Journal profile
Diacronia
ISSN 2393-1140 · Diacronia · Romania
Diacronia: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Diacronia is published by Diacronia. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Linguistics and language evolution, Historical Linguistics and Language Studies and Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation, together about 34.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
“Diacronia” aims at becoming an environment of debate in the field of Humanities, particularly in such areas as diachronic linguistics (historical phonetics and dialectology, historical grammar, etymology, onomasiology, semasiology), philology, sociolinguistics, translation studies, corpus linguistics and anthropology. Through the fundamental component aimed at the prospect of becoming, the historical-comparative perspective envisaging features like vastitude, depth and exhaustiveness focuses on the dynamics of linguistic, social and cognitive realities and acts as the optimal means of access towards their processual nature and essences by shedding light upon human and social evolution. Therefore, the Journal’s purpose is to consolidate the outlooks and projections from the above-mentioned areas by welcoming contributions from the bordering domains or from the realm of interdisciplinary activities developed by reputed specialists in linguistics, philology and history, with strong and competent interest in theories, hypotheses and methods of other scientific disciplines capable of providing a firm theoretical and methodological ground (biology, genetics, physics). The Journal also aims at facilitating the communication among the academics in humanities by promoting the works of both well-established and young researchers as well as by providing the access to the results of the latest research in the already mentioned areas of scientific inquiry. “Diacronia” is an on-line journal that seizes the scientific approach from an evolutionary perspective and favours the advancements in historical linguistics and philology. As a debate forum, the Journal is concerned with finding, distributing and capitalising on the knowledge and the procedures in humanities, with the methodologies that are instrumental to them along with the study and the framing of the social and anthropological outcomes that the modern trends of thought have on the evolvement of society. In tune with the research within anthropology, sociology, Bible studies, biology and physics, “Diacronia” covers a variety of topics related to different aspects of the social and cognitive development having an impact on linguistics or through which linguistics can contribute to elevate the wealth of knowledge in other fields. Consequently, the Journal publishes theoretical and applied works – approached from a diachronic perspective – from the fields of linguistics and philology and the neighbouring or connect
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Francisc GaftonPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Linguistics and language evolutionArts and Humanities14.3%
- Historical Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities10.5%
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationArts and Humanities10%
- Classical Studies and PhilologyArts and Humanities9.5%
- Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities7.3%
- Linguistic research and analysisArts and Humanities7.1%
- Translation Studies and PracticesArts and Humanities6.1%
- Lexicography and Language StudiesArts and Humanities4%
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
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 443 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 | 45 |
| 2021 | 55 | 55 | 88 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–200 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 15,000 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
Article types accepted5
- articlesThe journal “Diacronia” accepts manuscripts of articles, letters, review articles, essays, and book reviews.Length not stated
- book reviewsThe journal “Diacronia” accepts manuscripts of articles, letters, review articles, essays, and book reviews.Length not stated
- essaysThe journal “Diacronia” accepts manuscripts of articles, letters, review articles, essays, and book reviews.Length not stated
- lettersThe journal “Diacronia” accepts manuscripts of articles, letters, review articles, essays, and book reviews.Length not stated
- review articlesThe journal “Diacronia” accepts manuscripts of articles, letters, review articles, essays, and book reviews.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Open access
No publication fees or article processing charges. Model summary
“Diacronia” does not charge publication fees or article processing charges: publishing in “Diacronia” is free.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review. Model summary
The Authors and the Referees do not know each other’s identity (double-blind peer-review).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Originality: no previously published material or simultaneous submission. Model summary
All contributions submitted to the Journal must be original and new. We do not publish material that has already been published (even in a different form or language), or that has been submitted for publication in other journals.
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
- Diacronia
- Country or region
- Romania
- Language
- English, Romanian
- ISSN
- 2393-1140
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Diacronia
How long does peer review take at Diacronia?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Diacronia?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–200 words; Keywords: ≤ 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 15,000 words; Reference style: Author–date. 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 Diacronia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Diacronia is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Diacronia open access, and what is the APC?
Diacronia 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: .