Modern and Contemporary France

Aims & Scope

Founded in 1980 by the Association for the Study of Modern & Contemporary France (ASMCF), Modern & Contemporary France is an international peer-reviewed journal, offering a scholarly view of all aspects of France from 1789 to the present day.

It is a multi-disciplinary journal of French studies, drawing particularly, but not exclusively, on the work of scholars in history, literary, cultural and post-colonial studies, film and media studies, and the political and social sciences.

While the primary focus of the journal is France, the Editors also welcome submissions with a transnational or comparative dimension, as well as articles addressing aspects of France's relations with the French-speaking world and the wider world.

Modern & Contemporary France publishes: -research articles -occasional articles discussing topical issues from a scholarly perspective -review articles -an extensive range of book reviews.

The journal also publishes themed special issues, for which submissions are invited from guest editors.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.5
2024	0.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.340

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	17

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	15407

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	55

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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.

• Save the Muslim Woman, Save the Republic: Ni Putes Ni Soumises and the Ruse of Neoliberal Sovereignty

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Mayanthi L.

• Terrorism and the<i>banlieues</i>: the<i>Charlie Hebdo</i>attacks in context

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Matthew

• Chirac and ‘la Françafrique’: No Longer a Family Affair

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Tony

• Between metapolitics and apoliteia : The Nouvelle Droite's strategy for conserving the fascist vision in the 'interregnum'

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Roger

• Dreams of Empire: France, Europe, and the New Interventionism in Africa

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Bruno

• The Front National in the Twenty-First Century: From Pariah to Republican Democratic Contender?

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Aurelien

• Exclusionary secularism: the Front national and the reinvention of<i>laïcité</i>

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Dimitri

• Reinventing (French) universalism: religion, humanitarianism and the ‘French doctors’

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Bertrand

• Closing Moulinex: Thoughts on the Visibility and Invisibility of Industrial Labour in Contemporary France

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Jackie

• From the<i>Dirigiste</i>State to the Social Anaesthesia State: French Economic Policy in the<i>Longue Durée</i>

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Jonah D.

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