Journal profile
Across the Disciplines
ISSN 1554-8244 · WAC Clearinghouse · United States
Across the Disciplines: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 26 weeks (community reports); 7 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Across the Disciplines is published by WAC Clearinghouse. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Discourse Analysis in Language Studies, Reflective Practices in Education and Education and Critical Thinking Development, together about 38.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education and Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Across the Disciplines, a refereed journal devoted to language, learning, and academic writing, publishes articles relevant to writing and writing pedagogy in all their intellectual, political, social, and technological complexity. Across the Disciplines shares the mission of the WAC Clearinghouse in making information about writing and writing instruction freely available to members of the CAC, WAC, and ECAC communities. ATD provides CAC researchers, program designers, and teachers interested in using communication assignments and activities in their courses with a venue for scholarly debate about issues of disciplinarity and writing across the curriculum. The journal embraces a broad commitment to cross-disciplinary emphases in writing studies and invites relevant submissions from individuals in all fields of inquiry. ATD is a quarterly publication.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesArts and Humanities17.5%
- Reflective Practices in EducationSocial Sciences10.4%
- Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentSocial Sciences10.2%
- Writing and Handwriting EducationSocial Sciences7.1%
- Innovative Teaching and Learning MethodsPsychology6.1%
- Literacy, Media, and EducationArts and Humanities4.8%
- Second Language Learning and TeachingArts and Humanities4.8%
- EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningArts and Humanities4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 93OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.82OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 378 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | 21 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | 6 |
| 2022 | 29 | 29 | 51 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 70 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 26 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 26 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Editorial reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted3, with length limits
- articles on cac theory, practice, and researcharticles on CAC theory, practice, and researchLength not stated
- book reviewSubmission and Publication Process: Submission Method: WAC Clearinghouse Submission Portal — after submitting, keep an eye on the portal to see where your submi…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- reviewfor Submission Content Considerations (Review Criteria) Original Research Articles Preparing Manuscript for Submission: Typical Length: 6,000-9,000 words (Inclu…main text ≤ 9,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
Peer review process guided by the practices outlined in “Anti-racist scholarly reviewing practices: A heuristic for editors, reviewers, and authors” (2021) Model summary
Our peer review process is also guided by the practices outlined in “Anti-racist scholarly reviewing practices: A heuristic for editors, reviewers, and authors” (2021)
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- WAC Clearinghouse
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1554-8244
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Across the Disciplines
How long does peer review take at Across the Disciplines?
Authors report an average review time of about 26 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Across the Disciplines?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Across the Disciplines is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Across the Disciplines open access, and what is the APC?
Across the Disciplines is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .