Journal profile · CLASSICS
Acta Classica
ISSN 0065-1141 · eISSN 2227-538X · Classical Association of South Africa
Acta Classica: CAS Zone 3 · History (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 10 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Acta Classica is published by Classical Association of South Africa and is in Zone 3 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Classical Antiquity Studies, Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies and Byzantine Studies and History, together about 47.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Archeology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): CLASSICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Classical Antiquity StudiesSocial Sciences30.4%
- Historical, Religious, and Philosophical StudiesArts and Humanities9.8%
- Byzantine Studies and HistoryArts and Humanities7.4%
- Classical Philosophy and ThoughtArts and Humanities6.7%
- Organic Chemistry Synthesis MethodsChemistry4.5%
- Archaeology and Historical StudiesArts and Humanities4.2%
- Linguistics and language evolutionArts and Humanities4%
- Biblical Studies and InterpretationArts and Humanities3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Classics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Classics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Classics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.04OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 284 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 16 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 15 | 2 | 16 |
| 2022 | 51 | 2 | 18 |
| 2021 | 31 | 4 | 9 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Classical Association of South Africa
- ISSN
- 0065-1141
- Electronic ISSN
- 2227-538X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Acta Classica
What CAS zone is Acta Classica in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Acta Classica is in Zone 3 of History, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Classics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Acta Classica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Acta Classica is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Acta Classica open access, and what is the APC?
Acta Classica is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .