Interdisciplinary and international in scope, the Journal of War and Culture Studies emphasises cultural histories and cultural production as significant forces that have shaped experiences, representations and memories of war. It provides a forum for the analysis, discussion and dissemination of original research exploring the relationships between war and culture in the modern and contemporary era.
The Journal of War and Culture Studies seeks to foster genuine interdisciplinary dialogue through contributions from leading scholars and specialists in the field whilst also welcoming submissions from postgraduate students, independent scholars and early-career colleagues. The editors invite contributions in the fields of cultural history, literary studies, cultural and media studies and all forms of visual studies that explore the areas of interest within its scope. Articles in related aspects of social sciences and social and political histories will also be welcomed if the focus on cultural production is clear.
Scope • The relationship between war and culture during conflict and its aftermath • The forms and practices of cultural transmission in times of war • The impact of war on cultural production, cultural identity and international cultural relations • Historical scope: wars and conflicts in the modern and contemporary periods (understood as the European modern era, late eighteenth century to the present day) • Geographical scope: wars and conflicts across world geographical and cultural areas • Comparative, cross-cultural representation of the experiences of war and conflict in cultural productions
The Journal of War and Culture Studies is the academic journal created by the international scholarly association, the Group for War and Culture Studies, and was established in 2007.
The Journal of War and Culture Studies has always welcomed submissions from postgraduate and early career researchers and is proud to have published many scholars' first articles. In celebration of the excellent new scholarship emerging in the field of war and culture studies, and with the generous support of Taylor & Francis, the editors will award the annual Early Career Researcher Award to the author of the most original essay published in the Journal by a postgraduate or early career researcher (up to 7 years post-PhD award) in a single volume. ECR Award winners will be notified by the editors in December of the year of publication of their article.
Journal metrics
Usage
50K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.5 (2023) Impact Factor
0.5 (2023) 5 year IF
1.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.664 (2023) SNIP
0.226 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
42 days avg. from submission to first
decision
18 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
29% acceptance rate
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Impact Factor*:
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Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
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Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
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CiteScore (Scopus)†:
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a four-year period.
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the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
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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:
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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.
Christine Andrä (University of Groningen, Netherlands)
Ana Carden-Coyne (University of Manchester, UK)
Martyn Cornick (University of Birmingham, UK)
Patrick Finney (University of Aberystwyth, UK)
Charlotte Faucher (University of Manchester, UK)
Marjorie Gehrhardt (University of Reading, UK)
Diya Gupta (City University of London, UK)
Frances Houghton (Open University, UK)
Godfrey Maringara (Sol Plaatje University, South Africa)
Nicholas Martin (University of Birmingham, UK)
Pippa Oldfield, (Leeds Arts University, UK)
Helen Parr (Keele University, UK)
Katy Parry (University of Leeds, UK)
Juliette Pattinson (Kings College London, UK)
Philip Seaton (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan)
Marzena Sokołowska-Paryż (University of Warsaw, Poland)
Hannah West (University of Cardiff, UK)
Abstracting and indexing
Journal of War & Culture Studies is included in the following services:
British Humanities Index
Current Abstracts
EBSCO
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH PLUS)
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
Humanities International Complete
Humanities International Index
International Index to Film Periodicals
MLA
Scopus
TOC Premier
Ulrichs
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