Journal profile · CLASSICS
Antichthon
ISSN 0066-4774 · eISSN 2056-8819 · Cambridge University Press
Antichthon: CAS Zone 3 · History (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,550; 9 articles a year; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Antichthon is published by Cambridge University Press 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, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies and Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies, together about 47% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Published for the Australasian Society for Classical StudiesAntichthon is a fully open access annual internationally recognised journal of ancient world studies. While it places its main emphasis on Greece and Rome, its scope has been broadly defined so as to embrace the Ancient Near East and the Mediterranean from the beginnings of civilisation to the Early Middle Ages.The journal is open to contributions from any country, and will publish articles on topics relating to the languages, literature, thought, history, archaeology and reception of the ancient world. It will not undertake full-scale reviewing, but may include occasional reviews and articles reporting the progress of scholarship in a particular field of enquiry. The language of publication is English. From time to time special thematic volumes will be published.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): CLASSICS
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Australia 4, New Zealand 3, United Kingdom 1, Canada 1 (9 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Classical Antiquity StudiesSocial Sciences28.7%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.3%
- Historical, Religious, and Philosophical StudiesArts and Humanities9%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5.8%
- Byzantine Studies and HistoryArts and Humanities5.2%
- Classical Philosophy and ThoughtArts and Humanities4.7%
- Organic Chemistry Synthesis MethodsChemistry4.2%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine3.8%
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 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Classics | Zone 2 |
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
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 141OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.05OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 26.32%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 9LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 602 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| 2023 | 11 | 6 | 26 |
| 2022 | 14 | 3 | 18 |
| 2021 | 14 | 2 | 17 |
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,550 / GBP 2,460 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 accepted3
- articleArticle The Spatial Turn and Roman Studies: Theories and Possibilities Amy Russell, Maxine Lewis Antichthon, Volume 58Length not stated
- introductionAntichthon publishes: Introduction* Research Article*Length not stated
- research articleAntichthon publishes: Introduction* Research Article*Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access
Open access from 12 December 2025 with Creative Commons licence. Model summary
We are delighted to announce that all articles accepted for publication in Antichthon from 12 December 2025 will be ‘open access’; published with a Creative Commons licence and freely available to read online (see the journal’s Open Access Options page for available licence options).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
No full-scale reviewing; occasional reviews. Model summary
It will not undertake full-scale reviewing, but may include occasional reviews and articles reporting the progress of scholarship in a particular field of enquiry.
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
- Cambridge University Press
- ISSN
- 0066-4774
- Electronic ISSN
- 2056-8819
- Society / sponsor
- Australasian Society for Classical Studies
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Antichthon
What CAS zone is Antichthon in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Antichthon is in Zone 3 of History, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Classics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Where are the editorial board members of Antichthon based?
Of the 9 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Australia (4), New Zealand (3) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Antichthon?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Antichthon is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Antichthon open access, and what is the APC?
Antichthon is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,550.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .