Projections (New York)

Aims & Scope

Projections: The Journal for Movies and Mind is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal that explores how the mind experiences, understands, and interprets the audiovisual and narrative structures of cinema and other visual media.

Recognizing cinema as an art form, the journal aims to integrate established traditions of analyzing media aesthetics with current research into perception, cognition, and emotion, according to frameworks supplied by philosophy of mind, phenomenology, psychology, and the cognitive-and neurosciences.

The journal seeks to facilitate a dialogue between scholars in these disciplines and bring the study of moving image media to the forefront of contemporary intellectual debate.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.5
2024	1.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.156

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	9

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	24055

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.

• Neurocinematics: The Neuroscience of Film

  Citation: 330

  Authors: Uri, Ohad, Barbara, Ignacio, Nava, David J.

• The Attentional Theory of Cinematic Continuity

  Citation: 115

  Authors: Tim J.

• Exploring the Role of Meaningful Experiences in Users' Appreciation of “Good Movies”

  Citation: 107

  Authors: Mary Beth, Tilo

• Understanding Characters

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Jens

• Embodied Visual Meaning: Image Schemas in Film

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Maarten, Peter

• Emotions in Sound: Audiovisual Metaphors in the Sound Design of Narrative Films

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Kathrin

• Shot Durations, Shot Classes, and the Increased Pace of Popular Movies

  Citation: 26

  Authors: James E., Ayse

• “Violence Is a Many-Splintered Thing“: The Importance of Realism, Justification, and Graphicness in Understanding Perceptions of and Preferences for Violent Films and Video Games

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Ron, René, Nicholas David, Allison, Paul

• Forking Cinematic Paths to the Self: Neurocinematically Informed Model of Empathy in Motion Pictures

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Gal, Talma

• The Archive Effect: Archival Footage as an Experience of Reception

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Jaimie

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