Culture and Organization

Aims & Scope

Culture and Organization was founded in 1995 as Studies in Cultures, Organizations and Societies .

It represents the intersection of academic disciplines that have developed distinct qualitative, empirical and theoretical vocabularies to research organization, culture and related social phenomena.

Culture and Organization features refereed articles that offer innovative insights and provoke discussion.

It particularly offers papers which employ ethnographic, critical and interpretive approaches, as practised in such disciplines as organizational, communication, media and cultural studies, which go beyond description and use data to advance theoretical reflection.

The Journal also presents papers which advance our conceptual understanding of organizational phenomena.

Culture and Organization features refereed articles that offer innovative insights and provoke discussion.

It particularly offers papers which employ ethnographic, critical and interpretive approaches, as practised in such disciplines as communication, media and cultural studies, which go beyond description and use data to advance theoretical reflection.

The journal also presents papers which advance our conceptual understand-ing of organizational phenomena.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.5
2024	1.20

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	11686

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	174

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.495

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	27

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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 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.

• Telling the Whole Story: The Case for Organizational Autoethnography

  Citation: 135

  Authors: Maree, Ken

• Representations of Space, Spatial Practices and Spaces of Representation: An Application of Lefebvre’s Spatial Triad

  Citation: 135

  Authors: Ceri

• Dirty writing

  Citation: 116

  Authors: Alison, Carl

• Introduction to the special issue on the contested realities of the circular economy

  Citation: 93

  Authors: Hervé, Steffen, Alison, Francisco

• New ways of working (NWW): work space and cultural change in virtualizing organizations

  Citation: 91

  Authors: Sytze

• The structure of serendipity

  Citation: 82

  Authors: Mark

• Indicator development as a site of collective imagination? The case of European Commission policies on the circular economy

  Citation: 75

  Authors: Thomas, Zora, Roger

• ‘It's capitalism on coke!’: From temporary to permanent liminality in organization studies

  Citation: 75

  Authors: Christian Garmann, Bent Meier

• Institutional processes of organizational culture

  Citation: 74

  Authors: Alex Z., Deborah C.

• Circular economy and the city: an urban political economy agenda

  Citation: 67

  Authors: Wojciech, Deborah, David

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