Journal profile
Eastern Review
ISSN 1427-9657 · eISSN 2451-2567 · Lodz University Press · Poland
Eastern Review: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 40 weeks (community reports); 21 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Eastern Review is published by Lodz University Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are European Politics and Security, Political Theory and Democracy and Eastern European Communism and Reforms, together about 31.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Eastern Review to czasopismo naukowe, którego głównym celem jest integrowanie wysiłków badawczych naukowców Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego zajmujących się tematyką wschodnioeuropejską oraz popularyzacja wyników ich badań. Zakres tematyczny periodyku obejmuje zagadnienia związane z państwami regionu Europy Wschodniej, rozumianymi w kategoriach geopolitycznych i społeczno-kulturowych, a nie jedynie geograficznych. W centrum uwagi znajdują się takie państwa jak Białoruś, Mołdawia, Rosja, Ukraina, a także inne kraje obszaru poradzieckiego. Czasopismo porusza szeroki wachlarz tematów, w tym kwestie polityczno-prawne, społeczno-gospodarcze oraz językowo-kulturowe. Publikowane artykuły obejmują opracowania z zakresu politologii, prawa, socjologii, ekonomii, kulturoznawstwa, co czyni Eastern Review forum interdyscyplinarnej wymiany wiedzy i doświadczeń naukowych.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- European Politics and SecuritySocial Sciences11.9%
- Political Theory and DemocracySocial Sciences10.4%
- Eastern European Communism and ReformsSocial Sciences8.9%
- Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial Sciences6.2%
- European and Russian Geopolitical Military StrategiesSocial Sciences6.2%
- Post-Communist Economic and Political TransitionSocial Sciences5.4%
- International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences5%
- Public Administration and Political AnalysisSocial Sciences4.6%
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.
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
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.41OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 168 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | 11 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 26 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | 14 |
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 40 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-NC-ND | |
| 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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 200–250 words
- Reference style
- APA
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Open access
- Publication ethics cope
Kultura strategiczna Federacji Rosyjskiej podczas rządów Władimira Putina 714 Historia statusu prawnego języka ukraińskiego. Od Rusi Kijowskiej do współczesnej Ukrainy 642 Procesy migracyjne w państwach bałtyckich – dynamika zmian 595 Skuteczność instytucji referendum lokalnego w sprawie referendów tematycznych w kadencji 2014–2018 319 Kant on ethics and politics 246
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open Access (bez ograniczeń) dla wydań online Model summary
Wydania online są dostępne bez ograniczeń w Open Access
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
- Lodz University Press
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- Polish
- ISSN
- 1427-9657
- Electronic ISSN
- 2451-2567
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Eastern Review
How long does peer review take at Eastern Review?
Authors report an average review time of about 40 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 Eastern Review?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 200–250 words; Reference style: APA. 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.
Which databases index Eastern Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Eastern Review is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Eastern Review open access, and what is the APC?
Eastern Review 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: .