Journal of Cultural Economy

Aims & Scope

Journal of Cultural Economy is concerned with the role played by various forms of material cultural practice in the organisation of the economy and the social, and the relations between them.

It offers a unique interdisciplinary forum for work on these questions from across the social sciences and humanities.

These include, but are not restricted to, the contributions of governmentality, pragmatism, narrative analysis, actor network theory and science and technology studies and associated debates about valuation, measurement, performativity and performance in economy, culture and society.

A range of perspectives have been deployed to explore the governance of economies and societies and the making up of social and organizational identities.

Historical, sociological, geographical, business and anthropological studies of markets, science, technology, organisations and finance all address the relations between culture, economy and society.

Cultural studies, cultural policy and creative industry studies have also animated a renewed focus on the material cultures of production and consumption.

While all of these approaches to the relations between culture, economy and society have interacted with, and influenced each other, there has been a relative shortage of debate across and between them.

Journal of Cultural Economy seeks to remedy this deficiency by providing the premiere forum for debating the relations between culture, economy and the social in all their manifestations.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.9
2024	1.90

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6319

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	433

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.840

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	37

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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 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.

• PERFORMATIVE AGENCY

  Citation: 565

  Authors: Judith

• PERFORMATIVITY, MISFIRES AND POLITICS

  Citation: 260

  Authors: Michel

• SCRAPING THE SOCIAL?

  Citation: 178

  Authors: Noortje, Esther

• The neurotic academic: anxiety, casualisation, and governance in the neoliberalising university

  Citation: 151

  Authors: Vik

• Academics, Cultural Workers and Critical Labour Studies

  Citation: 146

  Authors: Rosalind

• THE SOCIAL LIFE OF METHODS: Devices

  Citation: 115

  Authors: John, Evelyn

• The exhausted futures of neoliberalism: from promissory legitimacy to social anomy

  Citation: 104

  Authors: Jens

• CALCULATING ECONOMIC LIFE

  Citation: 104

  Authors: Peter

• Algorithms, advertising and the intimacy of surveillance

  Citation: 100

  Authors: Minna, Julia

• DRILLING THROUGH THE ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS

  Citation: 99

  Authors: Donald, Daniel, Yuval, Juan Pablo

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