The Journal of Popular Film was founded in 1971 at the Center for Popular Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University. It became the Journal of Popular Film and Television with Volume 7, Number 1 (1978), being the first scholarly film journal anywhere to include television in its title and editorial purview. From the beginning, the Journal of Popular Film and Television has been resolutely committed to the widest possible range of analytical views and techniques. The primary purpose of the Journal of Popular Film and Televisionis to provide a representative cross section of critical-cultural perspectives and to broaden the existing literature to include the “public visions” of popular filmmakers and television showrunners, economic and industrial factors, and an emphasis on the complex role of audiences in the development of film and television as art forms and wide-reaching sociocultural forces.
Today the Journal of Popular Film and Television remains the leading scholarly publication for sociocultural analyses of films and television programming. A sociocultural orientation to film and television has understandably matured and advanced in many diverse directions over the years, but one elemental assumption remains: The first allegiance of this genre of criticism is to the cultural context and not the media. As basic as this premise is, it powerfully asserts that film and television are cultural products and forms of social knowledge. They are never neutral technologies, but are only meaningful within their relationships to broader contexts, institutions, and discourses.
Regular features of Journal of Popular Film and Television include original essays, “perspective” pieces on controversial issues, “retrospective” articles on older films and television programs, and commissioned book and video reviews. Periodically the journal publishes special issues on subjects such as “The Western,” “Television as Text,” and “Mixed-Up Confusion: Television in the Twenty-First Century.” The Journal of Popular Film and Television delivers lively and insightful commentaries, written in accessible prose. Authors from across the arts, humanities, and social sciences are welcome and encouraged to submit their work. Please email Editor-in-Chief Dr Tom Ue if you have any questions or possible suggestions for future articles or theme issues.
Peer Review Policy:
All peer review is single anonymized and submissions are typically reviewed by two external referees.
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Journal metrics
Usage
61K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.5 (2023) Impact Factor
0.5 (2023) 5 year IF
0.6 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.985 (2023) SNIP
0.119 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
53 days avg. from submission to first
decision
11% acceptance rate
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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
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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.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Tom Ue,Cape Breton University, Canada
CONSULTING EDITORS Sam L. Grogg Jr.,Adelphi University, USA
Ralph Haven Wolfe,Bowling Green State University, USA
SENIOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR Jack Nachbar,Bowling Green State University, USA
BOOK REVIEW EDITOR Sue Matheson,University College of the North, Canada
INTERIM VIDEO REVIEW EDITOR Michael T. Marsden
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Kathy Merlock Jackson,Virginia Wesleyan University, USA
Vivian C. Sobchack,University of California, Los Angeles, USA
ADVISORY BOARD Jane Caputi,Florida Atlantic University, USA
John G. Cawelti,University of Kentucky, USA
Kathy Fuller-Seeley,University of Texas at Austin, USA
Harvey Roy Greenberg,M.D.New York, New York
Leonard G. Heldreth,Northern Michigan University, USA
Frank Manchel,University of Vermont, USA
George Plasketes, Auburn University, USA
Brian Rose,Fordham University–College at Lincoln Center, USA
Timothy Scheurer,Shawnee State University, USA John Tibbetts, University of Kansas, USA
J. P. Telotte,Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Mary Ann Watson,Eastern Michigan University, USA
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/Indexed in: Canada in Context, FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Current Contents, Web of Science, De Gruyter Saur online research databases, EBSCOhost, Scopus, Advanced Placement Fine Arts and Music, Book Review Index Plus, Expanded Academic ASAP, General OneFile, MLA International Bibliography, OCLC Humanities Index (Online), Ovid FIAF Databases, ProQuest online research databases.
Open access
Journal of Popular Film and Television 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)
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.
Journal of Popular Film and Television
(1978 - current)
Formerly known as
Journal of Popular Film
(1971 - 1978)
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