Critical Studies in Television

Aims & Scope

Critical Studies in Television publishes articles that draw together divergent disciplines and different ways of thinking, to promote and advance television as a distinct academic discipline.

It welcomes contributions on any aspect of television—production studies and institutional histories, audience and reception studies, theoretical approaches, conceptual paradigms and pedagogical questions.

It continues to invite analyses of the compositional principles and aesthetics of texts, as well as contextual matters relating to both contemporary and past productions.

CST also features book reviews, dossiers and debates.

The journal is scholarly but accessible, dedicated to generating new knowledge and fostering a dynamic intellectual platform for television studies.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.1
2024	0.90

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7448

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	143

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.746

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	16

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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 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 ‘Netflix Original’ and what it means for the production of European television content

  Citation: 59

  Authors: Adelaida, Catalina, Tim

• From ‘secret’ online teen drama to international cult phenomenon: The global expansion of SKAM and its public service mission

  Citation: 46

  Authors: Vilde Schanke

• Approaching the cultures of use: Netflix, disruption and the audience

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Graeme

• Streaming difference(s): Netflix and the branding of diversity

  Citation: 42

  Authors: Axelle, Tim, Leo

• Beyond catch-up

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Catherine

• Netflix original series, global audiences and discourses of streaming success

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Michael L, Ana C

• On binge-watching: Nine critical propositions

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Tanya, Mareike, Tina

• On the Line: Format, Cooking and Competition as Television Values

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Tasha

• The appisation of television: TV apps, discoverability and the software, device and platform ecologies of the internet era

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Catherine

• Television Fictions around the World: Melodrama and Irony in Global Perspective

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Ien

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