Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Amaltea-Revista de MitocrItica
ISSN 1989-1709 · Universidad Complutense de Madrid · Spain
Amaltea-Revista de MitocrItica: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2026 Xinrui edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 33 weeks (community reports); 10 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Amaltea-Revista de MitocrItica is published by Universidad Complutense de Madrid and is classed under Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cultural and Mythological Studies, Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism and Literary and Cultural Studies, together about 28.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Amaltea, Journal of Myth Criticism accepts only original and unpublished works that explore the reception of ancient, medieval, and modern myths in literature and the arts.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Spain 3, United States 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cultural and Mythological StudiesArts and Humanities12%
- Comparative Literary Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities8.1%
- Literary and Cultural StudiesSocial Sciences8.1%
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesArts and Humanities6.6%
- Historical and Literary AnalysesArts and Humanities6.6%
- Latin American Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities5.8%
- Spanish Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities5.4%
- Latin American Literature StudiesSocial Sciences5%
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)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 0LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.03OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 5LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 186 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | 3 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | 3 |
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 33 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 33 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-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 100 words
- Keywords
- 3–8
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 5,000 words
- Reference style
- MLA
Article types accepted2, with length limits
- articleArticles must not exceed 5,000 words, including bibliography and notes.main text ≤ 5,000 words
- book reviewTheir length shall be between 1,500 and 2,000 words.main text ≤ 2,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license Model summary
Amaltea. Revista de mitocrítica Full-text articles published in Amaltea. Revista de mitocrítica are open-access and published under a CreativeCommons License Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en. Reproduction, distribution or public communication of these articles with commercial purposes requires the E…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access journal Model summary
Amaltea. Revista de mitocrítica is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
External double-blind peer-review process Model summary
Submissions will be subjected to an external double-blind peer-review process.
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
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 1989-1709
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 18 (2026)
- 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
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Amaltea-Revista de MitocrItica
What CAS zone is Amaltea-Revista de MitocrItica in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Amaltea-Revista de MitocrItica?
Authors report an average review time of about 33 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 Amaltea-Revista de MitocrItica?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 100 words; Keywords: 3–8; Manuscript length: ≤ 5,000 words; Reference style: MLA. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Amaltea-Revista de MitocrItica based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Spain (3) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Amaltea-Revista de MitocrItica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Amaltea-Revista de MitocrItica is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Amaltea-Revista de MitocrItica open access, and what is the APC?
Amaltea-Revista de MitocrItica 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, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .