Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art seeks to explore the relationship between contemporary art and Chinese cultural identity in its broadest sense.

This peer-reviewed journal provides a forum for critical debate into Zhongguo dangdai yishu, the ‘avant-garde', experimental and museum-based visual art produced as part of the liberalization of culture that has taken place within mainland China since 1978.

It also explores works produced by artists of non-Chinese ethnicity who live and work within Chinese contexts or whose work has a strong relationship to Chinese culture, society and history.

This journal was established in 2014 by Founding Editor Paul Gladston.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.1
2024	0.30

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	27845

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	17

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.115

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	5

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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, 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 nearby: A scope of seeing

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Biao

• New Silk Road artworlds: The art of the hybrid and the marginal at the Xinjiang Contemporary Art Museum

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Darren

• Photography and the Cultural Revolution: A wider aperture, a longer exposure

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Martin

• China's ancient past in its contemporary art: On the politics of time and nation branding at the Venice Biennale

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Jenifer

• A museum a day: New private art museums in Shanghai

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Daniel S.

• Between global models and local resources: Building private art museums in Shanghai’s West Bund

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Giulia

• COVID-19 and viral anti-Asian racism: A multimodal critical discourse analysis of memes and the racialization of the COVID-19 pandemic

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Yan, Matthew

• Landscape without nature: Ecological reflections in contemporary Chinese art

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Chang

• Immutability and impermanence in Qiu Zhijie's work: From Buddhism to New Confucianism to Mainland New Confucianism

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Christine Vial

• Curating climate change: The Taipei Biennial as an environmental problem solver

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Jenifer, Panos

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