Studies in South Asian Film and Media

Aims & Scope

Studies in South Asian Film & Media hopes to build a space for critical media theory and practice, engage scholars, activists and media practitioners in dialogue, clarify the relationship between culture and politics, and highlight South Asia as a vantage point from where the contemporary integration of the globe may be understood.

Analytical and theoretical perspectives that are critical, interdisciplinary and global, and which combine an awareness of of aesthetics with insights from the humanities and social sciences to explain how subjectivities and publics are produced in specific historical contexts, are especially welcome.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.101

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	6

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	30388

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1

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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

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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.

• Looking for Love in All the White Places: A Study of Skin Color Preferences on Indian Matrimonial and Mate-Seeking Websites

  Citation: 58

  Authors: Sonora, Mara

• Nationalism and Hindi Cinema: Narrative Strategies in Fanaa

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Shahnaz

• Soch Aur Shauch: Reading Brahminism and patriarchy in Toilet: Ek Prem Katha

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Pallavi

• Jaisa Desh, Waisa Vesh? Explorations on the representations of Adivasis in popular Hindi cinema

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Suneeti

• Vernacular masculinity and politics of space in contemporary Bollywood cinema

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Suvadip

• Towards a postcolonial critical literacy: Bhimayana and the Indian graphic novel

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Pramod K.

• Slumdogs and superstars: negotiating the culture of terror

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Sunera

• Cinema and the mask of capital: Labour debates in the Malayalam film industry

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Darshana Sreedhar

• English-language television news and the great Indian middle class: Made for each other?

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Sukhmani

• Performing agency: Body learning, Forum theatre and interactivity as democratic strategy

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Ralph

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