Journal profile
ANICON
ISSN 2785-7433 · Milano University Press · Italy
ANICON: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 2 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ANICON is published by Milano University Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cinema and Media Studies, Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts and Digital Games and Media, together about 28.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal AN-ICON. Studies in Environmental Images is a peer-reviewed open access academic journal, stemming from the ERC Advanced project “AN-ICON. An-Iconology: History, Theory, and Practices of Environmental Images”. The journal is officially recognized as a scientific for Area 11 (History, Philosophy, Pedagogy, and Psychology). The journal aims to set out a groundbreaking interdisciplinary research field addressing the key challenges raised by the rapidly evolving contemporary mediascape, focussing in particular on the emergence of what can be defined as environmental images, namely an-icons. Indeed, recent developments in image-making techniques have resulted in a drastic blurring of the threshold between the world of the image and the real world. Virtual reality, in particular, has enabled the production of pictures that either infiltrate the perceivers’ environment as if they were real objects, or even surround the perceivers, thus substituting themselves to their real environment. Such pictures, hence called “environmental”, undermine the mainstream paradigm of Western image theories. In fact, they conceal their being based on a medium, thus claiming their unmediateness; they refuse to be separated from the real world by means of framing devices, thus pursuing a condition of unframedness; and they discard referentiality and representation in favour of presentness. By doing all this, these pictures deny their very status of images, of icons: they become veritable “an-icons”. In line with the scope of the AN-ICON project, the journal proposes itself as a transdisciplinary hub for encouraging and hosting studies in “an-iconology”: namely, a new field of research able to tackle an-icons from, at least, three major perspectives: 1) A historical perspective – aimed at a diachronic exploration of the an-iconic tendencies in media, and at a media-archaeological investigation of the multiple prefigurations of environmental images (e.g. illusionistic painting, pre-cinematic dispositifs, such as panorama and phantasmagoria, stereoscopic and 3D cinema, video games, etc.). 2) A theoretical perspective – aimed at delving into the key-concepts that describe both the status and the experience of an-icons: illusion, transparency, immersivity, interactivity and participation, embodiment and avatar, multisensoriality, hyper-realism. 3) A practical perspective – aimed at investigating the multifaceted impact of an-iconic images, virtual environments, and technologie
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
- Virtual Reality Applications and ImpactsComputer Science8.7%
- Digital Games and MediaSocial Sciences8.7%
- Sexuality, Behavior, and TechnologyPsychology7.8%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities7.8%
- Digital Media and PhilosophyComputer Science7.8%
- Kierkegaardian Philosophy and InfluenceArts and Humanities5.8%
- Photography and Visual CultureArts and Humanities4.9%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
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
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.37OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 71 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | 10 |
| 2023 | 23 | 23 | 3 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | 12 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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 | |
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Publication ethics Publication ethics
Editorial Principles -1. Accountability and responsibility for journal content Journal's editors take responsibility for all works published on AN-ICON. Studies in Environmental Images. They strive to grant both scientific and editorial quality by double-blind peer review and careful editing. The journal maintains the integrity of the published record and grants long time preservation of all publi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright CC License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Preprint and postprint version of the articles can be archived anywhere under the same license.
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. Open Access Policy is based on rules of Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI): http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/ Anyone is free to download, re-use, print, and share the published content.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double blind peer review; accepted authors may be required to make revisions based on reviewer feedback. Model summary
All submissions are subject to double blind peer-review and, if accepted, authors may be required to make revisions, based on feedback from the reviewers.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
Originality requirement: articles must not have been submitted to other journals. Model summary
Editors have the duty to act promptly in case of errors and misconducts, both proven and alleged. This duty extends to both published and unpublished papers. In case such as errors in articles or in the publication process, fraudulent publication or plagiarism, appropriate steps will be taken, following the recommendations, guidelines and flowcharts from COPE (https://publicationethics.org/retract…
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
- Milano University Press
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2785-7433
- 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 ANICON
How long does peer review take at ANICON?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 ANICON?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ANICON is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is ANICON open access, and what is the APC?
ANICON 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: .