Journal profile
Dictatorships Democracies
ISSN 2564-8829 · Universitat Oberta de Catalunya · Spain
Dictatorships Democracies: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 17 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Dictatorships Democracies is published by Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Spanish History and Politics, Spanish Culture and Identity and Spanish Literature and Culture Studies, together about 61.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Dictatorships & Democracies (D&D) és una revista en línia d'accés obert, editada a Barcelona per la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya i la Fundació Carles Pi i Sunyer. El seu objectiu és impulsar i difondre la recerca sobre les societats contemporànies en relació amb els moviments socials i intel·lectuals, i amb els processos de democratització des d'una perspectiva comparada i transnacional. D&D, doncs, és un espai de diàleg i debat acadèmics entre qualsevol forma de recerca històrica i cultural, inclosos enfocaments polítics, socials, econòmics, internacionals, literaris o artístics.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Spanish History and PoliticsArts and Humanities29.3%
- Spanish Culture and IdentityArts and Humanities22.4%
- Spanish Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities10%
- History of Education in SpainArts and Humanities4.3%
- Communism, Protests, Social MovementsSocial Sciences3.9%
- World Wars: History, Literature, and ImpactSocial Sciences2.7%
- Memory, violence, and historyPsychology2.7%
- Political Systems and GovernanceSocial Sciences2.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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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
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 110 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 17 | 17 | 9 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | 4 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 4 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 6 |
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 24 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Catalan, Spanish
- ISSN
- 2564-8829
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Dictatorships Democracies
How long does peer review take at Dictatorships Democracies?
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 Dictatorships Democracies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Dictatorships Democracies is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Dictatorships Democracies open access, and what is the APC?
Dictatorships Democracies 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: .