Journal of Popular Film and Television

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Popular Film was founded in 1971 at the Center for Popular Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University.

It became the Journal of Popular Film and Television with Volume 7, Number 1 (1978), being the first scholarly film journal anywhere to include television in its title and editorial purview.

From the beginning, the Journal of Popular Film and Television has been resolutely committed to the widest possible range of analytical views and techniques.

The primary purpose of the Journal of Popular Film and Television is to provide a representative cross section of critical-cultural perspectives and to broaden the existing literature to include the “public visions” of popular filmmakers and television showrunners, economic and industrial factors, and an emphasis on the complex role of audiences in the development of film and television as art forms and wide-reaching sociocultural forces.

Today the Journal of Popular Film and Television remains the leading scholarly publication for sociocultural analyses of films and television programming.

A sociocultural orientation to film and television has understandably matured and advanced in many diverse directions over the years, but one elemental assumption remains: The first allegiance of this genre of criticism is to the cultural context and not the media.

As basic as this premise is, it powerfully asserts that film and television are cultural products and forms of social knowledge.

They are never neutral technologies, but are only meaningful within their relationships to broader contexts, institutions, and discourses.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.4
2024	0.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.203

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	23

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	20953

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	23

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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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.

• Critical Race Media Literacy: Challenging Deficit Discourse about Chicanas/os

  Citation: 102

  Authors: Tara J.

• Dead Man Still Walking

  Citation: 54

  Authors: Kyle

• Vampires, Postmodernity, and Postfeminism:<i>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</i>

  Citation: 45

  Authors: A. Susan

• The Audience in the Wilderness: The Disney Nature Films

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Margaret J.

• Screwball Comedy

  Citation: 42

  Authors: Wes D.

• Bruce Lee

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Hsiung Ping

• Reality TV Gives Back: On the Civic Functions of Reality Entertainment

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Laurie

• The Shadow of Violence

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Nancy K., Kathryn Dohrmann

• Post-Princess Models of Gender: The New Man in Disney/Pixar

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Ken, Shannon R.

• Virtue Through Suffering: The American War Film at the End of Celluloid

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Tanine

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