Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Alphaville Journal of Film and Screen Media
ISSN 2009-4078 · University College Cork · Ireland
Alphaville Journal of Film and Screen Media: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 40 weeks (community reports); 37 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Alphaville Journal of Film and Screen Media is published by University College Cork. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cinema History and Criticism, Cinema and Media Studies and Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art, together about 65.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media is an open-access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal dedicated to exploring aspects of film and screen media history, theory and criticism. We welcome research grounded in diverse methodologies and perspectives, and we encourage work that examines the intersections between cinema and emerging media forms. Through the publication of research articles, video essays, podcasts and book reviews, Alphaville seeks to contribute substantively to international discourse in film and screen studies and cognate fields. The journal’s distinctive format centres on the publication of thematic issues. Each issue is conceived as a coherent, monographic collection of original research that constitutes a specialised intervention in its area of inquiry. We collaborate with guest editors who aim to shape the discipline by advancing the scholarly literature, opening new avenues of debate and re-evaluating established paradigms. We invite contributions that demonstrate methodological rigour and sustained engagement with current theoretical and critical developments. Alphaville only accepts submissions in response to specific calls for papers that are advertised via the journal website and subject lists. It also accepts guest-edited issue and dossier proposals from potential guest editors. All open calls are available from the journal’s submissions page. Alphaville is published twice a year in the Department of Film and Screen Media, University College Cork, Ireland. It is a diamond open-access journal and it charges no fees to either authors or readers. In 2024, Alphaville was awarded Best Peer Reviewed Open Access Journal in the Irish Open Access Publishers (IOAP)’s Inaugural Diamond Open Access Publishing Awards.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Editor-in-chief Laura RascaroliPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities36%
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance24%
- Ethics, Aesthetics, and ArtArts and Humanities5.2%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities4.9%
- Literature, Film, and Journalism AnalysisArts and Humanities3.7%
- South Asian Cinema and CultureArts and Humanities3.2%
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences3%
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences1.9%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 420/692 | 39th |
| Cultural Studies | Q3 | 929/1434 | 35th |
| Language and Linguistics | Q3 | 758/1137 | 33rd |
| Media Technology | Q4 | 63/83 | 24th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, Crossref, Sherpa Romeo
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.17OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 584 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 23 | 62 |
| 2025 | 37 | 37 | 75 |
| 2024 | 59 | 59 | 87 |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 | 112 |
| 2022 | 48 | 48 | 132 |
| 2021 | 51 | 51 | 66 |
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 40 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 40 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)
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- articlesArticles should be between 5,500 and 7,000 words in length, including notes but excluding references.Length not stated
- book reviewAlphaville accepts relevant book reviews (of books published or reprinted within the last three years, from the time of first contact), for consideration. While…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- book reviewsAlphaville accepts relevant book reviews (of books published or reprinted within the last three years, from the time of first contact), for consideration.Length not stated
- reportsReports (e.g. commissioned reports, reviews, reflections, interviews and other short texts) submitted to Alphaville as part of dossiers or other sections of the…Length not stated
- video essaysVideo essays submitted to Alphaville for consideration will be subject to peer review.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- License & copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Authors retain copyright; journal holds right of first publication. Model summary
Department of Film and Screen Media at University College Cork, 2011-2024 Contact Us: alphavillejournal@gmail.com Web Editor: Barry Reilly - Website design: Abigail Keating
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. It releases its articles under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). This license allows anyone to download, reuse, re-print, modify, distribute and/or copy the contributions fo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double blind peer review for articles and video essays; reviews and reports undergo editorial review. Model summary
Each submitted article/video essay that is deemed eligible and that abides by Alphaville's guidelines and house style will be sent for double blind peer review.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Strict originality requirement; no prior publication or simultaneous submission. Model summary
It is a strict requirement of the Alphaville Editorial Board that all manuscripts and video essays submitted to Alphaville have not, under any circumstances, been either published or submitted for consideration elsewhere.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Preprint and postprint archiving permitted. Model summary
Authors retain the right to make preprint (i.e. the original, unrefereed, precopyedited material submitted for publication) and postprint (i.e. the post-peer-review material containing author revisions but not yet copyedited by Alphaville) versions of their material available on their personal website, institutional repository, or not-for-profit server, upon acceptance by Alphaville.
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
- University College Cork
- Country or region
- Ireland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2009-4078
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Alphaville Journal of Film and Screen Media
How long does peer review take at Alphaville Journal of Film and Screen Media?
Authors report an average review time of about 40 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 Alphaville Journal of Film and Screen Media?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Alphaville Journal of Film and Screen Media is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Alphaville Journal of Film and Screen Media open access, and what is the APC?
Alphaville Journal of Film and Screen Media 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: .