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Studies in Documentary Film is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Cinema and Media Studies, Italian Fascism and Post-war Society, Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Studies in Documentary Film 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inCinema and Media Studies Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration Media Studies and Communication Photography and Visual Culture
ISSN1750-3280
Citation impact (2-yr)0.43
h-index21
i10-index65
Total citations2,537
Top institutions publishing hereRMIT University
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
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Papers published in Studies in Documentary Film per year

34
2014
24
2015
22
2016
25
2017
18
2018
28
2019
19
2020
20
2021
26
2022
18
2023
14
2024
26
2025

Citation impact of Studies in Documentary Film by publication year

179
2014
328
2015
85
2016
352
2017
202
2018
74
2019
87
2020
115
2021
77
2022
42
2023
5
2024
12
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Studies in Documentary Film

Virtual reality witness: exploring the ethics of mediated presence

Kate Nash · 3 Jul 2017

The notion of immersive witness underpins much of the exploration of virtual reality (VR) by journalists and humanitarian organisations. Immersive witness links the experience of VR with a moral attitude of responsibility for distant others. In accounts of media witness, the ability of the media to sustain an experience of presence has played an important,…

Interactive documentary: setting the field

Judith Aston, Sandra Gaudenzi · 1 Jun 2012

This article articulates the authors' combined vision behind convening i-Docs, the first international symposia to focus exclusively on the rapidly evolving field of interactive documentary. In so doing, it provides a case study of practice-driven research, in which discussion around the act of developing and making interactive documentaries is seen as being a necessary prerequisite…

The immersive turn: hype and hope in the emergence of virtual reality as a nonfiction platform

Mandy Rose · 4 May 2018

This article responds to the recent wave of experimentation with Virtual Reality (VR) as a nonfiction platform. Amidst daily announcements of new VR documentary initiatives, and at times giddy claims about the potential of this new medium, I consider how a media technology expected to enter the mainstream as a games platform became a magnet…

Documentary’s metamorphic form: Webdoc, interactive, transmedia, participatory and beyond

Siobhan O’Flynn · 1 Jun 2012

ABSTRACTThis article examines the evolution of interactive, cross-platform and transmedia documentaries within the context of the earlier model of database narratives and the impact of Web 2.0 technologies. Specific documentary projects illustrate how the interactivity supported by online platforms has influenced the aesthetics of form and altered conventional models of production and distribution.

Are we there yet? Media content and sense of presence in non-fiction virtual reality

Jamie McRoberts · 3 Jul 2017

Sense of presence is a central but widely contested concept in virtual reality (VR) and has been the subject of significant debate, discussion and research. Key factors considered to influence sense of presence are: media form, media content and user characteristics but as yet, relatively little consideration has been given to how these apply to…

Studies in Documentary Film template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does Studies in Documentary Film use?
Studies in Documentary Film uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Studies in Documentary Film 12 (3): 45–58.
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