Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Diciottesimo Secolo
ISSN 2531-4165 · Firenze University Press · Italy
Diciottesimo Secolo: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 48 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Diciottesimo Secolo is published by Firenze University Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought, Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books and Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought, together about 33.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
«Diciottesimo Secolo» is the official international open-access journal of the Società Italiana di Studi sul Secolo XVIII (SISSD). It is dedicated to fostering critical debates covering the full range of eighteenth-century subjects: from literature to history, from law to religion, from philosophy to science, from anthropology to the fine arts, from linguistics to ethics, and from theatre to music. The journal also serves as a resource for up-to-date information on current Italian research in eighteenth-century studies. Published annually and subject to double-blind peer review, «Diciottesimo Secolo» features several sections, including “Dossier”, “Articles”, “Critical Notes” and “Reviews”. Editors-in-Chief: Andrea Gatti, Università di Bologna, Italy Rolando Minuti, Università di Firenze, Italy ISSN ONLINE 2531-4165 Recently the Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB) approved our application for indexing «Diciottesimo Secolo» in Scopus.FUP and «Diciottesimo Secolo» teams are very proud of this result and wish to share this announcement with the authors, readers, editors and reviewers of the journal. With their contributions we achieved this remarkable goal. Diciottesimo Secolo is a Diamond Open Access Journal Diciottesimo Secolo is indexed in:
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Editor-in-chief Andrea GattiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Rousseau and Enlightenment ThoughtArts and Humanities16.8%
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities8.2%
- Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical ThoughtArts and Humanities8%
- Renaissance and Early Modern StudiesArts and Humanities6.2%
- French Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities5.8%
- European Political History AnalysisArts and Humanities4.9%
- History of Science and MedicineArts and Humanities4.5%
- Historical Philosophy and ScienceArts and Humanities4.3%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature and Literary Theory | Q4 | 996/1186 | 15th |
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | Q4 | 629/692 | 9th |
| History | Q4 | 1768/1936 | 8th |
| Philosophy | Q4 | 829/891 | 7th |
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
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.01OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 251 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 2025 | 48 | 48 | 12 |
| 2024 | 32 | 32 | 8 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 11 |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | 7 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | 4 |
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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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)
Article types accepted1
- dossierfeatures several sections, including “Dossier”, “Articles”, “Critical Notes” and “Reviews”.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- AI use
Generative AI use must be disclosed transparently Model summary
The authors confirm that any use of Generative AI tools in the development of the manuscript has been clearly and transparently disclosed, including an indication of the specific sections where such tools were used.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright retained by authors, CC-BY-4.0 license Model summary
Authors retain the copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY-4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in DICIOTTESIMO SECOLO This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Interna…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access OPEN ACCESS POLICY
Immediate open access Model summary
«Diciottesimo secolo» provides immediate open access to its content. Our publisher, Firenze University Press at the University of Florence, complies with the Budapest Open Access Initiative definition of Open Access: By “open access”, we mean the free availability on the public internet, the permission for all users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Special issues follow same OA and peer review criteria as regular issues Model summary
Special issues follow the same OA and peer review policy criteria as regular annual issues.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening via Crossref Similarity Check (iThenticate) Model summary
The authors authorize the Editorial Team to examine the submission using Crossref Similarity Check (iThenticate) to verify its originality.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
National legal deposition and long-term digital preservation Model summary
«Diciottesimo secolo» and Firenze University Press are experimenting a National legal deposition and long-term digital preservation service.
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
- Firenze University Press
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- French, Italian, English
- ISSN
- 2531-4165
- 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 Diciottesimo Secolo
How long does peer review take at Diciottesimo Secolo?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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 Diciottesimo Secolo?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Diciottesimo Secolo is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Diciottesimo Secolo open access, and what is the APC?
Diciottesimo Secolo 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: .