Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
EastWest Journal of Ukrainian Studies
ISSN 2292-7956 · University of Alberta, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies · Canada
EastWest Journal of Ukrainian Studies: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 12 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2024 (Volume 11, Issue 1): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
EastWest Journal of Ukrainian Studies is published by University of Alberta, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Soviet and Russian History, Ukrainian Cultural and Linguistic Studies and Central European national history, together about 51.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
About East/West East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies is a scholarly, peer-reviewed, online periodical, publishing original research articles, reviews and review articles. EWJUS encourages submission in English of previously unpublished work by academics, graduate students, and policymakers. The journal welcomes thematic issues by guest editors and original scholarship presented at conferences; it is open to sponsoring online forums for scholarly debates and exchanges. The journal accepts research that incorporates web technologies and multimedia (e.g., audio and visual materials). The focus and themes of the journal include, but are not limited, to the following: Ukraine and its neighbors; Ukrainian humanities and social sciences in a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective; the Early Modern, Modern, and Contemporary periods; cultural geography and geopolitics; empires, regions, borders and borderlands; dominant and subordinate cultures; collective identities, gender, multiculturalism, nationalism; and the sociocultural foundations of modernization.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Editor-in-chief Tania Plawuszczak-StechPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Ukraine 2, Canada 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Soviet and Russian HistorySocial Sciences22.7%
- Ukrainian Cultural and Linguistic StudiesSocial Sciences20.6%
- Central European national historySocial Sciences8.1%
- Eastern European Communism and ReformsSocial Sciences6%
- Biographical and Historical AnalysisArts and Humanities4.1%
- World Wars: History, Literature, and ImpactSocial Sciences3.8%
- Polish Historical and Cultural StudiesSocial Sciences3.4%
- European Politics and SecuritySocial Sciences2.9%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature and Literary Theory | Q1 | 18/1186 | 98th |
| History | Q1 | 92/1936 | 95th |
| Language and Linguistics | Q1 | 212/1137 | 81st |
| Sociology and Political Science | Q2 | 568/1530 | 62nd |
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
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
- 2.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.27OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 2,026Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 387 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 10 | 42 |
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 79 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 118 |
| 2022 | 38 | 38 | 64 |
| 2021 | 47 | 47 | 49 |
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 24 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-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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 250–300 words
- Keywords
- 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- MLA
Article types accepted9, with length limits
- article - thematic sectionArticle - Thematic Section Features articles from thematic sectionsLength not stated
- articles - thematic sectionArticles - Thematic Section Features articles from thematic sectionsLength not stated
- book reviewpages long (2,500-3,000 words); regular book reviews should not exceed 3-4 pages (750-1,000 words). Articles may contain images and multimedia content as lonmain text ≤ 1,000 words
- report from the fieldReport from the Field Non-peer-reviewed summary of scholarly practices.Length not stated
- report from the field - thematic sectionReport from the Field - Thematic Section Non-peer-reviewed summary of scholarly practices.Length not stated
- review articleuble-spaced pages (about 10,000 words). Review articles may be up to 10 pages long (2,500-3,000 words); regular book reviews should not exceed 3-4 pages (750-1,…main text ≤ 3,000 words
- the ewjus essayThe EWJUS Essay The EWJUS Essay: a section devoted to reflection, analysis, interpretation, and debate, overseen and moderated by the Editorial Board.Length not stated
- translationTranslation This section offers English translation of publications on Ukraine and Eastern Europe originally published in another language.Length not stated
- translation - thematic sectionTranslation - Thematic Section Features English translation of publications originally published in another language.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License Model summary
Ⓒ 2021 Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, and EWJUS (East-West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies). For permissions and other inquiries, please contact the Editor-in-Chief: bilenky@ualberta.ca Author's Rights The Author transfers and assigns to EWJUS (East-West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies) and the CIUS (Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies), during the full term of cop…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Anonymized peer review Model summary
To ensure the integrity of the anonymized peer-review for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other.
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
- University of Alberta, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2292-7956
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 11, Issue 1 (2024)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- 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 EastWest Journal of Ukrainian Studies
How long does peer review take at EastWest Journal of Ukrainian Studies?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 EastWest Journal of Ukrainian Studies?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 250–300 words; Keywords: 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: MLA. 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 EastWest Journal of Ukrainian Studies based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Ukraine (2) and Canada (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index EastWest Journal of Ukrainian Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, EastWest Journal of Ukrainian Studies is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is EastWest Journal of Ukrainian Studies open access, and what is the APC?
EastWest Journal of Ukrainian Studies 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, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .