Journal profile
Black Book
ISSN 2184-8653 · AP2 · Portugal
Black Book: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 40 weeks (community reports); 19 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Black Book is published by AP2. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Artistic and Creative Research, Art, Politics, and Modernism and Public Spaces through Art, together about 41.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities20.9%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities11.1%
- Public Spaces through ArtSocial Sciences9.8%
- Art, Technology, and CultureArts and Humanities6.4%
- Contemporary art, education, critiqueSocial Sciences6%
- Art, Aesthetics, and PerceptionArts and Humanities5.5%
- Posthumanist Ethics and ActivismSocial Sciences4.3%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities4.3%
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
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.03OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 99 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 13 | 1 |
| 2025 | 19 | 19 | 1 |
| 2024 | 32 | 32 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 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 40 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | EUR 250 | Yes | — |
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
- AP2
- Country or region
- Portugal
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2184-8653
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Black Book
How long does peer review take at Black Book?
Authors report an average review time of about 40 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.
Is Black Book open access, and what is the APC?
Black Book is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .