Journal profile · HISTORY
Cercles-Revista d Historia Cultural
ISSN 1139-0158 · eISSN 1699-7468 · Universitat de Barcelona · Spain
Cercles-Revista d Historia Cultural: CAS Zone 4 · History (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 8 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cercles-Revista d Historia Cultural is published by Universitat de Barcelona 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 Spanish History and Politics, Media, Journalism, and Communication History and History of Education in Spain, together about 47.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Cercles: revista d’història cultural es dedica a la publicació de Monogràfics o números Miscel·lània dedicats a la història de la cultura i dels intel·lectuals a Catalunya, Espanya i Europa. Segles XIX i XX. La revista vol donar cabuda a totes aquelles recerques que aportin nous coneixements sobre les interpretacions culturals de l’experiència històrica, incloent les noves tendències de la recerca i/o de reflexió historiogràfica de la història cultural.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Spanish History and PoliticsArts and Humanities22.1%
- Media, Journalism, and Communication HistoryArts and Humanities14.9%
- History of Education in SpainArts and Humanities10.7%
- Spanish Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities8.8%
- Spanish Culture and IdentityArts and Humanities6.9%
- Historical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regionsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.1%
- Medieval European Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities4.6%
- Nationalism and Cultural IdentitySocial Sciences3.4%
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 | History | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | 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
SJR. SCImago Journal & Country Rank, ERIHPLUS, CIRC, CARHUS Plus, Latindex, DIALNET, RACO, MIAR, DulcineaPublisher 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 ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.07OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 91.3%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 8LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 139 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 8 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | 7 |
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 24 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Page charges
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Submission fee
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
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
- ≤ 200 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 9,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
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
- Universitat de Barcelona
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish, Italian, English, French, Catalan, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1139-0158
- Electronic ISSN
- 1699-7468
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cercles-Revista d Historia Cultural
What CAS zone is Cercles-Revista d Historia Cultural in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cercles-Revista d Historia Cultural is in Zone 4 of History, and in Zone 4 of the minor category History. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Cercles-Revista d Historia Cultural?
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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Cercles-Revista d Historia Cultural?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 9,000 words; Reference style: Chicago; 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 Cercles-Revista d Historia Cultural?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cercles-Revista d Historia Cultural is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Cercles-Revista d Historia Cultural open access, and what is the APC?
Cercles-Revista d Historia Cultural 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: .