Arts & Cultural Studies Journals

This page groups approved journals assigned to Arts & Cultural Studies within the broader Humanities & Arts classification used by Journals Impact Factors.

Because citation practices differ by specialty, this narrower grouping can be more useful than comparing journals across an entire broad discipline. The classification is internal and is not an official JCR category.

153
Approved journals

132
With JIF

2
Q1 journals

1.900
Highest available JIF

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153 results

Journal	JIF	5-Year JIF	JCI	Quartile	Publisher
EURASIP Journal on Audio Speech and Music Processing 1687-4722	1.900	2.000	0.460	Q2	SPRINGER
International Journal of Cultural Studies 1367-8779	1.800	2.400	1.810	Q1	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
European Journal of Cultural Studies 1367-5494	1.700	2.300	1.860	Q1	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
MUSICAE SCIENTIAE 1029-8649	1.700	2.100	2.140	Q3	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
MUSIC PERCEPTION 0730-7829	1.600	2.000	2.040	Q3	UNIV CALIFORNIA PRESS
ARTS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY 0197-4556	1.500	1.700	0.650	Q2	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
International Journal of Art Therapy 1745-4832	1.500	2.000	0.750	Q2	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Journal of Intercultural Studies 0725-6868	1.300	1.200	0.580	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Art Therapy 0742-1656	1.200	1.500	0.370	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
CULTURAL STUDIES 0950-2386	1.200	1.800	1.110	Q2	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Nordic Journal of Music Therapy 0809-8131	1.200	1.500	0.620	Q3	GRIEG ACADEMY
Psychomusicology 0275-3987	1.200	1.500	1.040	Q4	AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
Cultural Studies-Critical Methodologies 1532-7086	1.100	1.200	1.210	Q2	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
JOURNAL OF AESTHETICS AND ART CRITICISM 0021-8529	1.100	1.400	1.830	N/A	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
British Journal of Music Therapy 1359-4575	1.000	0.900	0.460	Q4	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
POPULAR MUSIC AND SOCIETY 0300-7766	1.000	0.800	2.310	N/A	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies 1030-4312	0.900	1.100	1.020	Q2	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media 1479-4713	0.900	0.700	3.220	N/A	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
JOURNAL OF NEW MUSIC RESEARCH 0929-8215	0.900	1.400	1.520	Q4	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
MUSIC THEORY SPECTRUM 0195-6167	0.900	0.900	2.360	N/A	OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
Popular Music 0261-1430	0.900	0.900	1.690	N/A	CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
ACTA MUSICOLOGICA 0001-6241	0.500	0.200	0.910	N/A	INT MUSICOLOGICAL SOC
Ethnomusicology Forum 1741-1912	0.500	0.600	1.000	N/A	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
French Cultural Studies 0957-1558	0.500	0.300	0.430	Q3	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL MUSICAL ASSOCIATION 0269-0403	0.500	0.400	0.590	N/A	CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Open Cultural Studies 2451-3474	0.500	0.500	0.560	Q3	DE GRUYTER POLAND SP Z O O
THEATRE NOTEBOOK 0040-5523	0.500	0.400	1.300	N/A	SOC THEATRE RES
THEATRE RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 0307-8833	0.500	0.400	1.980	N/A	CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Wacana Seni-Journal of Art Discourse 1675-3410	0.500	0.300	0.600	N/A	PENERBIT UNIV SAINS MALAYSIA
CANADIAN THEATRE REVIEW 0315-0836	0.400	0.400	0.970	N/A	UNIV TORONTO PRESS INC
Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies 2327-7408	0.400	0.000	1.050	N/A	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Eighteenth-Century Music 1478-5706	0.400	0.200	0.220	N/A	CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Inter-Asia Cultural Studies 1464-9373	0.400	0.600	0.560	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
International Journal of Community Music 1752-6299	0.400	0.800	1.600	N/A	INTELLECT LTD
JOURNAL OF MUSICOLOGICAL RESEARCH 0141-1896	0.400	0.400	0.510	N/A	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
MUSICAL QUARTERLY 0027-4631	0.400	0.400	0.500	N/A	OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
Musicology Australia 0814-5857	0.400	0.300	0.780	N/A	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide N/A	0.400	0.300	0.230	N/A	ASSOC HISTORIANS NINETEENTH-CENTURY ART
Nineteenth-Century Music Review 1479-4098	0.400	0.300	0.650	N/A	CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Rock Art Research 0813-0426	0.400	0.700	0.970	N/A	ARCHAEOLOGICAL PUBL
Women and Music-A Journal of Gender and Culture 1090-7505	0.400	0.300	0.240	Q4	UNIV NEBRASKA PRESS
YEARBOOK FOR TRADITIONAL MUSIC 0740-1558	0.400	0.400	0.680	N/A	CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Applied Theatre Research 2049-3010	0.300	0.700	1.980	N/A	INTELLECT LTD
ARCHIVES OF ASIAN ART 0066-6637	0.300	0.300	0.510	N/A	DUKE UNIV PRESS
ART JOURNAL 0004-3249	0.300	0.500	0.320	N/A	TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
ASIAN THEATRE JOURNAL 0742-5457	0.300	0.200	0.550	N/A	UNIV HAWAII PRESS
CONTEMPORARY THEATRE REVIEW 1048-6801	0.300	0.300	1.290	N/A	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Differences-A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies 1040-7391	0.300	0.600	0.250	Q3	DUKE UNIV PRESS
GESTA-INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF MEDIEVAL ART 0016-920X	0.300	0.300	2.080	N/A	UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies 1356-9325	0.300	0.400	0.290	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
JOURNAL OF MUSIC THEORY 0022-2909	0.300	0.700	1.210	N/A	DUKE UNIV PRESS
Journal of Popular Music Studies 1524-2226	0.300	0.700	0.610	N/A	UNIV CALIFORNIA PRESS
Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies 1463-6204	0.300	0.400	0.300	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Journal of World Popular Music 2052-4900	0.300	0.300	0.580	N/A	EQUINOX PUBLISHING LTD
Landscape Architecture and Art 2255-8632	0.300	0.700	0.390	N/A	Latvia Univ Life Sciences and Technologies
LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC REVIEW-REVISTA DE MUSICA LATINOAMERICANA 0163-0350	0.300	0.200	0.020	N/A	UNIV TEXAS PRESS
Malaysian Journal of Music 2600-9366	0.300	0.300	0.690	N/A	UNIV PENDIDIKAN SULTAN IDRIS, FAC MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS
MUSIC & LETTERS 0027-4224	0.300	0.300	0.400	N/A	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
Music and The Moving Image 2167-8464	0.300	0.000	0.000	N/A	UNIV ILLINOIS PRESS
MUSIC EDUCATORS JOURNAL 0027-4321	0.300	0.000	0.510	Q4	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Musica Hodie 1676-3939	0.300	0.200	0.480	N/A	UNIV FEDERAL GOIAS
Nauka Televideniya-The Art and Science of Television 1994-9529	0.300	0.200	0.780	N/A	GUMANITARNII INST TELEVIDENIYA & RADIOVESCHANIYA IMENI M A LITOVCHINA-GITR
NINETEENTH CENTURY MUSIC 0148-2076	0.300	0.400	0.730	N/A	UNIV CALIFORNIA PRESS
OXFORD ART JOURNAL 0142-6540	0.300	0.200	0.350	N/A	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
Postmedieval-A Journal of Medieval Cultural Studies 2040-5960	0.300	0.600	1.230	Q3	PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD
Revista Internacional de Educacion Musical 2307-4841	0.300	0.300	0.500	N/A	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
RIDE-The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance 1356-9783	0.300	0.600	1.070	Q4	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Theatre Dance and Performance Training 1944-3927	0.300	0.400	1.570	N/A	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
THEATRE SURVEY 0040-5574	0.300	0.400	1.440	N/A	CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Twentieth-Century Music 1478-5722	0.300	0.400	0.620	N/A	CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
World of Music-New Series 0043-8774	0.300	0.400	0.660	N/A	VWB-VERLAG WISSENSCHAFT & BILDUNG
American Art 1073-9300	0.200	0.300	0.280	N/A	UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
AMERICAN MUSIC 0734-4392	0.200	0.400	0.310	N/A	UNIV ILLINOIS PRESS
Anadolu Universitesi Sanat & Tasarim Dergisi-Anadolu University Journal of Art & Design 2146-9059	0.200	0.200	0.070	N/A	ANADOLU UNIV
Art Documentation 0730-7187	0.200	0.300	0.670	N/A	UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
ASIAN MUSIC 0044-9202	0.200	0.300	0.870	N/A	UNIV TEXAS PRESS
Cuadernos de Musica Artes Visuales y Artes Escenicas 1794-6670	0.200	0.200	0.220	N/A	PONTIFICIA UNIV JAVERIANA, FAC ARTES
EARLY MUSIC 0306-1078	0.200	0.200	0.360	N/A	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
Empirical Musicology Review 1559-5749	0.200	0.400	1.060	N/A	OHIO STATE UNIV, SCH MUSIC
European Journal of Media Art and Photography 1339-4940	0.200	0.200	0.740	N/A	UNIV SS CYRIL & METHODIUS TRNAVA
FOLK MUSIC JOURNAL 0531-9684	0.200	0.100	0.000	N/A	ENGLISH FOLK DANCE SONG SOC.
IDA-International Design and Art Journal N/A	0.200	0.000	0.350	N/A	Nilay OZSAVAS ULUCAY
JOURNAL OF MUSICOLOGY 0277-9269	0.200	0.600	0.710	N/A	UNIV CALIFORNIA PRESS
Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa 1812-1004	0.200	0.200	0.320	N/A	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Journal of the Society for American Music 1752-1963	0.200	0.400	0.540	N/A	CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Journal of Visual Art Practice 1470-2029	0.200	0.000	0.460	N/A	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Metal Music Studies 2052-3998	0.200	0.000	0.800	Q4	INTELLECT LTD
Music Sound and the Moving Image 1753-0768	0.200	0.500	0.530	N/A	LIVERPOOL UNIV PRESS
Musicologist 2618-5652	0.200	0.000	0.640	N/A	Trabzon Univ State Conservatory
Muzikologija-Musicology 1450-9814	0.200	0.100	0.370	N/A	SERBIAN ACAD SCIENCES & ARTS, INST MUSICOLOGY-SASA
NEW THEATRE QUARTERLY 0266-464X	0.200	0.200	1.330	N/A	CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Plainsong & Medieval Music 0961-1371	0.200	0.100	0.990	N/A	CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Problemy Muzykalnoi Nauki-Music Scholarship 2782-358X	0.200	0.200	0.790	N/A	Gnesin Russian Acad Music
Public-Art Culture Ideas 0845-4450	0.200	0.300	0.170	N/A	INTELLECT LTD
RACAR-REVUE D ART CANADIENNE-CANADIAN ART REVIEW 0315-9906	0.200	0.200	0.310	N/A	UNIV ART ASSOC CANADA
Revista Musical Chilena 0716-2790	0.200	0.300	0.340	N/A	UNIV CHILE, FACULTY ARTS
South African Theatre Journal 1013-7548	0.200	0.200	1.040	N/A	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Studi Musicali-Nuova Serie 0391-7789	0.200	0.100	0.330	N/A	ACCAD NAZ SANTA CECILIA, FONDAZIONE
Studies in Theatre and Performance 1468-2761	0.200	0.400	1.070	N/A	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
TOPIA-Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies 1206-0143	0.200	0.300	0.250	Q4	UNIV TORONTO PRESS INC

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