European Journal of Cultural Studies
The topics covered by European Journal of Cultural Studies cover a wide range. Areas include (among others): popular cultural forms and practices; consumer cultures; media, film and television culture; post-colonial criticism; cultural policy; citizenship, sexualities, youth culture and class relations; music; intersectional constructions of identity; populism; creative industries; politics; ecology; technology; social media.
THE KIND OF PAPERS WE WISH TO PUBLISH
We publish articles of up to 8,000 words including references.
Whilst cultural studies can sometimes be understood as a very generic term, we are not particularly interested in publishing studies of culture that focus exclusively on single objects. This is partly because such work is done in other disciplinary areas (such as the study of art and literature), and more importantly because we feel the study of culture and cultural forms always needs wider contextualization to include how objects, practices or ideas are inserted in relations of power.
We expect authors to move beyond their own interpretation or reading of a cultural text, object or practice, by including a clear and convincing account of their approach and methodology used in selecting materials (whether texts, interviews, policy documents or other types of data), and on how these materials are analysed. Discourse analysis, visual and narrative analysis, grounded theory and ethnography are for instance among the methods of analysis that might be used. We are primarily interested in how meaning is constructed and in how power relations are produced in the contemporary conjuncture. Therefore, whilst we expect an empirical component, however broadly conceived, we also require an engagement with social and cultural theory.
Submit your manuscript today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ecs
CULTURAL COMMONS
Our short-form ‘Cultural Commons’ section provides a space for imaginative engagement with salient issues for cultural studies. It usually publishes pieces between 1500-3000 words that are in keeping with our broad-ranging conception of cultural studies as rooted in the power dynamics of lived experience. These pieces are published more quickly than regular articles.
Read more here:https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmscontent/ECS/Cultural%20Commons%20EjCS%20info%202023-1682055217.pdf
Proposals for Cultural Commons articles and book reviews should be sent to: the editors Jian Lin (antlinjian@gmail.com) and Siao Yuong Fong (siao_yuong.fong@kcl.ac.uk)
| Yiu Fai Chow | Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong |
| Jilly Kay | Loughborough University, UK |
| Jo Littler | Goldsmiths, University of London, UK |
| Anamik Saha | University of Leeds, UK |
| Siao Yuong Fong | King’s College London, UK |
| Jian Lin | Chinese University of Hong Kong, China |
| Erin Bell | University of Lincoln, UK |
| Linda Kopitz | University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Jessica Martin | University of Leeds, UK |
| Annelot Prins | Freie Universität Berlin, Germany |
| Pertti Alasuutari | Tampere University, Finland |
| Ann Gray | University of Lincoln, UK |
| Joke Hermes | InHolland University, Netherlands |
| Jon Cruz | University of California, USA |
| Jaap Kooijman | University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Helen Wood | Aston University, UK |
| Kim Allen | University of Leeds, UK |
| Mark Andrejevic | Monash University, Australia |
| Ien Ang | University of Western Sydney, Nepean, Australia |
| Yildiz Atasoy | Simon Fraser University, Canada |
| Hermann Bausinger | Ludwig-Uhland-Institut, Tübingen, Germany |
| Tony Bennett | University of Western Sydney, Australia |
| Goran Bolin | Sodertorn University, Sweden |
| Rebecca Bramall | University of Arts London, UK |
| David Buckingham | Loughborough University, UK |
| Ben Carrington | University of Southern California, USA |
| Chua Beng Huat | National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| Nick Couldry | The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK |
| Jeroen de Kloet | University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Abram de Swaan | University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Norman Denzin | University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign, USA |
| Alexander Dhoest | Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium |
| Linda Duits | University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Johan Fornäs | Södertörn University, Sweden |
| Simon Frith | University of Edinburgh, UK |
| Christine Geraghty | University of Glasgow, UK |
| Jeremy Gilbert | University of East London, UK |
| Pumla Gqola | Nelson Mandela University, South Africa |
| Hannah Hamad | Cardiff University, UK |
| Jayson Harsin | The American University of Paris, France |
| David Hesmondhalgh | University of Leeds, UK |
| Roman Horak | University of Vienna, Austria |
| Ksenija V. Horvat | University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Laura Huttunen | University of Tampere, Finland |
| Eeva Jokinen | University of Jyväskylä, Finland |
| Giselinde Kuipers | KU Leuven University, Belgium |
| Helen Leung | Simon Fraser University, Canada |
| Koen Leurs | Utrecht University, Netherlands |
| Vicki Mayer | Tulane University, USA |
| Maureen McNeil | Lancaster University, UK |
| Kaitlynn Mendes | Western University, Canada |
| Marie Moran | University College Dublin, Ireland |
| David Morley | Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK |
| Tejaswini Niranjana | GITAM University, India |
| Aswin Punathambekar | University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Ali Qadir | University of Tampere, Finland |
| Gilbert B. Rodman | University of Minnesota, USA |
| Kim Schroeder | Roskilde University, Denmark |
| Ellen Seiter | University of Southern California, United States, USA |
| Sarah Sharma | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Raka Shome | Villanova University, USA |
| Francesca Sobande | Cardiff University, UK |
| Jon Stratton | University of South Australia, Australia |
| Anna Lisa Tota | University of Rome III, Italy |
| Imogen Tyler | Lancaster University, UK |
| Liesbet van Zoonen | Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Rainer Winter | University of Klagenfurt, Austria |
| Handel Kashope Wright | University of British Columbia, Canada |
| Haiqing Yu | RMIT University, Australia |
| Audrey Yue | National University of Singapore, Singapore |
Please read the guidelines below then visit the Journal’s submission site https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ecs to upload your manuscript. Please note that manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned.
Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims and scope of European Journal of Cultural Studies will be reviewed.
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal.
As part of the submission process you will be required to warrant that you are submitting your original work, that you have the rights in the work, that you are submitting the work for first publication in the Journal and that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has not already been published elsewhere, and that you have obtained and can supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you
- What do we publish?
1.1 Aims & Scope
1.2 Article types
1.3 Writing your paper - Editorial policies
2.1 Peer review policy
2.2 Authorship
2.3 Acknowledgements
2.4 Funding
2.5 Declaration of conflicting interests
2.6 Research ethics and patient consent
2.7 Clinical trials
2.8 Reporting guidelines
2.9 Data - Publishing policies
3.1 Publication ethics
3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement
3.3 Open access and author archiving - Preparing your manuscript
4.1 Formatting
4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
4.3 Supplementary material
4.4 Reference style
4.5 English language editing services - Submitting your manuscript
5.1 ORCID
5.2 Information required for completing your submission
5.3 Permissions - On acceptance and publication
6.1 SAGE Production
6.2 Online First publication
6.3 Access to your published article
6.4 Promoting your article - Further information
Before submitting your manuscript to European Journal of Cultural Studies, please ensure you have read the Aims & Scope.
European Journal of Cultural Studies considers only previously unpublished manuscripts which present original and well-formulated work. All authors should confirm that the manuscript is not currently being considered for publication by any other journal and retain a copy of their manuscript.
Books for review and manuscripts of reviews should be sent to: Ruth McElroy Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, CF37 1DL. [email:rmcelroy@glam.ac.uk ]
1.2.1 Word Count
The word count for articles submitted to the journal is 7,000-8,000 words, including references, abstract, etc.
The SAGE Author Gateway has some general advice and on how to get published, plus links to further resources.
1.3.1 Make your article discoverable
When writing up your paper, think about how you can make it discoverable. The title, keywords and abstract are key to ensuring readers find your article through search engines such as Google. For information and guidance on how best to title your article, write your abstract and select your keywords, have a look at this page on the Gateway: How to Help Readers Find Your Article Online.
The journal operates a strictly anonymous peer review process in which the reviewer's name is withheld from the author and the author's name from the reviewer.
All parties who have made a substantive contribution to the article should be listed as authors. Principal authorship, authorship order, and other publication credits should be based on the relative scientific or professional contributions of the individuals involved, regardless of their status. A student is usually listed as principal author on any multiple-authored publication that substantially derives from the student’s dissertation or thesis.
All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an Acknowledgements section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, or a department chair who provided only general support.
Please supply any personal acknowledgements separately to the main text to facilitate anonymous peer review.
2.4 Declaration of conflicting interests
European Journal of Cultural Studies encourages authors to include a declaration of any conflicting interests and recommends you review the good practice guidelines on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway.
SAGE is committed to upholding the integrity of the academic record. We encourage authors to refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics’ International Standards for Authors and view the Publication Ethics page on the SAGE Author Gateway.
3.1.1 Plagiarism
European Journal of Cultural Studies and SAGE take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked with duplication-checking software. Where an article, for example, is found to have plagiarised other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article; taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author's institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; or taking appropriate legal action.
3.1.2 Prior publication
If material has been previously published it is not generally acceptable for publication in a SAGE journal. However, there are certain circumstances where previously published material can be considered for publication. Please refer to the guidance on the SAGE Author Gateway or if in doubt, contact the Editor at the address given below.
3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement
Before publication, SAGE requires the author as the rights holder to sign a Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement. SAGE’s Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement is an exclusive licence agreement which means that the author retains copyright in the work but grants SAGE the sole and exclusive right and licence to publish for the full legal term of copyright. Exceptions may exist where an assignment of copyright is required or preferred by a proprietor other than SAGE. In this case copyright in the work will be assigned from the author to the society. For more information please visit the SAGE Author Gateway.
3.3 Open access and author archiving
European Journal of Cultural Studies offers optional open access publishing via the SAGE Choice programme. For more information please visit the SAGE Choice website. For information on funding body compliance, and depositing your article in repositories, please visit SAGE Publishing Policies on our Journal Author Gateway.
4. Preparing your manuscript for submission
The preferred format for your manuscript is Word. LaTeX files are also accepted. Word and (La)Tex templates are available on the Manuscript Submission Guidelines page of our Author Gateway.
4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
For guidance on the preparation of illustrations, pictures and graphs in electronic format, please visit SAGE’s Manuscript Submission Guidelines.
Figures supplied in colour will appear in colour online regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from SAGE after receipt of your accepted article.
This journal is able to host additional materials online (e.g. datasets, podcasts, videos, images etc) alongside the full-text of the article. For more information please refer to our guidelines on submitting supplementary files.
European Journal of Cultural Studies adheres to the SAGE Harvard reference style. View the SAGE Harvard guidelines to ensure your manuscript conforms to this reference style.
Please include a full alphabetical listing at the end of the article.
If you use EndNote to manage references, you can download the SAGE Harvard EndNote output file.
End notes, if necessary, should be signalled by superscript numbers in the main text and listed at the end of the text before the references
4.5 English language editing services
Authors seeking assistance with English language editing, translation, or figure and manuscript formatting to fit the journal’s specifications should consider using SAGE Language Services. Visit SAGE Language Services on our Journal Author Gateway for further information.
Please attach to every submission a letter confirming that all authors have agreed to the submission and that the article is not currently being considered for publication by any other journal.
European Journal of Cultural Studies is hosted on SAGE Track, a web based online submission and peer review system powered by ScholarOne™ Manuscripts. Visit https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ecs to login and submit your article online.
IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the journal in the past year it is likely that you will have had an account created. For further guidance on submitting your manuscript online please visit ScholarOne Online Help.
As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent and fair peer review process SAGE is a supporting member of ORCID, the Open Researcher and Contributor ID. ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes researchers from every other researcher and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between researchers and their professional activities ensuring that their work is recognised.
We encourage all authors to add their ORCIDs to their SAGE Track accounts and include their ORCIDs as part of the submission process. If you don’t already have one you can create one here.
5.2 Information required for completing your submission
You will be asked to provide contact details and academic affiliations for all co-authors via the submission system and identify who is to be the corresponding author. These details must match what appears on your manuscript. At this stage please ensure you have included all the required statements and declarations and uploaded any additional supplementary files (including reporting guidelines where relevant).
Please also ensure that you have obtained any necessary permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. For further information including guidance on fair dealing for criticism and review, please see the Copyright and Permissions page on the SAGE Author Gateway.
6. On acceptance and publication
Your SAGE Production Editor will keep you informed as to your article’s progress throughout the production process. Proofs will be sent by PDF to the corresponding author and should be returned promptly. Authors are reminded to check their proofs carefully to confirm that all author information, including names, affiliations, sequence and contact details are correct, and that Funding and Conflict of Interest statements, if any, are accurate. Please note that if there are any changes to the author list at this stage all authors will be required to complete and sign a form authorising the change.
Online First allows final articles (completed and approved articles awaiting assignment to a future issue) to be published online prior to their inclusion in a journal issue, which significantly reduces the lead time between submission and publication. Visit the SAGE Journals help page for more details, including how to cite Online First articles.
6.3 Access to your published article
SAGE provides authors with online access to their final article.
Publication is not the end of the process! You can help disseminate your paper and ensure it is as widely read and cited as possible. The SAGE Author Gateway has numerous resources to help you promote your work. Visit the Promote Your Article page on the Gateway for tips and advice. In addition, SAGE is partnered with Kudos, a free service that allows authors to explain, enrich, share, and measure the impact of their article. Find out how to maximise your article’s impact with Kudos.