Revitalizing global cultural studies The International Journal of Cultural Studies aims to be the flagship outlet for critical cultural scholarship in media, communication and cultural studies. Founded in 1998 by John Hartley and edited by Jonathan Gray from 2017 to 2025, the journal has become widely recognized for advancing globally minded analyses of cultural texts and processes across local, national, and transnational scales of power and action. The journal’s traditional strengths are in critical theories and qualitative methodologies as applied to current and historical debates in media and cultural studies. We especially welcome submissions grounded in critical frameworks such as feminist analysis, critical race theory, postcolonial critique, political economy, queer theory, transnational analysis, intersectionality, planetarity, and posthumanism, among others. The journal’s current editorial leadership is shared between Laura Guimarães Corrêa (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil), Wen Jin (East China Normal University, China) and Jonathan Corpus Ong (University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA). They are especially dedicated to promoting alternative critical perspectives produced in the global South and diverse sites of critical discourses. The journal publishes six issues annually and receives over 1,000 submissions a year from around the world. Our lead time is approximately four weeks until first notification of desk rejection or activation of the peer review process. Our acceptance rate is 4.5% (as of Fall 2025). For general inquiries, please contact ijcsmanaginged@umass.edu . For journal special issue pitches, please send an email to all three co-editors at ijcseditorcorrea@gmail.com , ijcseditorjin@gmail.com and ijcseditorong@umass.edu . Submit your manuscript today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijocs
