Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture

Aims & Scope

Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture (ESIC) publishes scholarly and scientific articles on every aspect of imaginative culture: literature, film, theater, television, music, ideology, religion, politics, the visual arts, and digital media.

Contributors to ESIC also review books from all fields of the evolutionary sciences and humanities.

The journal aims to help researchers stay informed about the newest thinking in the broad range of disciplines that converge on imaginative culture.

Articles are written in English, but subject matter can include works from any language and any historical period.

The central qualification for contributing to the journal is to regard works of imaginative culture as arising out of human nature—the evolved and adapted character of the human mind.

While sharing a common concern with locating cultural products in human nature, contributors can focus on divergent or multiple features of cultural artifacts: their depicted content, emotional qualities, or structural and stylistic features; aesthetic and intellectual traditions; the responses of readers or viewers; the motives and character of authors or other artists; the ecological and sociopolitical context within which imaginative works are produced; or the psychological or social functions the works fulfill.

ESIC welcomes letters from readers, including the authors of books that have been reviewed.

Such letters will be published at the editors’ discretion.

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	25554

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	25

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.137

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	11

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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 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 Appeal of the Primal Leader: Human Evolution and Donald J. Trump

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Dan P.

• The Best-Loved Story of All Time: Overcoming All Obstacles to Be Reunited, Evoking Kama Muta

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Alan Page, Thomas W., Beate

• A Cross-Disciplinary Survey of Beliefs about Human Nature, Culture, and Science

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Joseph, John A., Catherine, Jens, Mathias, Emelie

• Against Dichotomy

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Ann

• Cognitive Evolution and the Transmission of Popular Narratives: A Literature Review and Application to Urban Legends

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Joseph M., Emma G., Jamshid J.

• Recent Critiques of Dual Inheritance Theory

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Peter J.

• Art in Early Human Evolution: Socially Driven Art Forms versus Material Art

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Dahlia W.

• The History and Future of Human Prospection

  Citation: 5

  Authors:

• Gender Identity: Nature and Nurture Working Together

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Alice, Wendy

• Harari, Yuval Noah. 2015. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind.

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Craig T.

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