Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-History
Early Modern Low Countries
ISSN 2543-1587 · Utrecht University Library Open Access Journals · Netherlands
Early Modern Low Countries: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 26 weeks (community reports); 24 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Early Modern Low Countries is published by Utrecht University Library Open Access Journals. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Reformation and Early Modern Christianity, Historical Art and Culture Studies and Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books, together about 32.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Early Modern Low Countries (EMLC) is a multidisciplinary, international, and open access journal dedicated to the study of the early modern Low Countries. The journal publishes state-of-the-art scholarship on any aspect of the turbulent history of this region between 1500 and 1830. Rigorously peer-reviewed, the journal aims to provide a common venue for scholars around the world.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-History
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityArts and Humanities12.8%
- Historical Art and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities10.7%
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities8.8%
- Renaissance Literature and CultureArts and Humanities8%
- Historical Influence and DiplomacySocial Sciences7.1%
- Historical Art and Architecture StudiesArts and Humanities7.1%
- Early Modern Women WritersArts and Humanities4.8%
- Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical ThoughtArts and Humanities4.6%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | Q3 | 1222/1936 | 36th |
| Cultural Studies | Q3 | 1056/1434 | 26th |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, Crossref
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.32OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 247 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 26 |
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | 35 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | 23 |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 | 21 |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | 25 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | 22 |
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 26 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 26 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, CC BY-NC | |
| 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- editorialake a submission. Author Guidelines The editorial board welcomes original research manuscripts of 8,000 words that fall within the focus of the journal. We part…main text ≤ 8,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Preprints
- AI use
Generative AI tools must not be used to produce scholarly arguments in submitted content. Model summary
The author declares no generative artificial intelligence tools (AI) have been used to produce scholarly arguments in the submitted content.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
Authors must declare absence of conflict of interest and warrant no infringement of third-party rights. Model summary
The author declares the absence of any conflict of interest and warrants that the work does not infringe upon any copyright, proprietary, or personal right of any third party.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Model summary
Authors who publish with EMLC agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International License or an Attribution 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publicati…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Funded by Werkgroep De Zeventiende Eeuw and Werkgroep De Achttiende Eeuw Model summary
Funded by Werkgroep De Zeventiende Eeuw and Werkgroep De Achttiende Eeuw
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Submissions must not be previously published or under consideration elsewhere, unless explained to the editor. Model summary
The submission has not been previously published, nor has it been submitted to another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
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
- Utrecht University Library Open Access Journals
- Country or region
- Netherlands
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2543-1587
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Early Modern Low Countries
How long does peer review take at Early Modern Low Countries?
Authors report an average review time of about 26 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 Early Modern Low Countries?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Early Modern Low Countries is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Early Modern Low Countries open access, and what is the APC?
Early Modern Low Countries 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: .