Mind, Culture, and Activity

Mind, Culture, and Activity (MCA) is an international forum for the publication of peer-reviewed articles that examine the relationships between the human mind, the sociocultural environments they inhabit, and the way that mind and culture are constituted in a wide variety of human activities. We seek to promote dialogue among different schools of thought about these relationships, and encourage both interdisciplinary and international contributions. Particular emphasis is placed upon empirical research grounded in theoretical approaches that locate culture and activity at the center of attempts to understand human experience and research that attends to the methodological problems associated with the analysis of human action in everyday activities. When empirical results are part of a submission, the journal typically publishes research that is primarily qualitative. Submissions are to be grounded in social theory, in particular Cultural-historical Activity Theory, although other theoretical approaches are welcome if they are interesting to the readership. We consider several types of articles: substantial contributions that present theoretical research or syntheses of theoretical and empirical research devoted to a significant topic (up to 8,000 words); commentaries responding to articles published in MCA (up to 2,500 words); and creative works (up to 2,500 words). We also include book reviews commissioned by the Editors (up to 2,000 words), and shorter book notes. Please keep in mind when you are preparing a manuscript that our readership includes anthropologists, psychologists, sociologists, philosophers, linguists, educators, and interdisciplinary scholars. Please avoid jargon that is familiar only to researchers in one field.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Anthropology	1999	Q1
Anthropology	2000	Q1
Anthropology	2001	Q1
Anthropology	2002	Q1
Anthropology	2003	Q1
Anthropology	2004	Q1
Anthropology	2005	Q2
Anthropology	2006	Q2
Anthropology	2007	Q1
Anthropology	2008	Q1
Anthropology	2009	Q2
Anthropology	2010	Q2
Anthropology	2011	Q2
Anthropology	2012	Q1
Anthropology	2013	Q1
Anthropology	2014	Q1
Anthropology	2015	Q1
Anthropology	2016	Q1
Anthropology	2017	Q1
Anthropology	2018	Q1
Anthropology	2019	Q1
Anthropology	2020	Q1
Anthropology	2021	Q1
Anthropology	2022	Q1
Anthropology	2023	Q1
Cognitive Neuroscience	1999	Q3
Cognitive Neuroscience	2000	Q3
Cognitive Neuroscience	2001	Q3
Cognitive Neuroscience	2002	Q4
Cognitive Neuroscience	2003	Q4
Cognitive Neuroscience	2004	Q4
Cognitive Neuroscience	2005	Q4
Cognitive Neuroscience	2006	Q4
Cognitive Neuroscience	2007	Q2
Cognitive Neuroscience	2008	Q3
Cognitive Neuroscience	2009	Q4
Cognitive Neuroscience	2010	Q4
Cognitive Neuroscience	2011	Q4
Cognitive Neuroscience	2012	Q3
Cognitive Neuroscience	2013	Q4
Cognitive Neuroscience	2014	Q3
Cognitive Neuroscience	2015	Q2
Cognitive Neuroscience	2016	Q4
Cognitive Neuroscience	2017	Q3
Cognitive Neuroscience	2018	Q3
Cognitive Neuroscience	2019	Q3
Cognitive Neuroscience	2020	Q3
Cognitive Neuroscience	2021	Q3
Cognitive Neuroscience	2022	Q3
Cognitive Neuroscience	2023	Q3
Cultural Studies	1999	Q1
Cultural Studies	2000	Q1
Cultural Studies	2001	Q1
Cultural Studies	2002	Q1
Cultural Studies	2003	Q1
Cultural Studies	2004	Q1
Cultural Studies	2005	Q1
Cultural Studies	2006	Q1
Cultural Studies	2007	Q1
Cultural Studies	2008	Q1
Cultural Studies	2009	Q1
Cultural Studies	2010	Q1
Cultural Studies	2011	Q1
Cultural Studies	2012	Q1
Cultural Studies	2013	Q1
Cultural Studies	2014	Q1
Cultural Studies	2015	Q1
Cultural Studies	2016	Q1
Cultural Studies	2017	Q1
Cultural Studies	2018	Q1
Cultural Studies	2019	Q1
Cultural Studies	2020	Q1
Cultural Studies	2021	Q1
Cultural Studies	2022	Q1
Cultural Studies	2023	Q1
Developmental and Educational Psychology	1999	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2000	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2001	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2002	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2003	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2004	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2005	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2006	Q4
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2007	Q1
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2008	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2009	Q4
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2010	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2011	Q4
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2012	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2013	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2014	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2015	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2016	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2017	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2018	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2019	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2020	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2021	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2022	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2023	Q2
Education	1999	Q1
Education	2000	Q1
Education	2001	Q1
Education	2002	Q2
Education	2003	Q1
Education	2004	Q1
Education	2005	Q2
Education	2006	Q3
Education	2007	Q1
Education	2008	Q2
Education	2009	Q3
Education	2010	Q2
Education	2011	Q3
Education	2012	Q1
Education	2013	Q2
Education	2014	Q2
Education	2015	Q1
Education	2016	Q2
Education	2017	Q2
Education	2018	Q2
Education	2019	Q2
Education	2020	Q2
Education	2021	Q1
Education	2022	Q1
Education	2023	Q1
Linguistics and Language	1999	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2000	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2001	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2002	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2003	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2004	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2005	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2006	Q2
Linguistics and Language	2007	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2008	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2009	Q2
Linguistics and Language	2010	Q2
Linguistics and Language	2011	Q2
Linguistics and Language	2012	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2013	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2014	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2015	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2016	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2017	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2018	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2019	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2020	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2021	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2022	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2023	Q1
Social Psychology	1999	Q2
Social Psychology	2000	Q2
Social Psychology	2001	Q2
Social Psychology	2002	Q2
Social Psychology	2003	Q2
Social Psychology	2004	Q2
Social Psychology	2005	Q3
Social Psychology	2006	Q3
Social Psychology	2007	Q1
Social Psychology	2008	Q2
Social Psychology	2009	Q3
Social Psychology	2010	Q3
Social Psychology	2011	Q3
Social Psychology	2012	Q2
Social Psychology	2013	Q2
Social Psychology	2014	Q2
Social Psychology	2015	Q1
Social Psychology	2016	Q2
Social Psychology	2017	Q2
Social Psychology	2018	Q2
Social Psychology	2019	Q2
Social Psychology	2020	Q3
Social Psychology	2021	Q2
Social Psychology	2022	Q2
Social Psychology	2023	Q2

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.642
2000	0.623
2001	0.565
2002	0.439
2003	0.577
2004	0.600
2005	0.382
2006	0.238
2007	1.266
2008	0.538
2009	0.312
2010	0.344
2011	0.285
2012	0.861
2013	0.505
2014	0.602
2015	1.075
2016	0.493
2017	0.553
2018	0.586
2019	0.483
2020	0.474
2021	0.698
2022	0.746
2023	0.759

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	16
2000	24
2001	23
2002	15
2003	24
2004	17
2005	15
2006	20
2007	17
2008	17
2009	19
2010	17
2011	21
2012	25
2013	21
2014	25
2015	31
2016	36
2017	34
2018	30
2019	27
2020	32
2021	28
2022	25
2023	20

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.891
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.838
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.917
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.702
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.744
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.837
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.861
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.817
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	1.513
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	1.667
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	2.159
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	1.822
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	1.043
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	1.270
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	1.744
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	1.917
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	1.728
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	1.431
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.177
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.389
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	1.153
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	1.575
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	1.553
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	1.957
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	2.616
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.891
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.667
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.770
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.619
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.597
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.597
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	1.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.804
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	1.865
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	1.500
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	2.037
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	1.302
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.830
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	1.228
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	1.556
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	1.881
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	1.718
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	1.208
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	1.130
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	0.980
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	1.240
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	1.220
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.742
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	2.080
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	2.271
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.757
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.525
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.447
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.447
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.436
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.659
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	1.156
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	1.629
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	1.351
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	1.412
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.944
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.889
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	1.211
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	1.348
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	1.978
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	1.478
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	1.125
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.985
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.071
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	0.953
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.368
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	1.661
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.817
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	2.642

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	5
Self Cites	2000	6
Self Cites	2001	8
Self Cites	2002	6
Self Cites	2003	4
Self Cites	2004	6
Self Cites	2005	6
Self Cites	2006	0
Self Cites	2007	7
Self Cites	2008	4
Self Cites	2009	6
Self Cites	2010	3
Self Cites	2011	2
Self Cites	2012	5
Self Cites	2013	11
Self Cites	2014	8
Self Cites	2015	18
Self Cites	2016	8
Self Cites	2017	10
Self Cites	2018	14
Self Cites	2019	18
Self Cites	2020	9
Self Cites	2021	22
Self Cites	2022	22
Self Cites	2023	11
Total Cites	1999	57
Total Cites	2000	40
Total Cites	2001	47
Total Cites	2002	39
Total Cites	2003	37
Total Cites	2004	37
Total Cites	2005	56
Total Cites	2006	45
Total Cites	2007	97
Total Cites	2008	78
Total Cites	2009	110
Total Cites	2010	69
Total Cites	2011	44
Total Cites	2012	70
Total Cites	2013	98
Total Cites	2014	126
Total Cites	2015	122
Total Cites	2016	93
Total Cites	2017	104
Total Cites	2018	99
Total Cites	2019	124
Total Cites	2020	111
Total Cites	2021	155
Total Cites	2022	181
Total Cites	2023	193

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.813
External Cites per document	2000	0.567
External Cites per document	2001	0.639
External Cites per document	2002	0.524
External Cites per document	2003	0.532
External Cites per document	2004	0.500
External Cites per document	2005	0.893
External Cites per document	2006	0.804
External Cites per document	2007	1.731
External Cites per document	2008	1.423
External Cites per document	2009	1.926
External Cites per document	2010	1.245
External Cites per document	2011	0.792
External Cites per document	2012	1.140
External Cites per document	2013	1.381
External Cites per document	2014	1.761
External Cites per document	2015	1.465
External Cites per document	2016	1.104
External Cites per document	2017	1.022
External Cites per document	2018	0.842
External Cites per document	2019	1.060
External Cites per document	2020	1.121
External Cites per document	2021	1.494
External Cites per document	2022	1.828
External Cites per document	2023	2.141
Cites per document	1999	0.891
Cites per document	2000	0.667
Cites per document	2001	0.770
Cites per document	2002	0.619
Cites per document	2003	0.597
Cites per document	2004	0.597
Cites per document	2005	1.000
Cites per document	2006	0.804
Cites per document	2007	1.865
Cites per document	2008	1.500
Cites per document	2009	2.037
Cites per document	2010	1.302
Cites per document	2011	0.830
Cites per document	2012	1.228
Cites per document	2013	1.556
Cites per document	2014	1.881
Cites per document	2015	1.718
Cites per document	2016	1.208
Cites per document	2017	1.130
Cites per document	2018	0.980
Cites per document	2019	1.240
Cites per document	2020	1.220
Cites per document	2021	1.742
Cites per document	2022	2.080
Cites per document	2023	2.271

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	68.75
2000	41.67
2001	60.87
2002	60.00
2003	70.83
2004	47.06
2005	60.00
2006	40.00
2007	64.71
2008	47.06
2009	0.00
2010	11.76
2011	9.52
2012	0.00
2013	14.29
2014	4.00
2015	6.45
2016	13.89
2017	0.00
2018	16.67
2019	22.22
2020	25.00
2021	32.14
2022	24.00
2023	30.00

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	11
Non-citable documents	2000	7
Non-citable documents	2001	7
Non-citable documents	2002	9
Non-citable documents	2003	13
Non-citable documents	2004	13
Non-citable documents	2005	12
Non-citable documents	2006	12
Non-citable documents	2007	10
Non-citable documents	2008	6
Non-citable documents	2009	3
Non-citable documents	2010	9
Non-citable documents	2011	13
Non-citable documents	2012	16
Non-citable documents	2013	12
Non-citable documents	2014	12
Non-citable documents	2015	16
Non-citable documents	2016	21
Non-citable documents	2017	22
Non-citable documents	2018	21
Non-citable documents	2019	18
Non-citable documents	2020	18
Non-citable documents	2021	17
Non-citable documents	2022	15
Non-citable documents	2023	14
Citable documents	1999	53
Citable documents	2000	53
Citable documents	2001	54
Citable documents	2002	54
Citable documents	2003	49
Citable documents	2004	49
Citable documents	2005	44
Citable documents	2006	44
Citable documents	2007	42
Citable documents	2008	46
Citable documents	2009	51
Citable documents	2010	44
Citable documents	2011	40
Citable documents	2012	41
Citable documents	2013	51
Citable documents	2014	55
Citable documents	2015	55
Citable documents	2016	56
Citable documents	2017	70
Citable documents	2018	80
Citable documents	2019	82
Citable documents	2020	73
Citable documents	2021	72
Citable documents	2022	72
Citable documents	2023	71

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	41
Uncited documents	2000	38
Uncited documents	2001	38
Uncited documents	2002	43
Uncited documents	2003	41
Uncited documents	2004	46
Uncited documents	2005	32
Uncited documents	2006	36
Uncited documents	2007	22
Uncited documents	2008	25
Uncited documents	2009	18
Uncited documents	2010	29
Uncited documents	2011	30
Uncited documents	2012	29
Uncited documents	2013	29
Uncited documents	2014	16
Uncited documents	2015	26
Uncited documents	2016	37
Uncited documents	2017	53
Uncited documents	2018	63
Uncited documents	2019	50
Uncited documents	2020	46
Uncited documents	2021	40
Uncited documents	2022	40
Uncited documents	2023	36
Cited documents	1999	23
Cited documents	2000	22
Cited documents	2001	23
Cited documents	2002	20
Cited documents	2003	21
Cited documents	2004	16
Cited documents	2005	24
Cited documents	2006	20
Cited documents	2007	30
Cited documents	2008	27
Cited documents	2009	36
Cited documents	2010	24
Cited documents	2011	23
Cited documents	2012	28
Cited documents	2013	34
Cited documents	2014	51
Cited documents	2015	45
Cited documents	2016	40
Cited documents	2017	39
Cited documents	2018	38
Cited documents	2019	50
Cited documents	2020	45
Cited documents	2021	49
Cited documents	2022	47
Cited documents	2023	49

% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

Year	Female Percent
1999	45.45
2000	34.78
2001	39.13
2002	36.84
2003	41.38
2004	60.00
2005	60.00
2006	53.57
2007	37.93
2008	52.38
2009	63.16
2010	62.07
2011	52.17
2012	55.17
2013	68.75
2014	54.84
2015	52.63
2016	61.22
2017	43.90
2018	46.34
2019	48.15
2020	42.22
2021	58.82
2022	54.76
2023	50.00

Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

Documents	Year	Value
Overton	1999	3
Overton	2000	1
Overton	2001	0
Overton	2002	0
Overton	2003	0
Overton	2004	2
Overton	2005	2
Overton	2006	6
Overton	2007	1
Overton	2008	2
Overton	2009	3
Overton	2010	1
Overton	2011	0
Overton	2012	6
Overton	2013	2
Overton	2014	3
Overton	2015	2
Overton	2016	3
Overton	2017	2
Overton	2018	3
Overton	2019	3
Overton	2020	2
Overton	2021	1
Overton	2022	0
Overton	2023	0