Journal profile
Chenkaantal
ISSN 2583-0481 · Pandian Educational Trust (TN-32-0003213), Maheswari Publishers, (The publishing unit of PANDIAN EDUCATIONAL TRUST- TN32D0026797) · India
Chenkaantal: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 15 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Chenkaantal is published by Pandian Educational Trust (TN-32-0003213), Maheswari Publishers, (The publishing unit of PANDIAN EDUCATIONAL TRUST- TN32D0026797). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cultural and Mythological Studies, Indian and Buddhist Studies and Classical Studies and Philology, together about 45.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Chenkaantal (E-ISSN: 2583-0481) is a pioneer Diamond Open Access Journal for Tamil studies. The journal is dedicated to the academic research of Tamil language, Tamil Literature, Tamil Culture, Tamil Linguistics and other modern trends in Tamil studies. From its inception, it contributes to make the academic content freely available via the Pandian Educational Trust site and other scholarly harvesting databases. The content of the article is licensed under CCBY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ International License and the journal follows Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/ to ensure free availability of articles in public internet, permitting all to search, read, download, copy, distribute, print, link the full texts of articles (PDF & other formats), indexing, data to other software, use them for lawful purposes, without financial and legal or technical barriers with proper attribution to the author. Now, the journal is published in electronic format and preserved in the trust website with permanent preservation facility and public access. There is no APC for the author to submit and publish in the journal (including any other charges). All content of the article is preserved in Internet archive and trust website for long term preservation.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief J. Kavitha M.A.Publisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cultural and Mythological StudiesArts and Humanities19.3%
- Indian and Buddhist StudiesArts and Humanities18.6%
- Classical Studies and PhilologyArts and Humanities7.6%
- South Asian Studies and DiasporaArts and Humanities6.9%
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesArts and Humanities5.5%
- Indigenous Cultures and HistorySocial Sciences4.8%
- Literary Analysis and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities4.1%
- Ecocriticism and Environmental LiteratureArts and Humanities3.5%
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
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 57 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | 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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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 | — | |
| 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 websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship Authorship
Authorship should be limited to the one who have significantly contributed for the beginning, design, finishing, or interpretation of the study. Those who have made significant secondary contributions should be listed as co-authors. If any others who have participated in some substantive aspects, they should be acknowledged or enlisted as contributors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
Unpublished materials of the submitted manuscripts in this journal must not be used by anyone who has access without proper written consent of the author. If a member on the editorial board or an editorial staff of the journal contributes a submitted manuscript, he/she should not perform any reviewing tasks related to the manuscript and ought to declare conflicts of interest.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Access and Retention Policy
Authors should be ready to provide the raw data for editorial review for a reasonable time after publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
Chenkaantal (E-ISSN: 2583-0481) is a biannual open-access and peer-reviewed journal published for educators, researchers and freelancers in the field of Tamil Language and Literary Studies. The journal is committed to support ethical research practices. The editors, authors, reviewers, publication staff, and the publisher abide to the guidelines as evinced by the Code of Conduct https://publicatio…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright License
Our journal adopts CC BY Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ benefit. It allows real works to be used, distributed and redesigned with appropriate attribution methods. Every work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access Policy
Our Open access Policy allows our journal readers to honestly search, read, download, copy, and link articles.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Release / Peer-review Policy
Research articles will be published online only. Research articles are subjected to double blind peer-review method. PDF documents will be published on the Internet only after the reviewed articles have been evaluated for originality, novelty and other ethical principles in research and publishing methods.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Anti-plagiarism
The journal views plagiarism as an injustice to a scholar's intellectual knowledge. Proper attribution is expected. If there is plagiarism in the work of the researchers, the editorial board will reject the article. Is any found after publication, it will be retracted.
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
- Pandian Educational Trust (TN-32-0003213), Maheswari Publishers, (The publishing unit of PANDIAN EDUCATIONAL TRUST- TN32D0026797)
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- Tamil
- ISSN
- 2583-0481
- 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 Chenkaantal
How long does peer review take at Chenkaantal?
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 Chenkaantal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Chenkaantal is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Chenkaantal open access, and what is the APC?
Chenkaantal 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .