Journal for Cultural Research

Aims & Scope

Journal for Cultural Research is an international journal, based in Lancaster University’s Institute for Cultural Research.

It is interested in essays concerned with the conjuncture between culture and the many domains and practices in relation to which it is usually defined, including, for example, media, politics, technology, economics, society, art and the sacred.

Culture is no longer, if it ever was, singular.

It denotes a shifting multiplicity of signifying practices and value systems that provide a potentially infinite resource of academic critique, investigation and ethnographic or market research into cultural difference, cultural autonomy, cultural emancipation and the cultural aspects of power.

As such, culture has itself become, in many areas, a primary instrument of government and thus the desire not to be governed is impelled to think culture differently from the accepted forms of cultural identity and recognition.

In the academy, research has become a defining feature of the cultural just as the cultural has become indistinguishable from questions concerning the governable.

The journal publishes original essays by established and emerging writers around the globe who are developing the future of cultural theory and research in the 21st century.

We encourage writing that explores every aspect of cultural experience, experiences that occur in the correlation between fields of knowledge, types of normativity, and forms of subjectivity in different domains and locations around the world.

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	14655

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	114

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.367

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	25

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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 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.

• Beyond the “Toolkit Approach”: Arts Impact Evaluation Research and the Realities of Cultural Policy‐Making

  Citation: 109

  Authors: Eleonora, Oliver

• Horrific Blindness: Images of Death in Contemporary Media

  Citation: 99

  Authors: David

• Gazing at Ground Zero: Tourism, Voyeurism and Spectacle

  Citation: 92

  Authors: Debbie

• Passionate Work? Labour Conditions in the Milan Fashion Industry

  Citation: 78

  Authors: Adam, Giannino, Serpica

• Autonomy Guaranteed? Cultural Work and the “Art–Commerce Relation”

  Citation: 68

  Authors: Mark

• The Making of Entrepreneurial Islam and the Islamic Spirit of Capitalism¹

  Citation: 67

  Authors: Emin Baki

• Governmentality, subjectivity, and the neoliberal form of life

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Daniele

• Past and Future Perfect? Beauty, Affect and Hope

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Rebecca, Mónica Moreno

• Accommodating strangers: British hospitality and the asylum hotel debate

  Citation: 46

  Authors: Sarah

• The Eliza effect and its dangers: from demystification to gender critique

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Sarah

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