Journal profile
Balcania et Slavia
ISSN 2785-3187 · Fondazione Università Ca' Foscari · Italy
Balcania et Slavia: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 8 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Balcania et Slavia is published by Fondazione Università Ca' Foscari. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation, Linguistics and language evolution and Linguistics and Language Studies, together about 46.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Balcania et Slavia. Studi linguistici | Studies in linguistics is a newly founded international, open-access, peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the modern Slavic and Balkan languages from the perspective of theoretical, areal-typological, and contrastive linguistics. The Journal intends to promote high-quality scholarly work on all topics relevant to the theoretical description and analysis of Slavic and Balkan languages in synchrony as well as in diachrony. The main areas of interest include, but are not limited to, their structural make-up, contact in space and time, variation and microvariation in the Balkan-Slavic area, first and second language acquisition in bilingual and multilingual environments. Although it is based at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, the Journal aims at providing an international academic platform where scholars and researchers working within both the traditional and the more recently developed experimental frameworks can share novel ideas and advance theoretical proposals in the field of Slavic and Balkan linguistics.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Giuseppina TuranoPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationArts and Humanities23.7%
- Linguistics and language evolutionArts and Humanities15.8%
- Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities6.8%
- Linguistic and Sociocultural StudiesSocial Sciences5.1%
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentityArts and Humanities5.1%
- Categorization, perception, and languagePsychology4.5%
- Historical Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities4.5%
- Linguistics and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities4%
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
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.11OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 78 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | 7 |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | 4 |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | 2 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 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 8 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 | — | |
| 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
- editorialTo be accepted all manuscripts must comply with ECF’s editorial guidelines. Each document shall include: an English language abstract (whose length has to be no…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- Publication ethics
Publication ethics policy inspired by COPE, including plagiarism screening with Compilatio and procedures for misconduct, complaints, and corrections. Model summary
Balcania et Slavia is a peer-reviewed scientific journal whose policy is inspired by the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) Ethical Code.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright and licences
Authors retain copyright and grant the Journal/Series right of first publication, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC). Model summary
bookAuthors who publish with this Journal/Series agree to the following terms 1 Authors retain copyright and grant the Journal/Series right of first publication of the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC). This licence allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work’s authorship and initial publication in this Journal/Series, furnishing…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access statement
All content is freely and immediately available without charge (Open Access, BOAI definition). Model summary
ECF is an Open Access publisher, which means that all content is freely and immediately available without charge to the users and their institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, link, print, search, or distribute the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission to the Publisher or the Author. This is in accordance with the BOAI…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Double-blind peer review is required for scientific texts; introductions, prefaces, editorials, reviews and similar texts are excluded. Model summary
list 8 specialist readers that we should turn to for an academic opinion on your proposal; although it is important to include eminent people in your field, the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion are important to Edizioni Ca’ Foscari, so please take them into account for these suggestions; include names, institutions, and email addresses; do not include colleagues from your institutio…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online prior to and during the submission process. Model summary
Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as to a wider dissemination of the to-be published work.
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
- Fondazione Università Ca' Foscari
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English, Italian, Russian
- ISSN
- 2785-3187
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Balcania et Slavia
How long does peer review take at Balcania et Slavia?
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.
Which databases index Balcania et Slavia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Balcania et Slavia is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Balcania et Slavia open access, and what is the APC?
Balcania et Slavia 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: .