About this journal
Aims and 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.
Peer Review Policy:
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymised refereeing by at least two anonymous peer reviewers. Special Issue Introductions are published in special issues, and go through internal review by the Journal co-Editors. Book Reviews go through internal review by the Journal co-Editors.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 62K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 0.9 (2023) Impact Factor
- 1.0 (2023) 5 year IF
- 1.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.037 (2023) SNIP
- 0.341 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 72 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 96 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 26 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 40% acceptance rate
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Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
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*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editors:
Pippa Catterall - University of Westminster, UKDavid Kaplan - Kent State University, USA
Samir Pandya - University of Westminster, UK
Rebecca Kook - Ben Gurion University, Israel
Reviews:
Peter Carrier - Georg Eckert Institute, Germany
Editorial Board:
John A. Agnew - UCLA, USA
Alan Bairner - Loughborough University, UK
Michael Bruner - University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
Tricia Cusack - Greystones, Ireland
James Dingley - Queen's University, Belfast, UK
José Faraldo - University of Madrid, Spain
Jouni Häkli - University of Tampere, Finland
Igor Jelen - University of Trieste, Italy
Goutam Karmakar- University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Sherko Kirmanj - University of Sharjah, UAE
Rebecca Kook - Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Karina Korostelina - George Mason University, USA
Murray Leith - University of the West of Scotland, UK
Sophie Loussouarn - University of Amiens, France
Alexei Miller - European University at St. Petersburg, Russia
Styliane Philippou - Practicing Architect and Independent Researcher, London, UK
Pauliina Raento - University of Tampere, Finland
Frithjof Benjamin Schenk - Basel University, Switzerland
William Taylor - The University of Western Australia, Australia
Anne-Marie Thiesse - Pays Germaniques, Ecole Normale Superieure, France
Victor Zheng - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Updated 11-08-2023
Abstracting and indexing
National Identities is currently abstracted and indexed in British Humanities Index; CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts; Emerging Sources Citation Index; Historical Abstracts; Index Islamicus; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS); OCLC; Political Science and Government Abstracts; SCOPUS; Social Services Abstracts; Sociological Abstracts and Social Planning/ Policy and Development Abstracts.
Open access
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- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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