About this journal
Aims and scope
The International Journal of Cultural Policy is a peer reviewed journal that provides an outlet for a multidisciplinary and international exploration of the meaning, function and consequences of cultural policies. Cultural policy is understood as the promotion or disparagement of particular cultural practices and values.
This conception of cultural policy encompasses a broad view of both ‘culture’ and ‘policy’. On the one hand, ‘culture’ may be taken to refer to systems or clusters of attitudes, values and behaviours, along with the symbolic practices that maintain or support them. On the other, it may refer more narrowly to products of the arts, heritage and creative and media industries. ‘Policy’ may be considered as programmatic sets of ideas or plans of action pursued by any agency.
Understood in this way, the scope of cultural policy extends well beyond policies which are explicitly labelled ‘cultural’ or which relate specifically to the ‘cultural and creative sector’. Indeed, the most powerful culture-shaping policies are arguably those which emerge from other domains, such as religion, science, education or trade. Yet they are often overlooked in the study of cultural policy.
The journal welcomes papers which throw light on any form of cultural policy, whatever its scope, provided they make an original academic contribution to this field of study. The historical range is not limited to any given period, but the journal is primarily concerned with material that is relevant to the contemporary world and which contributes to a fruitful international exchange of ideas.
The journal will consider papers from any academic discipline which address its aims, as set out here, and encourages contributions from all parts of the world. Manuscripts must be written in English, or translated into English prior to submission. As a multidisciplinary and international journal, it requires contributors to write in a clear, readable style.
All submissions to the journal will undergo initial editor screening and, if selected, will be subject to rigorous peer review, based on double-anonymized refereeing by at least two referees.
Some editions of the journal are guest edited and designed around particular themes, which may relate to a specific set of issues, a geographical region or a particular cultural practice. If you wish to propose a special issue of this kind, please contact the Editor.
The International Journal of Cultural Policy was established in 1993 and is a pre-eminent journal in its field. It has an extensive international readership and addresses itself to all those with a serious intellectual interest in how and why different agents attempt to work on the cultural practices and values of individuals and societies.
If you wish to submit a manuscript to this journal, please read the Instructions for Authors. Authors have the option to publish open access in this journal via Taylor & Francis’ Open Select publishing program.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 258K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.3 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 1.6 (2023) 5 year IF
- 4.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.773 (2023) SNIP
- 0.636 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 25 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 72 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 15 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 26% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
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.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor:
Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL, UK
Book Review Editor:
Swedish School of Library and Information Science
University of Borås
SE-501 90 Borås, Sweden
Editorial Board:
Jeremy Ahearne - School of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Warwick, UK
Franco Bianchini - Fitzcarraldo Foundation, Turin, Italy
Chris Bilton - Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies, University of Warwick, UK
Lisanne Gibson - School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Loughborough University, UK
Patricia Goff - Political Science and North American Studies, Wilfred Laurier University, Canada
Nobuko Kawashima - Department of Economics, Doshisha University, Japan
Tuuli Lähdesmäki - Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Egle Rindzeviciute - Department of Criminology and Sociology, Kingston University, UK
Joaquim Rius Ulldemolins - Faculty of Social Sciences, University of València, Spain
Sigrid Røyseng - Department of Communication and Culture, BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway
Michael Rushton - School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, USA
Alan Stanbridge - Department of Arts, Culture and Media, University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada
Deborah Stevenson - School of Social Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Australia
David Throsby - School of Economics and Financial Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Bjarki Valtýsson - Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Hans van Maanen - Department of Arts Policy and Theatre Studies, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands
George Yúdice - University of Miami, USA
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/ Indexed in:Arts and Humanities Citation Index; British Humanities Index; Communication and Mass Media Complete; Current Abstracts; CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts; Electronic Collections Online; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS); Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Abstracts; Leisure Tourism Database; Proquest Central; SCOPUS; Social Science Citation Index and Sociological Abstracts.
Open access
International Journal of Cultural Policy 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?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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7 issues per year
Currently known as:
- International Journal of Cultural Policy (1997 - current)
Formerly known as
- The European Journal of Cultural Policy (1994 - 1997)
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