Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-History
Bibliothecae.it
ISSN 2283-9364 · Universita di Bologna, Dipartimento di Beni Culturali, Alma Mater Studiorum · Italy
Bibliothecae.it: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 28 weeks (community reports); 42 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bibliothecae.it is published by Universita di Bologna, Dipartimento di Beni Culturali, Alma Mater Studiorum. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books, Library Science and Information and Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, together about 51.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Bibliothecae.it is a scientific, peer-reviewed, open access e-journal, published twice a year. It publishes original research and reviews on bibliography, information science, books, libraries and documentations across historical and geographical boundaries. In these fields the journal aims at highlighting processes of knowledge management and dissemination in the past and in the present societies. Bibliothecae.it is classified by ANVUR in Class A for Area 11 (Historical, philosophical and pedagogical sciences) for the competitive sectors 11/HIST-04/C (Archive sciences, bibliography and library sciences), 11/HIST-01 (Medieval history), 11/HIST-02 (Modern history), 11/HIST-03 (Contemporary history), and evaluated as a scientific journal for Area 10 (Ancient, philological-literary and historical-artistic sciences).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-History
Editor-in-chief Fiammetta SabbaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Italy 45, Spain 3, France 2, Switzerland 2, United States 1 (55 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities28.2%
- Library Science and InformationComputer Science12.3%
- Renaissance and Early Modern StudiesArts and Humanities10.9%
- Libraries and Information ServicesArts and Humanities10.2%
- Information Science and LibrariesComputer Science6.4%
- Digital and Traditional Archives ManagementArts and Humanities4.2%
- Library Science and Information SystemsComputer Science4%
- Library Science and AdministrationSocial 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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | Q3 | 1115/1936 | 42nd |
| Library and Information Sciences | Q4 | 251/296 | 15th |
| Information Systems | Q4 | 477/519 | 8th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.01OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 750 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 26 | 12 |
| 2025 | 42 | 42 | 9 |
| 2024 | 45 | 45 | 25 |
| 2023 | 79 | 79 | 3 |
| 2022 | 38 | 38 | 16 |
| 2021 | 53 | 53 | 24 |
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 28 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 28 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)
Article types accepted7, with length limits
- book reviewBook reviews may be submitted in word .doc and Times New Roman. The title of the reviewed monograph should be described as follows: Name, Surname, Title, city, …Length not stated
- book reviewsBook ReviewsLength not stated
- documentationDocumentationLength not stated
- essaysEssaysLength not stated
- full articleContributions should normally be between 6.000 and 15,000 words in length. They should include an abstract in Italian and English of about 2000 characters with …main text ≤ 15,000 words
- full articlesFull articlesLength not stated
- notes and discussionsNotes and discussionsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright belongs to the authors; the journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Model summary
The copyrights of all the texts on this journal belong to the respective authors without restrictions. This journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (full legal code). See also our Open Access Policy. Metadata All the metadata of the published material is released in the public domain and may be used by anyone free of charge. This includes references. Meta…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. It releases its articles under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This license allows anyone to download, reuse, re-print, modify, distribute and/or copy the contributions. The works must b…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Articles submitted for publication are initially screened by the editorial board and the directors of each session, in order to verify whether the article fits into the journal’s main scope. As part of the initial quality assessment, each article will undergo plagiarism detection through iThenticate. At a second stage the article is forwarded to peer-reviewers. Bibliothecae.it uses a double-blind …
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
- Universita di Bologna, Dipartimento di Beni Culturali, Alma Mater Studiorum
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English, Italian
- ISSN
- 2283-9364
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 15, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Bibliothecae.it
How long does peer review take at Bibliothecae.it?
Authors report an average review time of about 28 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Bibliothecae.it based?
Of the 55 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (45), Spain (3) and France (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Bibliothecae.it?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bibliothecae.it is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Bibliothecae.it open access, and what is the APC?
Bibliothecae.it 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: .