Journal profile
BAFOnline
ISSN 2504-2076 · Bern Open Publishing · Switzerland
BAFOnline: fully open access; no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: This journal is not accepting submissions at this time. Source ↗Publisher website ·
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2019 (Volume 4, Issue 1): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BAFOnline is published by Bern Open Publishing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ancient Near East History, Biblical Studies and Interpretation and Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History, together about 55.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Archeology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
BAF-Online known as BAF-O (ISSN: 2504-2076) is the publication platform of the Berner Altorientalisches Forum (BAF). It makes available to the public within the shortest possible delays vidcasts of the talks that have been held at the BAF. The vidcasts published at BAF Online have been peer-reviewed by members of the BAF scientific committee and are quotable. The aim of BAF-O is to facilitate the dissemination and publication of ideas prior to final results.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ancient Near East HistoryArts and Humanities27.8%
- Biblical Studies and InterpretationArts and Humanities16.2%
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and HistoryArts and Humanities11.5%
- Ancient Egypt and ArchaeologyArts and Humanities7.9%
- Classical Antiquity StudiesSocial Sciences5.8%
- Language, Linguistics, Cultural AnalysisArts and Humanities4.7%
- Ancient and Medieval Archaeology StudiesArts and Humanities4.2%
- Linguistics and language evolutionArts and Humanities2.6%
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
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 67 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Editorial reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest
- Conflicts of interest Conflict of interest
Conflict of interest disclosure required for reviewers, authors and editors. Model summary
Reviewers, authors and editors must disclose any and all possible financial or non-financial conflict of interest in regard to the manuscript. If unsure, the journal editor should be contacted.
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
- Bern Open Publishing
- Country or region
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2504-2076
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 4, Issue 1 (2019)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BAFOnline
How long does peer review take at BAFOnline?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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.
Is BAFOnline open access, and what is the APC?
BAFOnline is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
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: .