Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Caietele Echinox
ISSN 1582-960X · Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca · Romania
Caietele Echinox: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 66 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Caietele Echinox is published by Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca and is in Zone 4 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction, Historical and Literary Analyses and Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies, together about 20.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Echinox Journal is a bi-annual academic journal in comparative literature, world literature and imagination studies. It was first published by Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania, in 2001, continuing the legacy of the renowned students’ magazine Echinox, founded at the Faculty of Letters in 1968. On the one hand, Echinox Journal carries forth the tradition of the first global journal of comparative literature, Acta Comparationis Litterarum Universarum, published by Hugo von Meltzl in Cluj (1877-1888). As such, it encourages innovative research on world literature and its contemporary domains and methodologies: cultural studies, planetarity, digital humanities, posthumanism, new media, etc. On the other hand, being currently edited by Phantasma, the Center for Imagination Studies in Cluj, whichis a member of the International network CRI2i (Centre de Recherches Internationales sur l’Imaginaire), Echinox Journal also publishes studies on the social, historical, cultural, literary, religious and artistic imaginaries. It welcomes contributions in English and French (sometimes also Italian, Spanish and German, depending on the subject) from international scholars.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative FictionArts and Humanities7.9%
- Historical and Literary AnalysesArts and Humanities7%
- Diverse Cultural and Historical StudiesSocial Sciences5.6%
- French Urban and Social StudiesSocial Sciences5.4%
- Historical and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences5.3%
- European Cultural and National IdentitySocial Sciences5.1%
- Gothic Literature and Media AnalysisSocial Sciences5%
- Linguistics and Discourse AnalysisArts and Humanities4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: EBSCO
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
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.04OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 30LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 752 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| 2025 | 66 | 66 | 0 |
| 2024 | 61 | 61 | 6 |
| 2023 | 62 | 62 | 5 |
| 2022 | 67 | 65 | 7 |
| 2021 | 69 | 57 | 9 |
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
- Open 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-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 websiteAI use, Preprints
- AI use 2024 & 2025 Debates on the Increased Use of AI. Problematizations, Dilemmas, Polemics, Rivalries, Risks
Abstract: This essay examines and synthesizes a range of international diplomatic and political forums addressing the complexities of communication between humans and artificial intelligences, as well as the broader phenomenon of artificial intercommunication. Its purpose is to assess the prospects, challenges, adaptations, and risks that such interactions entail, highlighting the ways in which th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Long-term preservation via National Library of Romania (print) and CEEOL/EBSCO (digital) Model summary
Should the journal and its website be closed, the published articles will still be available: – In print format, the journal is currently archived by Biblioteca Națională a României (National Library of Romania) Also, it is sent to several academic and public libraries in Romania and abroad. See list – In digital format (pdf), the journal is stocked in the CEEOL and EBSCO databases.
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
- Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
- Country or region
- Romania
- Language
- Italian, English, Spanish, French
- ISSN
- 1582-960X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 50 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Caietele Echinox
What CAS zone is Caietele Echinox in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Caietele Echinox is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Caietele Echinox?
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.
Which databases index Caietele Echinox?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Caietele Echinox is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Caietele Echinox open access, and what is the APC?
Caietele Echinox 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, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .