Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies

Aims & Scope

Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies is an English-language forum for theoretical, methodological and critical debate on Italian film and media production, reception and consumption.

It provides a platform for dialogue between academics, filmmakers, cinema and media professionals.

This peer-reviewed journal invites submissions of scholarly articles relating to the artistic features, cultural themes, international influence and history of Italian film and media.

Furthermore, the journal intends to revive a critical discussion on the auteurs, revisit the historiography of Italian cinema and celebrate the dynamic role played by new directors.

The journal includes a book and film review section as well as notes on Italian film festivals abroad and international conference reports.

The profound transformation undergone by the rapidly expanding media environment under the impact of digital technology, has lead scholars in the field of media studies to elaborate new theoretical paradigms and methodological approaches to account for the complexities of a changing landscape of convergence and hybridization.

The boundaries between cinema and media as art forms and fields of inquiry are increasingly hybridized too.

Taking into account this evolving scenario, the JICMS provides an international arena for critical engagement with a wider range of issues related to the current media environment.

The journal welcomes in particular contributions that discuss any aspects of Italian media production, distribution and consumption within national and transnational, social, political, economic and historical contexts.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.2
2024	0.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.184

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	7

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	22191

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	17

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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.

• Net-authoritarianism? How web ideologies reinforce political hierarchies in the Italian 5 Star Movement

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Emiliano, Veronica

• China’s reception of Michelangelo Antonioni’s Chung Kuo

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Xin

• Naples for urban voy(ag)eurs: Tourism and the representation of space in Gomorrah and My Brilliant Friend

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Alfio

• Almost as good as Soviet cinema: Reception of Italian neorealism in Poland: 1946–56

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Konrad, Anna

• Televised bodies: Berlusconi and the body of italian women

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Stefania

• Narratives of change, images for change: Contemporary social documentaries in Italy

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Michela

• French and Italian co-productions and the limits of transnational cinema

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Claudia

• A brutal humanism for the new millennium? The legacy of Neorealism in contemporary cinema of migration

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Rachel

• An Italian bicycle in the people’s republic: Minor transnationalism and the Chinese translation of Ladri di biciclette/Bicycle Thieves

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Thomas

• Italian LGBTQ representation in transnational television

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Julia

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