Journal profile · ART
Boletin de Arte-UMA
ISSN 0211-8483 · eISSN 2695-415X · Universidad de Málaga · Spain
Boletin de Arte-UMA: CAS Zone 3 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 26 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Boletin de Arte-UMA is published by Universidad de Málaga and is in Zone 3 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Historical Art and Architecture Studies, Historical Studies of Medieval Iberia and Photographic and Visual Arts, together about 48.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Archeology and History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Boletín de Arte, founded in 1980, is the academic journal edited by the Department of History of Art at the University of Málaga. Boletín de Arte fosters research and academic discussion based upon all periods of the history of art, as well as art theory, aesthetics and visual culture. This scientific journal is published annually in both paper and digital formats, only accepting original proposals which have not been previously edited or published in any other journal, book, conference proceedings, seminar, etc. The journal follows a peer-reviewed policy in the selection of articles. This double-blind peer review process contains the standard criteria for serial scientific publishing. Boletín de Arte welcomes submissions in Spanish, English, French and Italian. Paper titles, abstracts and keywords will be also published in English. The journal publishes scholarly articles but it also devotes different sections to book reviews, art criticism and Varia/Miscellanea. Boletín de Arte publishes leading research in art history as practiced by art historians, artists, architects, aesthetic specialists, researchers and those professionals related to history, and art theory and practice. Since 2013, a new journal era has begun with renewed editor-in-chief and editorial board, as well as with a scientific committee formed by world-leading specialists in the field of art history; more than 50% of this committee are researchers working in European, United States and Latin American universities. PAPER ACCEPTANCE The Editorial Board has established a limited number of originals in each section (See: Guidelines for authors). Texts by the same author will not be published in the "Articles" and "Varia" sections until two issues have passed since their last publication in the mazine. The policy of the sections is as follows: in the "Contrasts" section, articles are published at the invitation of the Editorial Board. The "Varia", "Bibliographical Comments" and "Reviews" sections are subject to open submissions and publication prior decision of the Editorial Board with the advice of the Editorial Committee (none of them, therefore, are subject to peer review). The "Articles" section accepts open submissions and is the only one that is submitted to peer review, following the editorial process described below. The period for receiving articles will be open between November 30/December 30 (of the year of publication of the last issue) and February 28/March 31 of the year in whic
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ART
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Historical Art and Architecture StudiesArts and Humanities25.7%
- Historical Studies of Medieval IberiaArts and Humanities16.6%
- Photographic and Visual ArtsArts and Humanities6%
- Medieval and Early Modern IberiaArts and Humanities5.5%
- Historical Studies on SpainArts and Humanities4.7%
- Architecture and Art History StudiesArts and Humanities4.6%
- Archaeological and Historical StudiesArts and Humanities4.4%
- Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism StudiesSocial Sciences4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Art | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Art | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
JCR y JCI, WOS, SJR, FECYT, DialnetPublisher 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 88%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 9LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,379 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | 26 | 0 |
| 2024 | 38 | 38 | 0 |
| 2023 | 96 | 96 | 22 |
| 2022 | 273 | 273 | 84 |
| 2021 | 117 | 117 | 25 |
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-NC-SA | |
| 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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 7
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 6,500 words
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted6, with length limits
- bibliographic commentsReseñas de librosLength not stated
- commentaryin a blind peer review. 3. Bibliography Commentaries These should not exceed 1,000 words. The document must open with complete information of the bomain text ≤ 1,000 words
- exhibition reviewsCríticas de exposcionesLength not stated
- research paperLa revista publica trabajos de investigación originales sobre distintos ámbitos de la historia del arte de todas las épocas, así como cuestiones de teoría del a…Length not stated
- reviewd in a blind peer review. 4. Exhibition Reviews These should not exceed 2,000 words and three illustrations. (See Instructions for sending of imain text ≤ 2,000 words
- variaContribuciones breves. No se evalúan por pares.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercia-Compartirigual 4.0 licence Model summary
Todos los contenidos publicados en la revista Boletín de Arte están sujetos a la licencia Creative Commons Reconocimento-NoComercia-Compartirigual 4.0 cuyo texto completo puede consultar en <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0> Los/as autores/as cuyas contribuciones sean aceptadas para su publicación en esta revista conservarán el derecho no exclusivo de utilizar sus contribuciones co…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access OPEN ACCESS STATEMENT
Open access; unrestricted access from the moment of publication Model summary
This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition o…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review BLIND PEER REVIEW
Varia: evaluated and selected by the Editorial Committee, not blind peer review Model summary
If the article follows the style and content guides as indicated in Author guidelines for the submission of papers, the editorial board will send it over to two anonymous expert reviewers out of the Editorial Committee, according to blind review procedures. The article evaluation will be closely related to the topic relevance, its contribution to the general knowledge of the specific field, innova…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-archiving Policy by the Author
With the aim of encouraging the global exchange of knowledge this periodical allows unrestricted access to its contents from the moment of publication. Furthermore we recommend that authors publicise their work through the Internet (for example in institutional telematic archives or on their website) after its publication, provided they supply the bibliographic information to substantiate it.
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
- Universidad de Málaga
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 0211-8483
- Electronic ISSN
- 2695-415X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Boletin de Arte-UMA
What CAS zone is Boletin de Arte-UMA in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Boletin de Arte-UMA is in Zone 3 of Arts, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Art. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Boletin de Arte-UMA?
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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Boletin de Arte-UMA?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Keywords: ≤ 7; Manuscript length: ≤ 6,500 words; 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 Boletin de Arte-UMA?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Boletin de Arte-UMA is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Boletin de Arte-UMA open access, and what is the APC?
Boletin de Arte-UMA 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: .