International Journal of Fashion Studies

Aims & Scope

English being a lingua franca of the international academic world, much of the most influential – not least as it is the most visible - literature has been produced in the English speaking world.

Indeed, access to a global readership is premised on the submission to academic journals of texts written in English.

However, over the years a meaningful corpus of fashion studies has developed in other regions that have just as much of a tradition as Anglophone countries in costume, clothing, and fashion practice as well as in the study of social and cultural phenomena.

But this corpus is not written in English and, because of language obstacles, has not reached an international audience.

Scholars who are not English speakers and have neither the time nor the resources to produce texts in that language may be excluded from current debates on fashion, clothing and appearance.

The richness of their material can go unacknowledged, which can only deprive the field of Anglophone fashion studies of significant findings and insights.

This is at odds with both the global nature of the fashion system and the call, in much contemporary academia, for the fostering of international networks and research.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	0.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.185

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	9

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	22119

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	32

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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 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 power structure of the fashion industry: Fashion capitals, globalization and creativity

  Citation: 47

  Authors: Frédéric

• New materialism: A theoretical framework for fashion in the age of technological innovation

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Anneke

• Storytelling and the making of a global luxury fashion brand: Christian Dior

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Pierre-Yves, Ben

• Solar fashion: An embodied approach to wearable technology

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Anneke, Lianne, Pauline

• On the issue of sustainability in fashion studies

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Emanuela, Agnès, Paolo

• ‘It’s like... it’s me’: Exploring the lived experience of clothing attachment during wear

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Rebecka, Kate, Carolyn

• The puzzle of the ethical fashion consumer: Implications for the future of the fashion system

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Diana

• How to do humans with fashion: Towards a posthuman critique of fashion

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Annamari

• Understanding the links between positive psychology and fashion: A grounded theory analysis

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Christoph-Simon, Kate

• From the physical to the digital and back: Fashion exhibitions in the digital age

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Flavia

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