Journal of Cultural Analysis and Social Change

Aims & Scope

Journal of Cultural Analysis and Social Change is an international, interdisciplinary peer-reviewed and open access journal.

It aims to publish excellent cultural analysis from a range of perspectives.

It welcomes innovative and original conceptual and empirical research drawn from a number of disciplines and subdisciplines including sociology, social theory, cultural studies, historical sociology and gender studies.

The journal engages with key issues and topics such as: • cultural production and consumption • taste and aesthetics • value and values • migration, culture and identity • cultural globalization • cultural reproduction and appropriation • social class and inequality • protest culture and resistance • cultural hierarchies and power • arts and popular culture • literature and music • celebrity culture and fashion • ‘race’, ethnicity and culture • marginality and cultural inequalities • space, place and culture • gender and sexuality • everyday life and cultural experience • food, culture and society • science and culture • consumer society and the environment • cultural politics and ‘culture wars’

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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