Journal profile · CLASSICS
Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies
ISSN 0076-0730 · eISSN 2041-5370 · Wiley-Blackwell
Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies: CAS Zone 4 · History (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.3 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,285; review about 135 days (submission to final decision, publisher); 40 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 4 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Classical Antiquity Studies, Classical Philosophy and Thought and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 61.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Archeology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies (BICS) is the flagship publication of the Institute of Classical Studies (ICS) and has been a forum for classical studies since 1954. It welcomes and champions the research of a diverse and world-wide range of scholars and promotes cutting-edge and interdisciplinary research in all areas of classical studies broadly defined, including archaeology. The journal publishes three issues a year: two special/themed issues, and a general articles issue. The aim of a themed issue is to explore a particular topic within Classics (broadly defined and including archaeology) by bringing together a range of voices to share new ideas which advance Classical research. The ICS welcomes expressions of interest from academic colleagues who wish to edit a themed issue of BICS. Please contact the Editor in Chief, Susan Deacy (susan.deacy@bristol.ac.uk), in the first instance, and find out how to prepare a themed issue proposal here. General articles issues of BICS are made up of general articles – that is, articles that are not attached to a special/themed issue. The journal welcomes submissions of general articles all year round. To submit a general article to the journal, authors should read the Author Guidelines and submit their article via the journal submission site. Abstracting and Indexing Services Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies is covered by the following abstracting/indexing services: ArticleFirst Arts and Humanities Citation Index® Current Contents® Electronic Collections Online Gale Academic OneFile Gale OneFile: Educator's Reference Complete Humanities International Complete Humanities International Index Humanities Source Humanities Source Ultimate Infotrac MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association) Scopus Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 0.1 2025 5 Year Impact Factor 0.3 2025 Cited Half-Life 18.2 years 2025 Eigenfactor Score 0.00017 2025 Article Influence Score 0.296 Scopus 2025 CiteScore 0.3 Classics (Rank by CiteScore) 97/196 History (Rank by CiteScore) 1051/1936 Language And Linguistics (Rank by CiteScore) 768/1137 Archeology (Arts And Humanities) (Rank by CiteScore) 315/462 Linguistics And Language (Rank by CiteScore) 873/1221 Archeology (Rank by CiteScore) 281/388 2025 Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 0.589 Readership 2025 Full Text Usage 29,240 Peer Review and Production 2025 Median days from submission to first decision 80 days 2025 Me
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): CLASSICS
Editor-in-chief Susan DeacyPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Classical Antiquity StudiesSocial Sciences38.9%
- Classical Philosophy and ThoughtArts and Humanities15.3%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.1%
- Byzantine Studies and HistoryArts and Humanities6.7%
- Historical, Religious, and Philosophical StudiesArts and Humanities5.1%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine3.1%
- Linguistics and language evolutionArts and Humanities2.6%
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and HistoryArts and Humanities2.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Classics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Classics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)History Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Classics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Current ContentsPublisher 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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- h-index
- 58OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 429OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.37OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 53.01%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 49LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 29,240Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,233 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 22 | 0 |
| 2025 | 40 | 22 | 2 |
| 2024 | 22 | 13 | 34 |
| 2023 | 34 | 23 | 10 |
| 2022 | 11 | 1 | 13 |
| 2021 | 23 | 5 | 18 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
135 dayssubmission to final decision
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 80 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to final decision 2025
- 135 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | GBP 2,491 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Peer review
- Authorship Authorship Guidelines
No page or colour charges. Model summary
Authorship is limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the design and execution of the work described. Any contributors whose participation does not meet the criteria for authorship should be acknowledged but not listed as an author. For more information, please see the OUP Publication Ethics page. ORCID All authors are required to provide an ORCID iD (Open Researcher and Contr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Double anonymous peer review with 2 reviewers per article. Model summary
Before peer review, submissions will be reviewed by the editor who evaluate the suitability of the article for BICS. Those deemed suitable will go on to be peer reviewed. We operate double anonymous peer review and invite 2 reviewers to review each article. You will be asked to upload a title page file and main article file to the submission system: Title page file: title and author name Main arti…
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0076-0730
- Electronic ISSN
- 2041-5370
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 69, Issue 1 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies
What CAS zone is Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies is in Zone 4 of History, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Classics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.3, h-index 58.
How long does peer review take at Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies?
The publisher reports about 135 days (submission to final decision). 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 Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies is indexed in AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,285.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .