Journal profile
Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage
ISSN 1314-4006 · eISSN 2535-0366 · Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics · Bulgaria
Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 5 weeks (community reports); 33 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage is published by Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Digital Humanities and Scholarship, Library Science and Information and Digital and Traditional Archives Management, together about 32% of its articles. Its main subfields are Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The periodical Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage presents scientific papers including original theoretical as well as application contributions to the subject areas: information technologies and informatics with applications in digital culture and open science. This is a peer-reviewed periodical, publishing one regular issue per annum with selection of extended papers from the DiPP conference. Submitted papers should not have been previously published or be currently under consideration for publication. After article acceptance, authors must sign a license agreement to publish in Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage in open access and under a CC BY-NC license. Accepted papers are published in printed and on-line versions and have the open access status. Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers that are not (and will not be) simultaneously under consideration for publication elsewhere. General areas of interests include (but are not limited to) the following topics: Digital libraries, e-archives, repositories, virtual museums, e-exhibitions and encyclopedias of cultural heritage Virtual reconstructions and interactive multimedia solutions for museums, theaters, concert halls, exhibitions, etc. Digital restoration and preservation of tangible and intangible cultural heritage Acceleration and facilitation of the sharing and exchange of research data Issues of the protection of intellectual property: determination, accreditation and management of rights to digital content Documentation, visualisation and interaction in digital museums and archives e-Infrastructures for digitised scientific heritage. Open access to digitised cultural and scientific heritage Digital libraries and aggregators for transfer of digitised wealth within the European and global digital environment Semantic processing of cultural heritage knowledge. Techniques for extracting digital data and knowledge Use, efficiency and design of interfaces for applications in cultural heritage. Multilingualism Interactive systems in cultural and creative industries Educational applications of digital libraries with cultural and scientific content. Serious games and digital storytelling in cultural heritage Digitalisation of cultural heritage and economics of cultural tourism
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 5%); most named Italy 4, Greece 4, France 3, United States 2, Türkiye 2 (21 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Digital Humanities and ScholarshipArts and Humanities13.1%
- Library Science and InformationComputer Science9.8%
- Digital and Traditional Archives ManagementArts and Humanities9.1%
- 3D Surveying and Cultural HeritageEarth and Planetary Sciences8.1%
- Museums and Cultural HeritageArts and Humanities8%
- Cultural Heritage Management and PreservationArts and Humanities8%
- Library Science and Information SystemsComputer Science4.3%
- Image Processing and 3D ReconstructionComputer Science4.3%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceScopusPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ROAD, Crossref, VINITI, CINECA, BPOS, BulDML
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
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.35OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 552 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 35 | 85 |
| 2025 | 33 | 33 | 100 |
| 2024 | 33 | 33 | 85 |
| 2023 | 38 | 38 | 98 |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | 102 |
| 2021 | 34 | 34 | 71 |
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 5 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 5 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 80 | No | CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | EUR 80 | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
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 prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 50 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 5
- Reference style
- APA
- Templates
- Word
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted2
- full papersFull papers must be based on the results of original research. They will normally have a maximum length of 8-10 pages including tables, illustrations and refere…Length not stated
- short papersShort papers should be concise, focused on new results and data. They will be no longer than 6 pages, including the tables and figures.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Open access
- AI use AI Use Cases for the Digital Documentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage
Alexander I. Iliev, Aman Malik, Gagan Anil Gowda, Satyajit Samal 231-244 PDF
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access under CC BY-NC 4.0 since 2022; open access since the beginning of the periodical's publication. Model summary
All articles published in Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage have been open access since the beginning of the periodical's publication, and all articles, since 2022, are made immediately available worldwide under an open access Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
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
- Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics
- Country or region
- Bulgaria
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1314-4006
- Electronic ISSN
- 2535-0366
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 16 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage
How long does peer review take at Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage?
Authors report an average review time of about 5 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 Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 50 words; Keywords: ≤ 5; Reference style: APA; Templates: Word; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage based?
Of the 21 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 5%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (4), Greece (4) and France (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and Scopus; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage open access, and what is the APC?
Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .