Journal profile
Bhasha
ISSN 2785-5953 · Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari · Italy
Bhasha: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 14 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bhasha is published by Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Linguistics and language evolution, Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation and Indian and Buddhist Studies, together about 52.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Bhasha. Journal of South Asian Linguistics, Philology and Grammatical Traditions is an international journal that welcomes submissions that adopt evidence-based approaches to all areas of linguistics related to South Asian literary (classical and modern/contemporary), spoken and/or endangered languages. The aim of the Journal is to collect papers devoted to the general synchronic linguistic analysis (including sociolinguistic analysis pertaining to today’s languages) of particular languages and/or particular texts, even those that incorporate a comparative analysis with other languages or texts. From the point of view of linguistics, one of the other areas of interest is understanding the evolution of the various languages employed in South Asia today and in the previous historical phases. The term ‘evolution’ is here understood from the point of view of linguistic history – according to a pure diachronic linguistic perspective – as well as from the point of view of the history of these languages, concerning thus the dynamics existing between a specific language and the culture and socio-political context of the society where this language is spoken. For this reason, the Journal also includes in its scope the analysis of the history of reading and reception studies in South Asia. Articles focusing on textual details and criticism and on the history of manuscript traditions and circulation will also be considered. Last but not the least, particular emphasis is also placed on the study of grammatical traditions that have thrived in the South Asian regions. An important part of Bhasha will be devoted to reviews of new books or specific important papers related in some way to the aims of the Journal. The Journal predominantly publishes articles in English but will occasionally also publish in Italian, French and German.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Linguistics and language evolutionArts and Humanities22.2%
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationArts and Humanities15%
- Indian and Buddhist StudiesArts and Humanities15%
- Historical Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities9.2%
- Classical Studies and PhilologyArts and Humanities8.5%
- Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities6.5%
- Linguistic and Sociocultural StudiesSocial Sciences3.3%
- Multilingual Education and PolicySocial Sciences2.6%
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
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ANVUR class Rivista scientifica: Area 10Publisher 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
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.03OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 60 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | 3 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 7 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | 6 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 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 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 | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Not considered
- colleagues from your institution; PhD supervisor; examiners
Article types accepted6
- complete volume/issueComplete volume/issue: subject to peer reviewLength not stated
- 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
- editorialsEditorials: no peer reviewLength not stated
- introductions, prefacesIntroductions, prefaces: no peer reviewLength not stated
- monographs/essays/articlesMonographs/essays/articles: subject to peer reviewLength not stated
- reviewsReviews: no peer reviewLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- License & copyright Copyright and licences
Authors retain copyright; licence standard level CC-BY 4.0. 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
Open Access publisher; all content freely and immediately available. 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
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
Preprint/self-archiving permitted and encouraged before and during submission. 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
- ISSN
- 2785-5953
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Bhasha
How long does peer review take at Bhasha?
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 Bhasha?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bhasha is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Bhasha open access, and what is the APC?
Bhasha 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: .