Journal profile
Dumbarton Oaks Papers
ISSN 0070-7546 · eISSN 2325-9345 · Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection · United States
Dumbarton Oaks Papers: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 52 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Dumbarton Oaks Papers is published by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Byzantine Studies and History, Historical and Religious Studies of Rome and Classical Antiquity Studies, together about 51.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Dumbarton Oaks Papers is one of the world’s preeminent journals in the field of Byzantine Studies. Published annually since 1941 and now available open access, its articles cover all aspects of society, culture, and art from roughly the fourth through the fifteenth century in the Roman Empire and in successor and neighboring states. Readers will find sophisticated and innovative studies that engage with questions of history, literature, and theology; a wide range of artistic expression; and archaeological and other material remains. Topics related to Eastern Christian communities beyond the territorial and chronological boundaries of the empire also appear in the journal’s pages, including articles on textual sources not only in medieval Greek but also in Arabic, Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopic, Georgian, Latin, Old Church Slavonic, Syriac, and more. All articles fall into at least one of the following fields and disciplines: art and iconography archaeology codicology epigraphy historiography history and historical writing language law literature liturgy music numismatics palaeography science sigillography
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Byzantine Studies and HistoryArts and Humanities30.5%
- Historical and Religious Studies of RomeArts and Humanities12%
- Classical Antiquity StudiesSocial Sciences8.9%
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities7.2%
- Archaeology and Historical StudiesArts and Humanities6.9%
- Medieval History and CrusadesArts and Humanities4.5%
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and HistoryArts and Humanities4.5%
- Renaissance and Early Modern StudiesArts and Humanities2.8%
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
- 93OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 455OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 814 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 402 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 493 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 508 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 1,117 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 857 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 1,762 |
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 52 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 52 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-NC-ND | |
| 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 accepted2
- articlePreference is given to articles of substantial length (at least 10,000 words, notes inclusive).Length not stated
- notes and reportsShorter pieces are welcome for submission in our “Notes and Reports” section.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Peer review
- Publication ethics
Original work not under consideration elsewhere Model summary
Submissions are expected to advance a clear, significant, and original thesis and should not be under consideration elsewhere for publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
The peer review we conduct is double-blind: neither an author’s nor a reviewer’s identity is revealed to the other. Every submission should be stripped of any phraseology that might identify an author, not only in the main text and notes but also in the header, footer, and metadata. We expect authors and peer reviewers to disclose any potential conflicts of interest. Articles are typically sent to…
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
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0070-7546
- Electronic ISSN
- 2325-9345
- 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 Dumbarton Oaks Papers
How long does peer review take at Dumbarton Oaks Papers?
Authors report an average review time of about 52 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 Dumbarton Oaks Papers?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Dumbarton Oaks Papers is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Dumbarton Oaks Papers open access, and what is the APC?
Dumbarton Oaks Papers 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: .