Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Curator-The Museum Journal
ISSN 0011-3069 · eISSN 2151-6952 · Wiley-Blackwell
Curator-The Museum Journal: CAS Zone 2 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.8 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,900; median 390 days to acceptance (90 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 22% (journal website); 43 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Curator-The Museum Journal is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 2 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Museums and Cultural Heritage, Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation and Conservation Techniques and Studies, together about 50% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Written by museum professionals for museum professionals, Curator: The Museum Journal provides a forum for exploration and debate of the latest issues, practices, and policies in museum administration, research, exhibition development, visitor studies, conservation, education, collection management and other subjects of current concern to the community. Each issue presents a range of expert voices. Articles are peer-reviewed and held to the highest standards of timeliness and rigor. Forums, reviews and commentaries relay news and opinions from writers with an insider’s perspective. Issues are frequently organized around topics of great urgency for the field. Professional conversations cover the globe: from the emergence of museums in China to the trials of export licenses in Great Britain. Join in the discussions and know what your peers are saying about the vital issues facing museums. Abstracting and Indexing Information Art, Design & Architecture Collection (ProQuest) Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) Arts & Humanities Database (ProQuest) Arts Premium Collection (ProQuest) Current Contents: Arts & Humanities (Clarivate Analytics) ProQuest Central (ProQuest) SCOPUS (Elsevier) Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Museums and Cultural HeritageArts and Humanities37.2%
- Cultural Heritage Management and PreservationArts and Humanities6.9%
- Conservation Techniques and StudiesArts and Humanities5.9%
- Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentSocial Sciences5.7%
- Animal and Plant Science EducationPsychology5%
- Art Education and DevelopmentArts and Humanities4.3%
- Art History and Market AnalysisArts and Humanities3.5%
- Species Distribution and Climate ChangeEnvironmental Science3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.07LetPub ·
- h-index
- 64OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 456OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.87OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 52.17%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 32LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 35Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 140,003Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,936 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 46 | 26 | 5 |
| 2025 | 43 | 29 | 25 |
| 2024 | 82 | 56 | 119 |
| 2023 | 57 | 36 | 121 |
| 2022 | 74 | 32 | 176 |
| 2021 | 64 | 15 | 495 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
390 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 262 days – 600 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 20 days (90 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 403 days
- Sample
- 90 articles with submission and acceptance dates (101 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 22%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 22%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 120 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 120 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 460 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 20 daysPublisher website ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,900 / EUR 2,400 / GBP 1,930 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted4, with length limits
- original articleOriginal Article: An original research article of between. 5,000 – 7,500 words. Original articles are expected to follow best practices and ethics in research, …Length not stated
- original research articleOriginal Article: An original research article of between. 5,000 – 7,500 words. Original articles are expected to follow best practices and ethics in research, …Length not stated
- perspectivevalidity and authority of the findings. Perspective: An original piece of approximately 2,500 words, generally supported by observation and evidence to draw comain text ≤ 2,500 words
- reviewased objective and independent critical review of an exhibit or a set of related exhibits, of approximately 2,000 words, generally supported by images of the ex…main text ≤ 2,000 words
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0011-3069
- Electronic ISSN
- 2151-6952
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 69, Issue 3 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Curator-The Museum Journal
What CAS zone is Curator-The Museum Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Curator-The Museum Journal is in Zone 2 of Arts, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Curator-The Museum Journal?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.8 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.8, h-index 64.
How long does peer review take at Curator-The Museum Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 90 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 390 days (interquartile range 262–600 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 22% (2025). 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 Curator-The Museum Journal?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 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.
Which databases index Curator-The Museum Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Curator-The Museum Journal is indexed in AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Curator-The Museum Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Curator-The Museum Journal is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,900.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .