National Identities

Aims & Scope

National Identities explores the correlation/mapping between identity, people, state and nation, and examines the complexities of how national identities are created, represented and adopted in any period from antiquity to the current day, and from any geographical location.

The focus of the journal is on identity, on how cultural factors (language, architecture, music, gender, religion, the media, sport, encounters with ‘the other’ etc.) and political factors (state forms, wars, boundaries) contribute to the formation and expression of national identities and on how these factors have been shaped and changed over time.

The historical significance of ‘nation’ in political and cultural terms is considered in relationship to other important and in some cases countervailing forms of identity such as religion, region, tribe or class.

The variety of viewpoints published in the journal engenders a multifaceted understanding of national identity, and the journal therefore welcomes papers from a wide range of disciplines, including literature, history, geography, religion, sociology, and architecture among others.

Comparative perspectives are encouraged, and the journal features regular review essays as well as book reviews.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.364

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	26

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	0.90

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	14755

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	132

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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, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, 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.

• Place, identity and football: Catalonia,<i>Catalanisme</i>and Football Club Barcelona, 1899–1975

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Hunter

• National sports and national landscapes: In defence of primordialism

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Alan

• SNP, identity and citizenship: Re-imagining state and nation

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Andrew

• National identities in the age of globalisation: The case of Western Europe

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Marco

• Colonialism without colonies: examining blank spaces in colonial studies

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Barbara, Francesca, Patricia

• Picturing a nation: Finland on postage stamps, 1917–2000

  Citation: 42

  Authors: Pauliina, Stanley D.

• The Local Life of Nationhood

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Alon, Ajay

• Strange passages: carceral mobility and the liminal in the catastrophic history of American deportation

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Ethan

• The AKP, sectarianism, and the Alevis’ struggle for equal rights in Turkey

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Ayfer

• ‘A Geography of Racism’: Internal Orientalism and the Construction of American National Identity in the Film<i>Mississippi Burning</i>

  Citation: 33

  Authors: David R.

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