Journal profile · Business, Management and Accounting-Management of Technology and Innovation
CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation
ISSN 2413-9505 · CERN Publishing · Switzerland
CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 4 weeks (community reports); 1 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation is published by CERN Publishing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI and Personality Traits and Psychology, together about 50% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
CIJ is an interdisciplinary, double-blind peer-reviewed journal seeking to advance both theoretical and practical understanding on how to turn new knowledge into use for society. Based at IdeaSquare, the innovation space at CERN, home to a variety of innovation programmes and events, CIJ is uniquely positioned to collect and test new innovation knowledge. IdeaSquare activities are a reference point to research published in CIJ, for example, as a comparative research setting or an open data depository. The journal publishes short, original articles that quickly communicate the latest insights about innovation processes across domains ranging from idea creation to end-user, business-to-business, innovation methodologies, tools, educational approaches, knowledge exchange, management, policy, to other topical areas across different contexts e.g., projects, start-ups, small-medium enterprises, large multinational, or governmental agencies. The journal is receptive to all types of quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Empirical manuscripts should be in conversation with current experimental innovation theory and theoretical work should synthesise empirical advancements and/or propose evolved empirical research designs. In addition, CIJ welcomes replication studies and also publishes coffee papers. The focus of the journal is on publications with early-stage, unconventional insights that can direct the field into new research directions and more extensive experiments. For this reason, copyrights of the published papers remain at author(s) for future use and development and are not transferred to CIJ. Authors across the world from diverse disciplines and functional perspectives are welcome to submit to the journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Business, Management and Accounting-Management of Technology and Innovation
Editor-in-chief Matteo VignoliPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Italy 8, Switzerland 6, Germany 4, Spain 4, Australia 4 (49 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting16.7%
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AISocial Sciences16.7%
- Personality Traits and PsychologyPsychology16.7%
- Misinformation and Its ImpactsSocial Sciences16.7%
- Wikis in Education and CollaborationSocial Sciences16.7%
- Ego Development and Educational PracticesPsychology16.7%
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EBSCOPublisher 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
- 1.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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 4 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 4 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 | |
| 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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 3,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted5
- datasetDatasetLength not stated
- editorialEditorialLength not stated
- ideasquare coffee papersIdeaSquare Coffee papersLength not stated
- methodological notesMethodological NotesLength not stated
- original articlesOriginal articlesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Conflicts of interest Data Disclosure
CIJ encourages (but does not require) the disclosure of data associated with the manuscripts to support and facilitate scientific work to continue based on the published works. All the data submitted will be open-source licensed.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
The principles outlined below are inspired by the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). For more details please refer to the general guidelines of COPE at https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines. Duties of Editors The Editors are responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published; The Editors may discuss with other editors or …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.Authors are able to enter into separate, addition…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Open access Model summary
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
All manuscripts submitted will first go through the initial screening that contains the evaluation of suitability of the submitted manuscript according to following criteria: topic of the submission is in line with the Aims and Scope of the CIJ; the submission presents results of empirical, experimental research; the formatting guidelines have been appropriately followed; the submission exhibits n…
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
- CERN Publishing
- Country or region
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2413-9505
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10, Issue 1 (2026)
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation
How long does peer review take at CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation?
Authors report an average review time of about 4 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 CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 3,000 words; Reference style: APA. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation based?
Of the 49 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (8), Switzerland (6) and Germany (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation open access, and what is the APC?
CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation 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: .