Critical Studies in Fashion and Beauty

Aims & Scope

Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty (CSFB) engages analytically, critically and creatively with fashion and/or beauty.

At times lumped together conceptually into ‘the fashion-beauty complex’, this journal acknowledges the problems associated with collapsing these terms, such as: (a) the conflation of fashion and beauty, concepts which encompass varying degrees and types of agency, change and dynamism; (b) the implicit reinforcement of white hegemonic femininity (and hence, the exclusion of masculinities, people of colour, older adults, differentially abled individuals, and queer and transgender subjectivities); and (c) the blurring of distinct industries.

At the same time, the body is the centrepiece of fashion and beauty alike – in cultural representation as well as in everyday life.

CSFB seeks to foster more diverse and inclusive ways of understanding the embodiment of aesthetics and politics.

It does so by dismantling hegemonic assumptions and propelling fresh theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of fashion and/or beauty.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	0.80

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	18365

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	33

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.255

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	5

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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 Arts and Humanities, 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.

• Consumers' perceptions of 'green': Why and how consumers use eco-fashion and green beauty products

  Citation: 58

  Authors: Marie-Cécile, Lindsey

• Fashioning through materials: Material culture, materiality and processes of materialization

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Sophie, Tom

• Worn clothes and textiles as archives of memory

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Carole

• If you speak fashion you speak Italian: Notes on present day Italian fashion identity

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Simona Segre

• The expanding beauty regime: Or, why it has become so important to look good

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Giselinde

• ‘This big bum thing has taken over the world’: Considering black women’s changing views on body image and the role of celebrity

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Katherine

• The affect of fashion: An exploration of affective method

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Maaike A., Anneke

• Global ethical culinary fashion and a local dish: Organic hummus in Israel

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Rafi

• A close shave: The taboo on female body hair

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Anneke

• Fashion archives, museums and collections in the age of the digital

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Marco

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