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About this Journal

For almost 10 years, The Journal of Cultural Analytics has challenged disciplinary boundaries and served as the foundational publishing venue for a major intellectual movement at the intersection of the humanities, social sciences, and computer science. As with any new movement, its uptake has been mixed. “Cultural Analytics” combines the very best of these areas of inquiry, but defining what falls outside of its remit remains a challenge. Consequently, revising what the journal is “about” requires thinking through its scope and its aims. We agree with and re-assert the original journal’s mission that the peer-reviewed articles we accept will combine computational insight and grounding in a particular humanistic field. We highlight that the articles we are most interested in will craft thought-provoking and original arguments about how culture works at significantly larger scales than traditional research. We seek articles that clarify the academic conversations into which a contribution intervenes. We assert that theoretical sophistication and methodological innovation are not enough on their own: we are interested in how computational methods combined with cultural artifacts create and contribute to new knowledge and diverse perspectives.