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WoS SCIE Q2Scopus Q2SCImago #17,533Subscription

Public Culture

Identifier (ISSN):0899-2363(Print)/1527-8018(Online)
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Publisher:Duke University Press
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (SSCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)
1.1↑ +0.2
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q2
WoS SCIEJCR Quartile
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2022–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for Public Culture

WoS Q2
01121.4420221.520231.120240.920251.12026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):1.1
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q2
0.29
#17,533

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
93

93 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRQ2
Self-Citation Rate9.1%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessSubscription
13articles/year
0% Gold OA•100% Original Research

Aims & Scope

Public Culture is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal of cultural studies, published three times a year—in January, May, and September. It is sponsored by the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, NYU. A four-time CELJ award winner, Public Culture has been publishing field-defining ethnographies and analyses of the cultural politics of globalization for over thirty years. The journal provides a forum for the discussion of the places and occasions where cultural, social, and political differences emerge as public phenomena, manifested in everything from highly particular and localized events in popular or folk culture to global advertising, consumption, and information networks. Artists, activists, and scholars, both well-established and younger, from across the humanities and social sciences and around the world, present some of their most innovative and exciting work in the pages of Public Culture.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Political science83.9%Sociology74.7%History46.8%Law43.7%Philosophy36.6%Economics35%Geography30.3%Politics28.4%Art25.7%Computer science21.7%
Primary Research Areas

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRSSCI2026

ANTHROPOLOGY

Q2
Rank60/143
IndexSSCI
JCRAHCI, SSCI2026

CULTURAL STUDIES

Q2
Rank19/66
IndexAHCI, SSCI
JCISSCI2026

ANTHROPOLOGY

Q2
Rank51/143
IndexSSCI
JCIAHCI, SSCI2026

CULTURAL STUDIES

Q3
Rank34/66
IndexAHCI, SSCI

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
2026Latest
IF1.1
Articles / Year15
Total Citations0
2025
IF0.9
Articles / Year21
Total Citations9
2024
IF1.1
Articles / Year22
Total Citations5
2023
IF1.5
Articles / Year31
Total Citations60
2022
IF1.442
Articles / Year35
Total Citations109

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #17,533Scopus Q2SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1996-2025
Scopus Broad Areas:Arts and HumanitiesPsychologySocial Sciences
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q2
0.29

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Quartile: Scopus Q2
Citations / Doc (2 years)
0.62

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$2,912 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Estimated cost / article

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations69
3-Year Documents86
Citable Documents73

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate58.3%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q2
CommunicationQ2
Social PsychologyQ4
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 9.1%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
3区 (Zone 3)Sociology
Minor Category (Specific Field):
3区ANTHROPOLOGY
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Academic Intelligence Overview & Context

ImpaQ Analysis

Public Culture (ISSN: 0899-2363) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Multiple, published by Duke University Press in United States. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 1.10, ranking in quartile Q2 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.290 (Q2), an H-index of 93.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an annual output of approximately 13 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Subscription model with an estimated APC of $2,912 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Open Access Model
Subscription
Publisher
Duke University Press
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
SSCIAHCIScopusPubMed

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Database Updated: 2026-10-01