Where British Academy Funded Research Is Published: Top 50 Journals

In shortBritish Academy (United Kingdom) is named as a funder in the recent research articles of 176 journals we checked, most often in Geoforum (8 of 200 recent articles). The journals below publish its funded work most often; open a journal for its indexing, review time, reviewer comments and fee waivers.

Journals that publish British Academy funded research most often

#	Journal	Articles naming it	Indexing	Impact factor*	Median review time
1	Geoforum	8 of 200	SSCI	3.28	n/a
2	Journal of Contemporary African Studies	8 of 95	ESCI	0.99	346 days
3	Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers	8 of 134	SSCI	3.57	280 days
4	Electoral Studies	5 of 200	SSCI	2.51	n/a
5	Area	4 of 188	SSCI	1.66	210 days
6	Bulletin of Latin American Research	4 of 157	SSCI	0.42	218 days
7	Criminology & Criminal Justice	4 of 104	SSCI	1.91	n/a
8	Gender Place & Culture	4 of 200	SSCI	1.50	357 days
9	Perception	4 of 177	SCIE SSCI	1.02	n/a
10	Political Studies	4 of 183	SSCI	2.72	n/a
11	Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A	4 of 200	AHCI SCIE SSCI	1.28	n/a
12	The Journal of Legal History	4 of 44	AHCI	0.08	n/a
13	Urban Geography	4 of 200	SSCI	3.07	329 days
14	African Studies Review	3 of 200	SSCI	0.14	n/a
15	Annals of Tourism Research	3 of 200	SSCI	7.48	n/a
16	Children s Geographies	3 of 154	SSCI	1.89	300 days
17	Comparative Studies in Society and History	3 of 93	AHCI SSCI	1.12	n/a
18	Contemporary Theatre Review	3 of 55	AHCI	0.17	237 days
19	Current Sociology	3 of 132	SSCI	2.25	n/a
20	Economic History of Developing Regions	3 of 26	ESCI	0.44	363 days
21	Emotion, space and society	3 of 154	SSCI	1.70	n/a
22	Environment and Planning C Politics and Space	3 of 182	SSCI	1.86	n/a
23	Environment and Planning D Society and Space	3 of 175	SSCI	2.75	n/a
24	Environmental Archaeology	3 of 99	AHCI SCIE	1.37	200 days
25	Geographical Journal	3 of 154	SSCI	1.91	184 days
26	Global Social Challenges Journal	3 of 80	ESCI	1.94	n/a
27	International Journal of Urban and Regional Research	3 of 200	SSCI	2.05	305 days
28	Journal of Operations Management	3 of 110	SCIE SSCI	7.41	499 days
29	Journal of Tourism History	3 of 88	ESCI	0.18	204 days
30	Media Culture & Society	3 of 198	SSCI	4.11	n/a
31	Philosophy &amp Public Affairs	3 of 57	SSCI	1.36	119 days
32	Philosophy and Phenomenological Research	3 of 200	AHCI	2.09	189 days
33	Qualitative Research	3 of 160	SSCI	2.68	n/a
34	Territory Politics Governance	3 of 196	SSCI	1.70	264 days
35	The International Journal of the History of Sport	3 of 200	AHCI SSCI	0.32	222 days
36	The Sociological Review	3 of 185	SSCI	3.24	n/a
37	Transactions of the Philological Society	3 of 68	AHCI	0.37	218 days
38	Urban History	3 of 165	AHCI	0.14	n/a
39	Urban Studies	3 of 200	SSCI	2.89	n/a
40	Work Employment and Society	3 of 167	SSCI	2.50	n/a
41	British Journal of Educational Studies	2 of 130	SSCI	1.82	n/a
42	British Journal of Sociology	2 of 200	SSCI	1.56	172 days
43	British Journal of Sociology of Education	2 of 200	SSCI	2.66	241 days
44	Business Strategy and the Environment	2 of 200	SSCI	8.85	219 days
45	China Information	2 of 71	SSCI	0.83	n/a
46	City	2 of 172	Scopus	2.15	n/a
47	Comedy Studies	2 of 93	Scopus	0.54	n/a
48	Comparative Education	2 of 102	SSCI	4.52	n/a
49	Contemporary Drug Problems	2 of 124	ESCI	1.52	n/a
50	Crime Law and Social Change	2 of 130	SSCI	2.08	346 days

"Articles naming" counts the research articles (of up to 200 from the last 24 months) whose funder list names British Academy. *Impact factor calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value. Review time: median days from submission to acceptance, from the dates publishers deposit in Crossref.

Funders named alongside British Academy

Other funders that appear in the same journals. Their pages show where their funded research is published.

Economic and Social Research Council Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft European Research Council Leverhulme Trust National Natural Science Foundation of China Australian Research Council Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung Arts and Humanities Research Council Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Norges Forskningsråd Swedish Research Council National Social Science Fund of China Narodowe Centrum Nauki Research Council of Finland UK Research and Innovation

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Frequently asked questions

Which journals publish the most British Academy funded research?

In the recent research articles we checked, the journals that name British Academy as a funder most often are Geoforum, Journal of Contemporary African Studies, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Electoral Studies, Area. In all, 176 journals name it.

Does publishing in these journals help my British Academy grant?

These journals already publish work supported by British Academy, so editors and reviewers know this kind of research. Whether a journal suits your paper still depends on its scope, indexing and review time, shown for each journal in the table.

Does British Academy pay the article processing charge (APC)?

Many funders pay or reimburse open access fees under their open access policy, but the rules differ by funder and by grant. Check British Academy's open access policy and your grant terms; for country-based waivers, use the free APC waiver checker.

Where does this data come from?

From the funder information publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. For each journal, ScholarsColab looked at up to 200 research articles from the last 24 months and counted the funders they name. Not every publisher deposits funders, so a journal can be missing.

Source, method and date. Source: the funder information publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. Method: for each journal, ScholarsColab looked at up to 200 research articles from the last 24 months and counted the funders they name; spelling variants of a funder are combined. Updated: 29 October 2026. ScholarsColab is not affiliated with British Academy or these journals.