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Consumption Markets and Culture
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Consumption Markets and Culture

1025-3866

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/gcmc20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Business and Management 541 7 10 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 12
Documents by Best Scientists*: 14
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 42
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.898
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Consumption Markets & Culture?

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Consumption (sociology), Aesthetics, Advertising, Marketing and Identity (social science). While Consumption (sociology) is the focus of Consumption Markets & Culture, it also provided insights into the studies of Epistemology, Postmodernism, Ideology and Ethnography. The journal facilitates discussions on Aesthetics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Narrative and Visual arts.

Marketing research discussed connects with the study of Public relations. The study on Identity (social science) presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Gender studies.

  • Consumption (sociology) (18.60%)
  • Aesthetics (18.29%)
  • Advertising (16.28%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Cult of Macintosh (299 citations)
  • Mirrors of Masculinity: Representation and Identity in Advertising Images (245 citations)
  • Brand Culture and Branded Workers: Service Work and Aesthetic Labour in Fashion Retail (221 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Consumption Markets & Culture:

The journal articles mainly deal with areas of study such as Consumption (sociology), Marketing, Aesthetics, Identity (social science) and Advertising. The journal papers explore research in Aesthetics alongside concepts in Visual arts and other areas of study in Value (ethics). In addition to Identity (social science) research, the journal publications aim to explore topics under Cultural studies and Gender studies.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • World War II
  • Law
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Consumption Markets & Culture focuses on Aesthetics, Icon, Taste (sociology), Political economy and Consumption (sociology). While Aesthetics is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Minimalism (technical communication) and Textile (markup language). Some problems in Taste (sociology) that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Regionalism (international relations), Advertising, Netnography and Pragmatism.

In it, The Imaginary and Hospitality are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Political economy research. Interdisciplinary research on topics like Consumption (sociology) and Cultural approach are the foci of the journal. The study of Consumer Culture and how it intertwines with concepts under Politics were explored in the presented Materiality (auditing) research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Devising food consumption: complex households and the socio-material work of meal box schemes (6 citations)
  • Consumer de-responsibilization: changing notions of consumer subjects and market moralities after the 2008–9 financial crisis (3 citations)
  • Comparison and cross-pollination of two fields of market systems studies (3 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Consumption Markets & Culture (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Russell W. Belk (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jonathan E. Schroeder (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alladi Venkatesh (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • A. Fuat Firat (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Morris B. Holbrook (8 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Consumption Markets & Culture (based on the number of publications) are:

  • York University (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Leicester (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Royal Holloway, University of London (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Gothenburg (12 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Stockholm University (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 2.56% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.68% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.79% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.79% of all publications and 44.74% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Connection of Research with Academic Institutions

The Consumption Markets & Culture journal is enriched by contributions from several academic institutions. Many authors of the research papers published in the journal are affiliated with eminent institutions boasting robust Sociology and Marketing programs. Notable contributions have come from authors hailing from universities ranked among the **[top 5 business schools in Nebraska](https://research.com/degrees/best-business-schools-in-nebraska)**. Understanding the affiliations of these authors can provide unique insights into the types of institutions fostering research. It also demonstrates the reach of the journal, spanning both nationally and globally recognized academic entities. This section offers an overview of the distribution of journal contributors across various academic institutions, thus providing a wider perspective on the extent and diversity of input to the journal's content.

Top Publications

  • Decolonizing marketing

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Digitalized markets

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • The handbag

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • What’s the story, allegory?

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • The porosity of the consumer

    (2023)
    6 Citations
  • Bodies as machines. Machines as bodies

    (2023)
    5 Citations
  • Coffee: a global marketplace icon

    (2023)
    5 Citations
  • Coping and career choices: Irish gay men’s passage from hopelessness to redemption

    Vikram Kapoor;Russell W. Belk

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • Ventolin: a market icon

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • Tribal entrepreneurs: caught in the crossfire of the tribal and market logics?

    (2023)
    1 Citations

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