Studies in Comics

Aims & Scope

Studies in Comics aims to describe the nature of comics, to identify the medium as a distinct art form, and to address the medium's formal properties.

The emerging field of comics studies is a model for interdisciplinary research and in this spirit this journal welcomes all approaches.

This double-blind peer-reviewed journal is international in scope and provides an inclusive space in which researchers from all backgrounds can present new thinking on comics to a global audience.

The journal will promote the close analysis of the comics page/text using a variety of methodologies.

Its specific goal, however, is to expand the relationship between comics and theory and to articulate a 'theory of comics'.

The journal also includes reviews of new comics, criticism, and exhibitions, and a dedicated online space for cutting-edge and emergent creative work.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.1
2024	0.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.102

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	3

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	29567

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	8

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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, 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.

• The limits of time and transitions: challenges to theories of sequential image comprehension

  Citation: 42

  Authors: Neil

• Defining units of analysis for the systematic analysis of comics: A discourse-based approach

  Citation: 32

  Authors: John A., Janina

• Discerning pictures: how we look at and understand images in comics

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Stuart

• Building a better ‘comic theory’: Shortcomings of theoretical research on comics and how to overcome them

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Neil

• Using comics and graphic novels in K-9 education: An integrative research review

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Lars, Katarina Eriksson

• Digital comics – new tools and tropes

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Daniel Merlin

• The changing pages of comics: Page layouts across eight decades of American superhero comics

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Kaitlin, Neil

• The winding, pot-holed road of comic art scholarship

  Citation: 11

  Authors: John A

• Graphic facilitation, sketchnoting, journalism and ‘The Doodle Revolution’: New dimensions in comics scholarship

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Penelope

• Comic panel layout: A Peircean analysis

  Citation: 7

  Authors: JOSHUA

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