Open Access Journals

The Society for Artistic Research (SAR) was established in March 2010 as an independent, non-profit organisation for the purpose of publishing the Journal for Artistic Research (JAR). It is a dynamic, international group that is encouraging discussion and activity dedicated to artistic research. SAR is comprised of both individual and institutional members from around the globe, who support SAR through the payment of a membership fee, sponsorship, and the gifting of their time and expertise.

Scan is an online journal, magazine and gallery, devoted to the media arts and culture, hosted by the Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney.

Animation Studies is the Society for Animation Studies' peer-reviewed online journal. It publishes the society's conference proceedings and is open to submissions from SAS members. Submissions are accepted on a continuous basis. The journal's main language is English, but submissions in other languages are also accepted and published with an English abstract.

Cinephile 11.1, "Visions of the Sixties," is now available! Marking the tenth anniversary of the University of British Columbia's Film Journal, this issue features articles by Wheeler Winston Dixon, David E. James, Victoria Kennedy,...

International Journal of Advanced Media and Film Studies is peer-reviewed, open access online journal which welcomes original research articles as well as review articles in all areas of Media & Film Studies.

The Journal of Games Criticism is a non-profit, open-access, peer-reviewed journal ... a feed-forward publisher of interdisciplinary approaches to video game criticism.

Technoculture, Art and Games (TAG) is an interdisciplinary centre for research/ creation in game studies and design, digital culture and interactive art Some problems just need to be wrestled. Our TAG team recommends the Aided Leapfrog Body Guillotine maneuver. Stand on the shoulders of giants and the added height will increase the impact of your tackle."

Journal for Computer Game Culture

Sensate: An open-access, peer-reviewed journal for experiments in critical media practice

M/C Journal - a journal of media and culture, founded in 1998.
Open access, and peer-reviewed.

Film-Philosophy is dedicated to the engagement between film studies and philosophy, exploring the ways in which films develop and contribute to philosophical discussion. The journal also provides a forum for the thoughtful re-evaluation of key aspects of both film studies and philosophy as academic disciplines. 

The Game Studies journal.