Journal profile
Between
ISSN 2039-6597
Between: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, Between's largest topics are Italian Literature and Culture, Narrative Theory and Analysis and Cinema History and Criticism, together about 27% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Between mainly deals with the following topics: comparative literature; theory of literature; cultural studies; postcolonial studies; geocriticism; narratology; translation and adaptation studies; thematic criticism; genre criticism; literature and visual arts; literature and new media; literature and music.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Italian Literature and CultureArts and Humanities14.8%
- Narrative Theory and AnalysisArts and Humanities6.5%
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities5.8%
- Literary Theory and Cultural HermeneuticsArts and Humanities5.8%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities5.4%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities5.4%
- Contemporary Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities4.7%
- Modernist Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
No record of this journal in the CAS ranking tables yet.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- 1OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 156 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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 |
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted3
- articlesThe maximum length of contributions is 38,000 characters (counting the article body only, excluding abstract, keywords, references, etc.).Length not stated
- book reviewBetween welcomes book reviews in the field of: comparative literature, theory of literature, literary criticism, didactics. For more details, see https://ojs.un…Length not stated
- book reviewsThe maximum length of book reviews is approx. 10,000 characters for single-authored books and 12,000 for multi-authored books.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright and licensing policy Model summary
Copyright Notice You are free to copy, distribute and transmit the work, and to adapt the work. You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). Licence scheme | Legal code
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access and Web Journals: Ed. Marina Guglielmi
A preview of the Manifesto for Open Access Public Publishing Marina Guglielmi, Antonio M. Corda 223-235 PDF (Italiano)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review policy Model summary
Between is the international, peer-reviewed and open access Journal of the Italian Association for the Theory and Comparative History of Literature - Compalit.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Originality policy Model summary
The submission must be previously unpublished and it must not be under current consideration for another journal.
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
- ISSN
- 2039-6597
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 16, Issue 31 (2026)
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Between
What are the manuscript requirements of Between?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≥ 5; Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. 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.
Which databases index Between?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Between is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Between open access, and what is the APC?
Between 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: .