Journal profile
Alon
ISSN 2767-4568 · eScholarship Publishing, University of California · United States
Alon: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 47 weeks (community reports); 11 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Alon is published by eScholarship Publishing, University of California. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Asian American and Pacific Histories, Latin American and Latino Studies and Diaspora, migration, transnational identity, together about 64.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The mission of Alon is to provide an online forum for publishing original and refereed essays, artwork, reviews, and moderated reflections that productively and critically engage with Filipinx American and Filipinx Diasporic Studies. Through Alon, we aim to generate and showcase works that positively engage with and critically analyze key questions in the production of knowledges regarding Filipinx Americans and Filipinx diasporic subjects: how are Filipinx bodies represented across multiple forms of media and in what ways do Filipinx people cultivate and create identities and subjectivities to counter these representations? What are the experiences of Filipinx migrants and what about these experiences shed light on the nature of global racial capitalism? How do they imagine and organize toward non-extractive, sustainable futures? How do Filipinx people construct an alternative global archipelago of being and belonging? How are scholarly production and activism in these fields rooted in particular theoretical and methodological approaches? How are these projects linked with attempts to trace interracial solidarites, as fraught as they may be, to disrupt racial capitalism’s impulse to both homogenize and propagate “multicultural” difference? These and other related questions drive the work behind and in front of Alon.Alon seeks submissions from those who are engaged in fields that include, but not limited to: Filipinx Studies, Philippine Studies, Filipinx American Studies, Asian American Studies, Asian Studies, Ethnic Studies, Diaspora/Transnationalism Studies, Gender Studies, Sexuality Studies, Cultural Studies, Literature, and the Visual and Performing Arts.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Asian American and Pacific HistoriesSocial Sciences27.1%
- Latin American and Latino StudiesSocial Sciences19.6%
- Diaspora, migration, transnational identitySocial Sciences18.1%
- Philippine History and CultureSocial Sciences8.3%
- Migration and Labor DynamicsSocial Sciences3.4%
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences3%
- Arts and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities2.6%
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicyPsychology2.3%
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
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 130 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | 36 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 2023 | 33 | 33 | 10 |
| 2022 | 39 | 39 | 13 |
| 2021 | 47 | 47 | 1 |
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 47 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 47 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer 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 | |
| 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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 11,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted3
- essayEach essay submission should be between 10,000 to 11,000 words (or 2,500 to 3,000 words for review articles), excluding the footnotes and other printed matter.Length not stated
- reflections or forum section worksThe Reflections or Forum section of Alon will provide a space for undergraduate students and nonacademic community members to publish works that will not be sub…Length not stated
- review articleEach essay submission should be between 10,000 to 11,000 words (or 2,500 to 3,000 words for review articles), excluding the footnotes and other printed matter.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright
Permission required to reproduce copyrighted materials Model summary
Submitters are expected to obtain permission to reproduce any copyrighted materials (e.g., photographs) used within the essay.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access journal hosted on eScholarship, University of California repository. Model summary
Open Access Publications from the University of California
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Non-simultaneous electronic submissions required Model summary
All manuscripts are required to be non-simultaneous electronic submissions.
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
- eScholarship Publishing, University of California
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2767-4568
- 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 Alon
How long does peer review take at Alon?
Authors report an average review time of about 47 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Alon?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 11,000 words; Reference style: Chicago; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Alon?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Alon is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Alon open access, and what is the APC?
Alon 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .