A fully peer-reviewed international journal of folklore and folkloristics.
Folklore is one of the earliest journals in the field of folkloristics, first published as The Folk-Lore Record in 1878.
Folklore publishes ethnographical and analytical essays on vernacular culture worldwide, specializing in traditional narrative, language, music, song, dance, drama, foodways, medicine, arts and crafts, popular religion, and belief. It reviews current studies in a wide range of adjacent disciplines including anthropology, cultural studies, ethnology, history, literature, and religion.
Folklore prides itself on its special mix of reviews, analysis, ethnography, and debate; its combination of European and North American approaches to the study of folklore; and its coverage not only of the materials and processes of folklore, but also of the history, methods, and theory of folkloristics.
Folklore aims to be lively, informative and accessible, while maintaining high standards of scholarship.
Peer review policy
Taylor & Francis is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Once your paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will then be double anonymously peer reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
61K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.2 (2023) Impact Factor
0.3 (2023) 5 year IF
0.6 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.838 (2023) SNIP
0.150 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
121 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
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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.
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.
Antone Minard - University of British Columbia, Canada
Book Reviews Editor:
Tina Paphitis- University of Bergen, Norway
Editorial Board:
David Atkinson- The Folklore Society, UK
Marion Bowman-The Open University, UK
Patricia Lysaght -University College Dublin, Ireland
Juliette Wood -Cardiff University, Wales
International Advisory Board:
Cristina Bacchilega- USA Yuri Berezkin -Russia Olesya Britsyna -Ukraine Theresa Buckland -UK José Joaquim Dias Marques- Portugal Diane Goldstein - USA Galit Hasan-Rokem - Israel Bengt af Klintberg - Sweden Jonathan Roper - Estonia Graham Seal -Australia Christine Shojaei Kawan-Germany Ulrika Wolf-Knuts-Finland
Abstracting and indexing
Folklore is Abstracted/Indexed in:
Anthropological Index Online; B H A Bibliography of the History of Art; Bibliography of Native North Americans; British Humanities Index; Current Abstracts; Humanities Index; Humanities International Index; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences; Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts; M L A International Bibliography (Modern Language Association of America); OCLC; Periodicals Index Online; ProQuest Central; Religion Index One: Periodicals; Thomson Reuters' Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
Open access
Folklore 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.
Folklore is the journal of The Folklore Society (FLS), which was founded in 1878 and was one of the first organisations in the world devoted to the study of traditional culture. The term ’folklore’ describes the overarching concept that holds together a number of aspects of vernacular culture and cultural traditions, and is also the name of the discipline which studies them.
The Folklore Society’s interest and expertise covers topics such as traditional music, song, dance and drama, narrative, arts and crafts, customs and belief. We are also interested in popular religion, traditional and regional food, folk medicine, children’s folklore, traditional sayings, proverbs, rhymes and jingles.
Under the terms of the registration of our charitable status, our aims are to foster folklore research and recording worldwide, and to make the results of such study available to all, whether members of the Society or not.
Subscription Rates Individual Membership: £50 / US $90 / €70
Household Membership: £65 / US $105 / €85 (Two members of the same household receive all the other benefits of membership if they share a copy of Folklore).
Senior Membership: £35 / US $60 / €50
Student/Unwaged/Low Earner (at or below Income Tax threshold) *: £15 / US $25 / €25
*proof of eligibility required. Online access only
Benefits of Folklore Society membership include: receipt of FLS News, access to JSTOR’s electronic archive of back-numbers of Folklore; information about publications and events, preferential rates for some events and publications, and access to FLS information services and library. More details at www.folklore-society.com
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FLS membership subscription year runs from January to December, and renewal notices are sent around November/December for the following year. New Members: If you’re joining late in the year, you can opt to have your payment logged as an advance subscription and defer your membership until the following January: just contact us (or Taylor & Francis Customer Services directly) and we can arrange that.
Our individual members receive the print issues of Folklore as well as access to the digital form via tandfonline.com. Our members also receive our newsletter FLS News three times a year (February, June and November). New Members:contact us to receive the recent newsletters: the default is now digital, pdf via email, but members can opt to receive print copies of FLS News–just let us know.
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Print ISSN:
0015-587X
Online ISSN:
1469-8315
4 issues per year
Currently known as:
Folklore
(1890 - current)
Formerly known as
The Folk-Lore Journal
(1883 - 1889)
The Folk-Lore Record
(1878 - 1882)
Virtual Special Issues
The Folklore Virtual Special Issues (VSIs) offer a curated collection of previous published articles, a recommended reading list, introductory essay, and podcast centred on a particular theme pertaining to the discipline of folklore, offering original insights into a range of fascinating and curious topics.
All past Folklore Virtual Special Issues (VSIs) can be viewed on The Folklore Society Website. The articles are free to access by members of The Folklore Society.
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