Journal profile
Contemporaneity Historical Presence in Visual Culture
ISSN 2153-5914 · University Library System, University of Pittsburgh · United States
Contemporaneity Historical Presence in Visual Culture: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 19 weeks (community reports); 10 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Contemporaneity Historical Presence in Visual Culture is published by University Library System, University of Pittsburgh. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Art, Politics, and Modernism, Visual Culture and Art Theory and Photographic and Visual Arts, together about 55.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts and Museology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Contemporaneity: Historical Presence in Visual Culture explores the diverse ways in which the complexities of being in time are expressed. With each new edition, the journal examines how cultures around the world conceive of and construct their present and the concept of presentness, from prehistory to today. Through scholarly writings from several disciplines in the humanities, Contemporaneity maps the dynamic ways that cultures use visual and literary means to record, define, and interrogate their historical context and presence in time.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Shawn C. SimmonsPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities23.6%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities23.3%
- Photographic and Visual ArtsArts and Humanities8.4%
- Libraries and Information ServicesArts and Humanities7.8%
- Art, Aesthetics, and PerceptionArts and Humanities5.9%
- Historical Art and Architecture StudiesArts and Humanities3.7%
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities3.1%
- Museums and Cultural HeritageArts and Humanities2.8%
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
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 141 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | 45 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | 56 |
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 19 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 19 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 | — |
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
- Chicago
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Self-archiving
- AI use
Generative AI use must be disclosed; AI tools cannot be authors. Model summary
Authors must disclose any use of generative AI tools in the preparation of their submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship
Authors retain copyright; journal granted right of first publication. Model summary
Authors retain copyright of their work published in Contemporaneity and grant the journal the right of first publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Follows COPE guidelines for publication ethics. Model summary
Contemporaneity adheres to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license for all content. Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: The Author retains copyright in the Work, where the term “Work” shall include all digital objects that may result in subsequent electronic publication or distribution.Upon acceptance of the Work, the author shall grant to the Publisher the right of first publication of the Work.The Author shall grant to the Publisher and its agent…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Immediate open access to all content. Model summary
Contemporaneity provides immediate open access to all of 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
Single anonymized peer review; two reviewers per submission. Model summary
All scholarly submissions undergo a rigorous single anonymized peer review process, in which the identities of the authors are concealed throughout. Each submission is evaluated by two reviewers.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preservation via PKP Preservation Network and LOCKSS. Model summary
The Public Knowledge Project has developed the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) to digitally preserve OJS journals. The LOCKSS program offers decentralized and distributed preservation, seamless perpetual access, and preservation of the authentic original version of the content.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Self-archiving of preprints, accepted manuscripts, and final published version permitted. Model summary
Authors are encouraged to deposit preprints or accepted manuscripts in institutional or disciplinary repositories, personal websites, or non-commercial platforms after publication. We also permit posting of the final published version (publisher's PDF) with appropriate citation and link to the official journal site.
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
- University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2153-5914
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 Contemporaneity Historical Presence in Visual Culture
How long does peer review take at Contemporaneity Historical Presence in Visual Culture?
Authors report an average review time of about 19 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 Contemporaneity Historical Presence in Visual Culture?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Contemporaneity Historical Presence in Visual Culture is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Contemporaneity Historical Presence in Visual Culture open access, and what is the APC?
Contemporaneity Historical Presence in Visual Culture 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .