprising soldier”: military recruitment discourses in Sweden and the United Kingdom

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Sanna, Joakim

• Combat as a moving target: masculinities, the heroic soldier myth, and normative martial violence

  Citation: 42

  Authors: Katharine M., Joanna

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