Journal profile
British Art Studies
ISSN 2058-5462 · Yale University · United Kingdom
British Art Studies: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 45 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
British Art Studies is published by Yale University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Historical Art and Culture Studies, Art, Politics, and Modernism and Visual Culture and Art Theory, together about 49.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Museology and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
British Art Studies is an innovative space for new peer-reviewed scholarship on all aspects of British art. The journal prioritises research that tests the boundaries of “British” as a category and reflects critically on methods in art history. British Art Studies collaborates closely with authors to develop new ways of presenting research online. It also aims to further conversations about open access, digital sustainability, and digital humanities research.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Alixe BoveyPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Historical Art and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities18.4%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities15.5%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities15.4%
- Libraries and Information ServicesArts and Humanities8.5%
- Photographic and Visual ArtsArts and Humanities5.2%
- Historical Art and Architecture StudiesArts and Humanities3.8%
- Medieval European History and ArchitectureArts and Humanities3.3%
- Historical Architecture and UrbanismArts and Humanities3.1%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.18OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 361 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | 32 |
| 2025 | 45 | 45 | 76 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 49 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 38 |
| 2021 | 37 | 37 | 42 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 52 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Editorial review, Single 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism
- License & copyright Third-Party Copyright
Where materials (text or image-based) published in the journal are still protected by copyright, the author must cite the relevant copyright information when reproducing it and comply with all other terms or restrictions that may be applicable to that material. Our in-house picture researcher will assist with obtaining the relevant permissions.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Submissions will be acknowledged by a member of the editorial team, and the editors will send those that meet the basic criteria to be peer reviewed. Owing to the volume of submissions received, please note that editors cannot provide feedback related to this initial internal assessment. Peer review is normally conducted by two anonymous readers. Projects that employ methods such as statistical or…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
Plagiarism is understood by the editors as failing to acknowledge the work or contributions of other people. This can include reusing material and paraphrasing material without appropriate citation. Peer reviewers are asked to consider whether the author of a submission has plagiarised another publication or published the research before. Following the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Et…
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
- Yale University
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2058-5462
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about British Art Studies
How long does peer review take at British Art Studies?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 British Art Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, British Art Studies is indexed in DOAJ.
Is British Art Studies open access, and what is the APC?
British Art Studies 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: .