35 Cultural Studies journals (Social Sciences) in ORBIT Tier 1 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 1: top quarter of Social Sciences by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUDN Journal of Language Studies Semiotics and Semantics | 2313-2299 | 65 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta Serija 2 Jazykoznanije | 1998-9911 | 65 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| XLinguae | 1337-8384 | 65 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Slovakia |
| Besaung Jurnal Seni Desain dan Budaya | 2502-8626 | 59 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Open Cultural Studies | 2451-3474 | 50 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,14,274 to publish | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Nexus | 1697-4646 | 49 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| International Journal “Speech Genres” | 2311-0740 | 46 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Russian language studies | 2618-8163 | 44 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Social Science Japan Journal | 1369-1465 | 43 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,43,797 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Вопросы ономастики | 1994-2400 | 40 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Harmonia Journal of Arts Research and Education | 1411-5115 | 36 | 1 | ≈ ₹19,266 to publish | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Mānoa/Mānoa | 1045-7909 | 36 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Art and Interpretation | 2822-2865 | 35 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Art-Sanat | 2148-3582 | 33 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Meridians | 1536-6936 | 33 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Japanese Journal of Religious Studies | 0304-1042 | 32 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Japan |
| RESITAL JURNAL SENI PERTUNJUKAN | 2085-9910 | 32 | 1 | ≈ ₹5,368 to publish | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Somatechnics | 2044-0138 | 31 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| AIBR Revista de Antropologia Iberoamericana | 1578-9705 | 27 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Mudra Jurnal Seni Budaya | 0854-3461 | 27 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| RESEARCH RESULT Theoretical and Applied Linguistics | 2313-8912 | 27 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| Japan focus | 1557-4660 | 26 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,13,596 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Asian Communication Research | 1738-2084 | 21 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | South Korea |
| Korean Journal of Communication | 2995-1151 | 21 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Verge Studies in Global Asias | 2373-5058 | 21 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Fontes Linguae Vasconum | 0046-435X | 20 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Revista UNES Universidad Escuela y Sociedad | 2530-1012 | 19 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Contemporary Japan | 1869-2729 | 17 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Culture and Art Studies | 2623-1999 | 15 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Indonesia |
| interconnections journal of posthumanism | 2564-260X | 14 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Canada |
| Enigma in Cultural | 3026-7277 | 13 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Library Archive and Museum Research Journal | 2718-0832 | 13 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Türkiye |
| Sabda Jurnal Kajian Kebudayaan | 1410-7910 | 13 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Journal of Contemporary Rituals and Traditions | 2988-5884 | 12 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Jurnal Javanologi | 2580-6122 | 10 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No |