Journal profile
Asia Anteriore Antica
ISSN 2611-8912 · Firenze University Press · Italy
Asia Anteriore Antica: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Asia Anteriore Antica is published by Firenze University Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ancient Near East History, Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History and Biblical Studies and Interpretation, together about 68.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Archeology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Asia Anteriore Antica. Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Cultures Asia Anteriore Antica (AsiAnA) is an international Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Cultures studies founded and edited by scholars of different disciplines and approaches (philology, linguistics, history, archaeology), and cooperating in common researches and field projects based on an interdisciplinary perspective. AsiAana is a Diamond Open Access Journal, FOCUS Asia Anteriore Antica (AsiAnA) focuses on the variegated scenario of the emergence, development and crises of the ancient Near East cultures analysed in the plurality of their distinct and intertwining characters, languages, writing and literacy, administration and material culture, arts and politics, economy and trade, ideology and religion. All these lements shaped a civilization which strongly impacted on the history of the ancient world. Exploring this plurality of issues from different perspectives can add to our understanding of the social dynamics and the spatial and chronological trajectories that forged the Near Eastern cultures over a long duration. AIM Asia Anteriore Antica (AsiAnA) will present studies in different disciplines, Hittitology, Assyriology, Semitistics, History, Archaeology and Art History of the ancient Near East aiming to diffuse the results of researches such as excavation reports, edition of epigraphic sources, studies on philological data, visual arts, archaeology and archaeometry. With the intent of confronting different scientific voices of these disciplines and crossing their traditional borders the journal will supply a handy tool of scholarly information on various subjects, open to the international debate and innovative theoretical issues. RIGOROUS DOUBLE BLIND PEER REVIEW Each submission to AsiAnA is subject to a rigorous quality control and peer-review evaluation process before receiving a decision. The initial in-house quality control check deals with issues such as competing interests; ethical requirements for studies involving human participants or animals; financial disclosures; full compliance with AsiAnA’s data availability policy, etc. Submissions may be returned to authors for queries, and will not be seen by our Editorial Board or peer reviewers until they pass this quality control check. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for conducting the peer-review process and for the final decision on the submitted article. A plagiarism check is also performed using Crossref Similarity Check (iThen
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief GIULIA TORRIPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Italy 2, France 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ancient Near East HistoryArts and Humanities32.7%
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and HistoryArts and Humanities21.4%
- Biblical Studies and InterpretationArts and Humanities14.5%
- Ancient Egypt and ArchaeologyArts and Humanities6.9%
- Classical Antiquity StudiesSocial Sciences5.7%
- Ancient and Medieval Archaeology StudiesArts and Humanities5.7%
- Eurasian Exchange NetworksSocial Sciences2.5%
- Archaeology and Historical StudiesArts and Humanities2.5%
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
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.53OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 53 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 6 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | 12 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 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 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 | — |
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 600 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Reference style
- Harvard
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics PUBLICATION ETHICS
Responsibilities of AsiAnA's editors, reviewers, and authors concerning publication ethics and publication malpractice are described in Asiana’s Guidelines on Publication Ethics.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright on any open access article in AsiAna published by FUP is retained by the author(s). Authors grant FUP a license to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher. Authors also grant any third party the right to use the article freely as long as its integrity is maintained and its original authors, citation details and publisher are identified. The Creative Commons Attr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access OPEN ACCESS POLICY
Diamond Open Access journal; no fees to authors or readers. Model summary
AsiAnA provides immediate open access to its content. Our publisher, Firenze University Press at the University of Florence, complies with the Budapest Open Access Initiative definition of Open Access: By “open access” , we mean the free availability on the public internet, the permission for all users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of the articles, cr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review RIGOROUS DOUBLE BLIND PEER REVIEW
Each submission to AsiAnA is subject to a rigorous quality control and peer-review evaluation process before receiving a decision. The initial in-house quality control check deals with issues such as competing interests; ethical requirements for studies involving human participants or animals; financial disclosures; full compliance with AsiAnA’s data availability policy, etc. Submissions may be re…
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
- Firenze University Press
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- Italian, English
- ISSN
- 2611-8912
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 7 (2025)
- 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 Asia Anteriore Antica
How long does peer review take at Asia Anteriore Antica?
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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Asia Anteriore Antica?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 600 words; Keywords: ≥ 5; Reference style: Harvard. 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 Asia Anteriore Antica based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (2) and France (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Asia Anteriore Antica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Asia Anteriore Antica is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Asia Anteriore Antica open access, and what is the APC?
Asia Anteriore Antica 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: .