French Screen Studies

Aims & Scope

French Screen Studies is the only journal devoted exclusively to French and francophone cinema, providing scholars, teachers and students from around the world with a consistent quality of academic investigation across the full breadth of the subject.

Contributors explore the cultural and technical aspects of French cinema from a wide range of methodological perspectives.

French Screen Studies is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review.

Once your paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will then be reviewed by one General Editor and one specifically chosen expert on the topic.

If there is a significant difference of opinion it may be reviewed by a further expert before a decision is made.

View Aims & Scope

---

Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.5
2024	0.20

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	15259

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	36

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.346

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	16

---

---

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

---

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.

---

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.

• ‘Visions of ecstasy’: resilience and melancholy in the musical moments of<i>Bande de filles</i>(Céline Sciamma, 2014)

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Alice

• Raw becomings: Bodies, discipline and control in Julia Ducournau’s <i>Grave</i>

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Martine, Emmanuelle

• Staging the generic self: Céline Sciamma’s autofictional praxis

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Mary

• The queer circulation of objects in the films of Céline Sciamma

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Cristina

• The construction of ‘Jacques Becker’: realism, popular film and the auteur in 1950s film criticism

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Sarah

• Out of time: fantasising the French romantic hero in the Netflix era

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Mary

• Ethics of care in documentary filmmaking since 1968

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Grace, Catherine

• Music and spatial injustice in <i>banlieue</i> cinema

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Isabelle

• Allégret-Sigurd, une association artistique typique de l’immédiat après-guerre

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Geneviève

• Intranational film industries: A quantitative analysis of contemporary Belgian cinema

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Bram, Gertjan

---