Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Contemporary Southeastern Europe
ISSN 2310-3612 · Centre for Southeast European Studies · Austria
Contemporary Southeastern Europe: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Contemporary Southeastern Europe is published by Centre for Southeast European Studies. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Balkans: History, Politics, Society, European Politics and Security and Populism, Right-Wing Movements, together about 47.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
CSE is a fully open access journal, and that means that all articles - research articles, event analyses, election analyses, conceptual analyses and book review essays - are available on the journal homepage to all users upon publication.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Editor-in-chief Claudia LaštroPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Balkans: History, Politics, SocietySocial Sciences22.2%
- European Politics and SecuritySocial Sciences13.9%
- Populism, Right-Wing MovementsSocial Sciences11.1%
- Political Theory and DemocracySocial Sciences8.3%
- International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences5.6%
- Political Conflict and GovernanceSocial Sciences5.6%
- Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial Sciences5.6%
- Eastern European Communism and ReformsSocial Sciences5.6%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | Q2 | 560/1936 | 71st |
| Cultural Studies | Q2 | 595/1434 | 58th |
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 321/692 | 53rd |
| Anthropology | Q3 | 305/536 | 43rd |
| Gender Studies | Q3 | 154/233 | 34th |
| Law | Q3 | 773/1162 | 33rd |
| Sociology and Political Science | Q3 | 1104/1530 | 27th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 12 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 | — |
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 websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access CSE is a fully open access journal, all articles are available online and free of charge upon publication.
fully open access, free of charge Model summary
CSE is a fully open access journal, and that means that all articles - research articles, event analyses, election analyses, conceptual analyses and book review essays - are available on the journal homepage to all users upon publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
double-blind peer review Model summary
We are firmly committed to the highest standards of academic publishing, such as rigorous double-blind peer review, and to making research accessible to a wide audience.
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
- Centre for Southeast European Studies
- Country or region
- Austria
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2310-3612
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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 Contemporary Southeastern Europe
How long does peer review take at Contemporary Southeastern Europe?
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 Contemporary Southeastern Europe?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Contemporary Southeastern Europe is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Contemporary Southeastern Europe open access, and what is the APC?
Contemporary Southeastern Europe 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: .