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

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, China

Regional 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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  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  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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