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

Editorial board

Editors:

Pippa Catterall - University of Westminster, UK
David 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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  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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