Journal of Beatles Studies (JBS)

Published twice a year in assocation with the University of Liverpool, The Journal of Beatles Studies is an Open Access journal, co-edited by Holly Tessler (University of Liverpool) and Paul Long (Monash University). It is the first journal to establish The Beatles as an object of academic research, and publishes original, rigorously researched essays, notes, as well as book and media reviews. Its inaugural issue was published in September 2022. The Journal of Beatles Studies establishes a scholarly focal point for critique, dialogue and exchange on the nature, scope and value of The Beatles as an object of academic enquiry and seeks to examine and assess the continued economic value and cultural values generated by and around The Beatles, for policy makers, creative industries and consumers. The journal also seeks to approach The Beatles as a prism for accessing insight into wider historical, social and cultural issues. Beatles geographies The legacy of The Beatles Cultural value and The Beatles The Beatles as heritage object The global Beatles Beatles historiography Mediation of The Beatles Beatles pedagogies Economics of The Beatles Archiving and collecting The Beatles Sustaining The Beatles The Journal of Beatles Studies is an open-access, online journal publishing peer-reviewed articles drawn from leading interdisciplinary and international research on the subject of the Beatles encompassing criticism, historical and textual scholarship, legacy and influence.

Journal of Beatles Studies (JBS) is :-

• International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, Popular Music Studies, Cultural Studies, Musicology, Media Studies, Heritage Studies, Sociology, History, Fan Studies, Creative Industries Studies, women, people of colour, the Global South, the LGBTQI+ community , Online , Monthly Journal

• UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN E-ISSN: 2754-7019, Established: 2022,
• Provides Crossref DOI

• Not indexed in Scopus, WoS, DOAJ, PubMed, UGC CARE