Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Argument
ISSN 2067-4252 · eISSN 2501-6334 · Editura Universitară "Ion Mincu” · Romania
Argument: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 15 weeks (community reports); 17 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Argument is published by Editura Universitară "Ion Mincu”. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Architecture, Modernity, and Design, Urban Development and Cultural Heritage and Architecture and Computational Design, together about 45.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal is dedicated to original studies and scientific research in architecture, urban planning, interior design and related domains.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Editor-in-chief Prof.PhD.Arch. Anca MitrachePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Architecture, Modernity, and DesignEngineering31%
- Urban Development and Cultural HeritageSocial Sciences8.5%
- Architecture and Computational DesignEngineering6.2%
- Spatial and Cultural StudiesSocial Sciences5.1%
- Architecture and Cultural InfluencesArts and Humanities5.1%
- Architecture, Art, EducationArts and Humanities4.8%
- Architectural and Urban StudiesArts and Humanities4.5%
- Cultural Heritage Management and PreservationArts and Humanities4.2%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Arts and Performing Arts | Q4 | 559/697 | 19th |
| History | Q4 | 1650/1936 | 14th |
| Architecture | Q4 | 197/210 | 6th |
| Urban Studies | Q4 | 282/295 | 4th |
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, Crossref
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
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.03LetPub ·
- h-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.1OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 156 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 17 | 17 | 4 |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | 4 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 2 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | 1 |
| 2021 | 28 | 28 | 1 |
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 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 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 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- reviewg the general theme of the journal. The reviews must be critical, they will be 700-1500 words long and they will be submitted both in English and Romaniamain text ≤ 1,500 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Open access, Plagiarism
- Authorship
Copyright responsibility and copyright form required from authors Model summary
By submitting a paper to be published in ARGUMENT Journal, the author integrally and tacitly takes responsibility for respecting copyrights and for his/her property over the material submitted
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access journal, bilingual Romanian and English Model summary
Argument is an open access journal, fully bilingual – published in Romanian and English.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Anti-plagiarism verification of all submitted articles Model summary
All articles submitted for publication will be verified in the anti-plagiarism system.
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
- Editura Universitară "Ion Mincu”
- Country or region
- Romania
- Language
- Romanian, English
- ISSN
- 2067-4252
- Electronic ISSN
- 2501-6334
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Argument
How long does peer review take at Argument?
Authors report an average review time of about 15 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 Argument?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Argument is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Argument open access, and what is the APC?
Argument 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .