PRO-SCIENCE
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- Overall, we rate Contention Journal as a Pro-Science Journal. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to peer review and a clean fact-check record.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: PRO-SCIENCE (-1.0)
Factual Reporting: HIGH (0.8)
Country: United Kingdom
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Journal
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY
History
The Contention Journal is an academic journal published by Berghahn Journals, covering social protest. According to its about page, “Contention is dedicated to research on social protest, collective action and contentious politics. As a multidisciplinary journal, Contention’s mission is to bridge scholarly divides and promote knowledge exchange across a diverse audience of scholars in the social sciences and humanities.”
Berghahn Journals is an independent academic publisher based in the United States and the United Kingdom. It publishes over 40 peer-reviewed journals in the humanities and social sciences. Berghahn titles are renowned for their rigorous editorial standards and are widely used by scholars worldwide.
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Funded by / Ownership
Berghahn Journals is privately owned and sustains itself through a mix of subscription revenue and open-access publishing. Since 2019, it has supported a Subscribe-to-Open (S2O) model—most notably through the Berghahn Open Anthro initiative, which converted 13 anthropology journals to open access beginning in 2020. Berghahn also offers Gold Open Access options, allowing authors to pay Article Processing Charges (APCs) for open publication, often through institutional agreements like those with Cambridge University. The rest of its catalog follows traditional subscription access.
Analysis / Bias
Contention Journal is a journal that publishes information on Social Protests. The journal primarily publishes research such as this: From Legitimation to Exercising Structural Power. Berghahn Journals is an open-access/hybrid publisher of scientific journals.
There are two types of open-access journals, legitimate and predatory, both of which charge the author for publication. Predatory journals often lack peer review and are generally considered not credible. Berghahn is considered a legitimate, open-access publisher as they do not charge authors and rely on the s2o method for funding.
Failed Fact Checks
- None in the Last 5 years
Overall, we rate Contention Journal as a Pro-Science Journal. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to peer review and a clean fact-check record. (D. Van Zandt 08/18/2025)
Source: https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/contention/contention-overview.xml
Last Updated on August 18, 2025 by Media Bias Fact Check
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