Journal profile · MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE STUDIES
Explorations in Renaissance Culture
ISSN 0098-2474 · eISSN 2352-6963 · Brill
Explorations in Renaissance Culture: CAS Zone 4 · History (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1 (journal website); subscription journal; 7 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Explorations in Renaissance Culture is published by Brill and is in Zone 4 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Reformation and Early Modern Christianity and Legal case studies and regulations, together about 27.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Explorations in Renaissance Culture, a multidisciplinary scholarly journal publishing two issues annually, explores all disciplines of study in the early-modern/Renaissance period: literature, history, art and iconography, music, cultural studies, etc. Articles are published in English and are fully refereed, using a double-blind review process. ERC is published in cooperation with the South-Central Renaissance Conference.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE STUDIES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.8%
- Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityArts and Humanities9.4%
- Legal case studies and regulationsSocial Sciences8.3%
- Renaissance and Early Modern StudiesArts and Humanities8.2%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine7.6%
- Renaissance Literature and CultureArts and Humanities5.1%
- Literature: history, themes, analysisArts and Humanities5%
- Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medieval & Renaissance Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Medieval & Renaissance Studies | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Bibliography of the History of Art, MLA Bibliography, MLA Bibliography with Full Text, World Shakespeare BibliographyPublisher website
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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 5LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 595 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| 2022 | 11 | 4 | 3 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1 | 5 |
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
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
Double-blind peer review; articles published in English. Model summary
Articles are published in English and are fully refereed, using a double-blind review process.
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
- Brill
- ISSN
- 0098-2474
- Electronic ISSN
- 2352-6963
- Society / sponsor
- South-Central Renaissance Conference
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Explorations in Renaissance Culture
What CAS zone is Explorations in Renaissance Culture in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Explorations in Renaissance Culture is in Zone 4 of History, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Medieval & Renaissance Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Explorations in Renaissance Culture?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.1, h-index 12.
Which databases index Explorations in Renaissance Culture?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Explorations in Renaissance Culture is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Explorations in Renaissance Culture open access, and what is the APC?
Explorations in Renaissance Culture is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .