Journal profile
Arcadia Explorations in Environmental History
ISSN 2199-3408 · Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society · Germany
Arcadia Explorations in Environmental History: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 1 articles in 2025; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: Arcadia (ISSN 2199-3408) is currently closed for submissions. Please do not submit before a new call has been announced. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Arcadia Explorations in Environmental History is published by Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact, Maritime and Coastal Archaeology and Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies, together about 100% of its articles. Its main subfields are History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Arcadia: Explorations in Environmental History is an open-access, peer-reviewed publication platform for short, illustrated, and engaging environmental histories. Embedded in a particular time and place, each story focuses on a site, event, person, organization, or species as it relates to nature and human society. By publishing digitally on the Environment & Society Portal, Arcadia promotes accessibility and visibility of original research in global environmental history and cognate disciplines. Each peer-reviewed article includes a profile of the researcher, links, and suggested readings.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Australia 6, Singapore 4, Sweden 3, Canada 2, South Africa 2 (24 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- World Wars: History, Literature, and ImpactSocial Sciences33.3%
- Maritime and Coastal ArchaeologyArts and Humanities33.3%
- Diverse Historical and Scientific StudiesArts and Humanities33.3%
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
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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)
Article types accepted1
- arcadia articlesEach peer-reviewed article includes a profile of the researcher, links, and suggested readings.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Peer review
- Data availability
Archiving with Bavarian State Library and LMU Library Model summary
All Arcadia articles are archived with the Bavarian State Library and the Ludwig Maximilian University Library.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Statement
Archiving Policy: All Arcadia articles are archived with the Bavarian State Library and the Ludwig Maximilian University Library. Model summary
With the exception of images and multimedia, all articles are published under a CC BY 4.0 license. Authors retain the copyright as well as full publishing rights without restrictions of the article texts. Article texts may be quoted and republished by anyone provided that the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license are met: “You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the lic…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Peer Review: Arcadia submissions accepted for consideration will be assessed by two anonymous reviewers with knowledge in the field. The peer review process is single blind, meaning that the name of the author will be disclosed to the reviewers. Model summary
Arcadia submissions accepted for consideration will be assessed by two anonymous reviewers with knowledge in the field. The peer review process is single blind, meaning that the name of the author will be disclosed to the reviewers.
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
- Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2199-3408
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Arcadia Explorations in Environmental History
How long does peer review take at Arcadia Explorations in Environmental History?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Arcadia Explorations in Environmental History based?
Of the 24 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Australia (6), Singapore (4) and Sweden (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Arcadia Explorations in Environmental History?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Arcadia Explorations in Environmental History is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Arcadia Explorations in Environmental History open access, and what is the APC?
Arcadia Explorations in Environmental History 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: .