The Journal of Fandom Studies
Last updated ISSN 2046-6692
The Journal of Fandom Studies is published by Intellect in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Journal of Fandom Studies concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Digital Games and Media
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Asian Culture and Media Studies
- Media, Gender, and Advertising
- Cinema and Media Studies
- Media Studies and Communication
- Music History and Culture
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Media Influence and Health
- Comics and Graphic Narratives
Key facts
| Publisher | Intellect |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2046-6692, 2046-6706 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Not recorded |
| Articles published | 261 |
| Publishing since | 2012 |
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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