Journal profile
Bastina
ISSN 0353-9008 · eISSN 2683-5797 · Institute of Serbian Culture Priština, Leposavić · Serbia
Bastina: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 98 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bastina is published by Institute of Serbian Culture Priština, Leposavić. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Balkans: History, Politics, Society, Central European national history and Historical Turkish Studies, together about 43.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Magazine "Baština" is designed as a multidiscilinary scientific journal in order to absorb papers from heterogeneous scientific fields, to meet the needs of scientists from each of the scientific disciplines in the scientific research program at the Institute from the social and humanities of teaching - politics, sociology, the sickle tongue, Literature, History, Archaelogy, Ethnology, etnomusicology, the history of culture and the history of art.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Marija Jeftimijević MihajlovićPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Balkans: History, Politics, SocietySocial Sciences30.3%
- Central European national historySocial Sciences9.1%
- Historical Turkish StudiesSocial Sciences4.4%
- Byzantine Studies and HistoryArts and Humanities4.3%
- Narrative Theory and AnalysisArts and Humanities4%
- World Wars: History, Literature, and ImpactSocial Sciences3.7%
- Central European Literary StudiesSocial Sciences3.5%
- Historical Education Studies WorldwideSocial Sciences3.1%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Dimensions, Crossref, SCIndeksPublisher website
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
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.27OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 843 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 62 | 62 | 75 |
| 2025 | 98 | 98 | 124 |
| 2024 | 99 | 99 | 93 |
| 2023 | 109 | 109 | 87 |
| 2022 | 114 | 114 | 70 |
| 2021 | 96 | 96 | 52 |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Institute of Serbian Culture Priština, Leposavić
- Country or region
- Serbia
- Language
- English, Serbian
- ISSN
- 0353-9008
- Electronic ISSN
- 2683-5797
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Bastina
How long does peer review take at Bastina?
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.
Which databases index Bastina?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bastina is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Bastina open access, and what is the APC?
Bastina 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: .