Imaginations: Journal of Cross-Cultural Media Studies
University of Alberta
About the journal
Imaginations: Journal of Cross-Cultural Media Studies is an open-access journal published by University of Alberta in Canada, publishing in french and english. It is listed in DOAJ according to the sources read. Declared review time at DOAJ: 16 weeks. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- University of Alberta
- ISSN
- 1918-8439
- Country
- Canada
- Languages
- french, english
- Access
- Open access
- Articles in DOAJ
- 390
- Declared review time
- 16 weeks
- Declared peer-review model
- double_blind
Index listings
- DOAJ · 2017-05-30
- Indexing
- DOAJ
- APC
- —
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- 16 weeks — journal-declared only (not measured)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2025
- PublishLens list status
- Shown after sign-in
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Articles in DOAJ
390
Most recent article
4 months ago
Average review time (journal-declared via DOAJ)
16weeks
Works in OpenAlex
413
Last recorded publication year
2025
h-index
10
i10-index
13
From OpenAlex open data (CC0).
Editorial & policy12
- Last DOAJ review date
- 2025-12-19
- Added to DOAJ
- 2017-05-30
- Declared plagiarism screening
- Not declared
- Other fees beyond APC
- No
- Declared digital preservation
- PorticoScholars Portal
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- PKP PNPortico
- Editorial board
- Official page ↗
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2026
- Level 1 — approved scholarly channel
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 20%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 40%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
- Peer-review policy
- View policy
Identity & continuity1
- Source type
- journal
Classification4
Subjects (DOAJ)
LCC codes
Subject areas
- Visual Culture and Art Theory
- Photography and Visual Culture
- Photography and Visual Culture
- Cinema History and Criticism
- Photography and Visual Culture
- Photographic and Visual Arts
- Art, Politics, and Modernism
- Artistic and Creative Research
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- Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature
- Art, Technology, and Culture
- Cinema and Media Studies
- Art, Politics, and Modernism
- Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
- Art, Politics, and Modernism
- Art, Aesthetics, and Perception
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Spatial and Cultural Studies
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Cinema and Media Studies
- Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration
- Fashion and Cultural Textiles
- Cinema and Media Studies
- Canadian Identity and History
- Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Publishing and Scholarly Communication
- Urban and sociocultural dynamics
- Digital Humanities and Scholarship
- German History and Society
- Digital Humanities and Scholarship
- Cultural Studies and Colonialism
- German History and Society
- Gender and Feminist Studies
- Visual Culture and Art Theory
- German History and Society
- European history and politics
- European history and politics
- Fashion and Cultural Textiles
- Fashion and Cultural Textiles
- Visual Culture and Art Theory
- Media, Communication, and Education
- Cultural Identity and Heritage
- Media, Communication, and Education
- Cultural Identity and Representation
- French Urban and Social Studies
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- French Urban and Social Studies
- Media, Communication, and Education
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Cultural Identity and Heritage
- Gothic Literature and Media Analysis
- Artistic and Creative Research
- Art, Technology, and Culture
- Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts
- Gothic Literature and Media Analysis
- Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
- Art, Technology, and Culture
- Artistic and Creative Research
- Translation Studies and Practices
- Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts
- Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
- American Environmental and Regional History
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research
- Crafts, Textile, and Design
- Comics and Graphic Narratives
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
- Crafts, Textile, and Design
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- American Environmental and Regional History
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
- Comics and Graphic Narratives
Keywords (DOAJ)
- image studies
- cultural studies
- film studies
- visual sociology
- art history
- screen studies
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