Journal profile
eSamizdat
ISSN 1723-4042 · Aracne editrice · Italy
eSamizdat: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 26 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
eSamizdat is published by Aracne editrice. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies, Soviet and Russian History and Comparative and World Literature, together about 37.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
“eSamizdat. Rivista di culture dei paesi slavi” è una rivista scientifica peer-reviewed che esce a cadenza annuale in formato open access elettronico. Si occupa di culture e letterature comparate, studi culturali e postcoloniali, studi visuali e performativi, studi traduttivi e teorie letterarie. La rivista accoglie inoltre contributi di storia sociale e culturale, storia dell’arte e dell’architettura, antropologia e folklore, privilegiando le proposte di taglio interdisciplinare e valorizzando il confronto fra saperi diversi.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Russian Literature and Bakhtin StudiesSocial Sciences20.2%
- Soviet and Russian HistorySocial Sciences11.1%
- Comparative and World LiteratureArts and Humanities6.7%
- Translation Studies and PracticesArts and Humanities5.1%
- Musicology and Musical AnalysisArts and Humanities4.7%
- Modernist Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities4.4%
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities3.8%
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities3.8%
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
- 1OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 214 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| 2025 | 26 | 26 | 0 |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| 2023 | 30 | 30 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 31 | 31 | 1 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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-SA | |
| 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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–150 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 10
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Not considered
- articoli di lunghezza inferiore alle 25.000 battute
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
CC BY-SA 4.0 Model summary
This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 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
- Aracne editrice
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- Serbo-Croatian, Ukrainian, Slovak, Macedonian, Italian, English, Bulgarian, Belarusian, Russian, Slovenian, Polish, Czech
- ISSN
- 1723-4042
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about eSamizdat
How long does peer review take at eSamizdat?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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 eSamizdat?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–150 words; Keywords: ≤ 10; Reference style: Author–date. 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 eSamizdat?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, eSamizdat is indexed in DOAJ.
Is eSamizdat open access, and what is the APC?
eSamizdat 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 2026-08-28). Last updated: .