About this journal
Aims and scope
Cloth accesses an astonishingly broad range of human experiences. The raw material from which things are made, it has various associations: sensual, somatic, decorative, functional and ritual. Yet although textiles are part of our everyday lives, their very familiarity and accessibility belie a complex set of histories, and invite a range of speculations about their personal, social and cultural meanings. This ability to move within and reference multiple sites gives textiles their potency.
This journal brings together research in textiles in an innovative and distinctive academic forum for all those who share a multifaceted view of textiles within an expanded field. Representing a dynamic and wide-ranging set of critical practices, it provides a platform for points of departure between art and craft; gender and identity; cloth, body and architecture; labour and technology; techno-design and practice—all situated within the broader contexts of material and visual culture.
Textile invites submissions informed by technology and visual media, history and cultural theory; anthropology; philosophy; political economy and psychoanalysis. It draws on a range of artistic practices, studio and digital work, manufacture and object production.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 72K 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
- 0.696 (2023) SNIP
- 0.200 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 123 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 52% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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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.
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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:
Catherine Harper, The British University in Egypt
Roselind Sinclair,MBE, Goldsmiths, University of London
Founding Editors:
Pennina Barnett, Textile scholar and writer
Janis Jefferies, Goldsmiths, University of London
Editorial Assistant:
Amanda Stonham
Regional Editor -- Latin America:
Eliana Sánchez-Aldana , Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Regional Editor -- Asia-Pacific:
Anuradha Chatterjee , Cindrebay School of Design, India
Regional Editor -- China:
Xu Jia , China Academy of Art, ChinaRegional Editor -- Europe:
Catherine Dormor , University of Westminster, UK
Regional Editor -- North America:
Jeanne Medina Le , California State University Long Beach, USA Advisory Board:
Pennina Barnett, UK
Rowan Bailey , University of Huddersfield, UK
Dilys Blum , Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA
Shovit Dasgupta , National Institute of Fashion Technology, India
Nancy Feldman , School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA
Agnieszka Golda, University of Wollongong, Australia
Toolika Gupta, Indian Institute of Crafts and Design, India
Jessica Hemmings, HDK-Varland, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Janis Jefferies, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Sampath Kumar Padmanabha Jinka , Manipal University, Jaipur, India
Shubha Mahajan , India
Joseph McBrinn , University of Ulster, UK
Pratibha Mishra, Manipal University, India
Victoria Mitchell, Norwich University of the Arts, UK
Masafumi Monden, University of Western Australia
Geraldine Ondrizek , Reed College, USA
Vaibbhavi Pruthviraj Ranavaade, Chitkara Design School, India
Mary Schoeser, V&A and School of Textiles (Coggeshall), UK
Caryn Simonson, Chelsea College of Art and Design, UK
Rose Sinclair, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Lee Talbot, The Textile Museum, USA
Lynn Tandler, Royal College of Art, UK
Joanne Turney, University of Southampton, UK
Deborah Valoma, California College of the Arts, USA
Open access
TEXTILE 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.
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- 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)
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