About this journal

Aims and scope

Journal of Intercultural Studies

showcases innovative scholarship on emerging cultural formations, intercultural negotiations and contemporary challenges to cultures and identities. It celebrates a long-established commitment to publishing research at the intersection of cultural studies and migration studies.

More than this, Journal of Intercultural Studies

is an international and multidisciplinary journal. It encourages contributions from scholars in cultural studies, migration studies, literary studies, sociology, gender studies, anthropology, cultural geography, urban studies, race and ethnic studies, that contribute insights to the following discussions:

  • Reconceptualising notions of nationhood, citizenship and belonging;
  • Questioning theories of diaspora, transnationalism, hybridity and ‘border crossing’, and their contextualised applications;
  • Exploring the contemporary sociocultural formations of whiteness, ethnicity, racialization, postcolonialism and indigeneity
  • Examining how past and contemporary key scholars can inform current thinking on intercultural knowledge, multiculturalism, race and cultural identity.

Journal of Intercultural Studies

features research articles, review essays, commentaries, book reviews, interviews and symposia. Regular Special Issues provide stimulating, focused engagement with emerging research agendas and practices. The Journal of Intercultural Studiesalso publishes shorter Special Sections that can provide a snapshot into an issue area with 3-4 articles and a short guest editorial introduction.

The editors welcome proposals for Special Issues and Special Sections that address the journal’s aims above. See the  special issue request form for more details.

Peer Review Policy

All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous double-anonymized peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing. All review, invited, opinion, and reflective papers in this journal have undergone editorial screening and peer review.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 151K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 1.0 (2023) Impact Factor
  • 1.1 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 1.8 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 0.650 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.337 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 35 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 121 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 13 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 40% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Managing Editors:
Paula Muraca – Deakin University, Australia
Melissa Phillips – Western Sydney University, Australia

Editor:
Fethi Mansouri – Deakin University, Australia

Associate Editors:
Sylvia Ang – Monash University Australia
Nazry Bahrawi - USA
Rose Butler - Deakin University, Australia
Erica Chito Childs – Hunter College, USA
Juan Manuel Engelman – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina
Laavanya Kathiravelu – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Alvin Wong – The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Marilena Indelicato – University of Coimbra, Portugal
Laura Rodriguez Castro – Deakin University, Australia

Book Review Editor:
Marilena Indelicato – University of Coimbra, Center for Social Studies, Germany

Editorial Advisory Board:
Ien Ang – Western Sydney University, Australia
Floya Anthias – University of East London, UK
Avril Bell – University of Auckland, New Zealand
Simone Bignall – University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Sirma Bilge – Universite de Montreal, Canada
IP Iam Chong – Lingnan University, Hong Kong
Natividad Gutierrez Chong – Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico
Nira Yuval-Davis – University of East London, UK
Teun van Dijk – Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Karen Farquharson – University of Melbourne, Australia
Farida Fozdar – Curtin University, Australia
Daniel PS Goh – National University of Singapore, Singapore
Ghassan Hage – University of Melbourne, Australia
Anita Harris – Deakin University, Australia
Kirsten Hvenegard-Lassen – Roskilde University, Denmark
Koichi Iwabuchi – Monash University, Australia
Andrew Jakubowicz – University of Technology, Australia
Tseen Khoo – La Trobe University, Australia
Peter Kivisto – Augustana College, USA
Will Kymlicka – Queens University, Canada
Alana Lentin – Western Sydney University, Australia
Vince Marotta – Deakin University, Australia
Fran Martin – University of Melbourne, Australia
Mathew Mathews – National University of Singapore, Singapore
Daniel Mato – Universidad Nacional Tres de Febrero, Argentina
Sarah Neal – University of Sheffield, UK
Greg Noble – Western Sydney University, Australia
Nikos Papastergiadis – University of Melbourne, Australia
Suvendrini Perera – Curtin University, Australia
Scott Poynting – Queensland University of Technology and Charles Sturt University, Australia
Shanthi Robertson – Western Sydney University, Australia
Ajaya Sahoo – University of Hyderabad, India
Claudia Salomon-Tarquini – Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Argentina
Georgina Tsolidis – Federation University, Australia
Linda Tuhiwai Smith – University of Waikato, New Zealand
Chih-Ming Wang – Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Bob W. White – University of Montreal, Canada
Amanda Wise – Macquarie University, Australia

Updated 26 June 2024

Abstracting and indexing

Journal of Intercultural Studies is abstracted and indexed in A P A I S: Australian Public Affairs Information Service (Online Edition), EBSCOhost, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS); OCLC, Periodicals Index Online, SCOPUS, Social Services Abstracts, Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts, Swets Information Services, and Thomson Gale (Gale Group).

Open access

Journal of Intercultural Studies is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.

Why choose open access?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

Article Publishing Charges (APC)

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