Critical Times
Last updated ISSN 2641-0478
Critical Times is published by Duke University Press in social sciences. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Critical Times concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
- Political Theology and Sovereignty
- Political Economy and Marxism
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
- Islamic Studies and History
- Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation
- Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
- Middle East Politics and Society
Key facts
| Publisher | Duke University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2641-0478 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 288 |
| Publishing since | 2003 |
| Journal website | read.dukeupress.edu/critical-times |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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