Journal profile · Social Sciences-Linguistics and Language
Folia Toruniensia
ISSN 1641-3792 · eISSN 2657-4837 · Nicolaus Copernicus Public Provincial Library in Toruń and Institute of History and Archival Science, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń · Poland
Folia Toruniensia: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 8 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Folia Toruniensia is published by Nicolaus Copernicus Public Provincial Library in Toruń and Institute of History and Archival Science, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books, Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland and Library Science and Information, together about 46.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are History and Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
‘Folia Toruniensia’ is a scientific, peer-reviewed, diamond open-access journal. It is published by the Provincial Public Library – the Copernicus Library in Toruń in cooperation with the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Linguistics and Language
Editor-in-chief Mariusz BalcerekPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 10%); most named Poland 4, Germany 2, Nigeria 2, Mainland China 1, Czechia 1 (10 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities20.4%
- Historical and Cultural Studies of PolandArts and Humanities13.2%
- Library Science and InformationComputer Science12.9%
- Polish Historical and Cultural StudiesSocial Sciences5.7%
- Information Science and LibrariesComputer Science5.7%
- Library Science and AdministrationSocial Sciences5.4%
- Library Science and Information LiteracySocial Sciences4.7%
- Digital and Traditional Archives ManagementArts and Humanities3.9%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linguistics and Language | Q2 | 547/1221 | 55th |
| Library and Information Sciences | Q3 | 201/296 | 32nd |
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
Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO), AskBisht, BazHum, Biblioteka Nauki, Central & Eastern European Academic Source (CEEAS, EBSCO), Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL), Centrum Otwartej Nauki (CeON), Crossref, Essentials™ (EBSCO), Google Scholar, Herder-Institut: Literaturdatenbank (LitDok), Index Copernicus International Journals Master List, Library & Information Science Source (EBSCO), Linguistic Bibliography (Brill), MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals, One Belt, One Road Reference Source (EBSCO), POL-index, Polish Bibliography of Bibliographies (PBB), Polish Scientific Bibliography (PSB), Scilit, Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Osteuropa (ViFaOst), WorldCat, Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)Publisher 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.89OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 171 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | 34 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | 19 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | 13 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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-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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted4
- reportsThe Reviews and Reports, which are short texts, are tested only by the Editorial Board.Length not stated
- research articlesThe Research Articles, Sources and materials are subject to the reviewing procedure.Length not stated
- reviewsThe Reviews and Reports, which are short texts, are tested only by the Editorial Board.Length not stated
- sources and materialsThe Research Articles, Sources and materials are subject to the reviewing procedure.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Plagiarism
- AI use
AI tools may be used only as writing assistants (language editing, data formatting); not for content generation, analysis, conclusions, or references. Model summary
The text was prepared without using AI tools for content generation, data analysis and interpretation, conclusion writing, or reference creation.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship and contributorship
Ghostwriting/guest authorship treated as scientific misconduct and exposed. Model summary
The Editorial Board of 'Folia Toruniensia' considers the author (co-author) of a research article as СОРЕ does itat is, the person who is the creator or originator of an idea (e.g., the author of the theory of relativity) or the individual or individuals who develop and bring to fruition the product that disseminates intellectual or creative works. The status of the article writer means that this …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Policy
The Editorial Board of 'Folia Toruniensia’ assign submissions to editors in an effort to minimise potential conflicts of interest. The following relationships between editors and authors constitute conflicts of interest. They are avoided: Current colleagues, recent colleagues, recent co-authors, and doctoral students for whom the editor served as committee chair. After papers are assigned, individ…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data sharing and reproducibility
Archiving Model summary
The Editorial Board of 'Folia Toruniensia’ encourages you to share data on portals, such as academia.edu or researchgate.net, that support your research publication. Research data are the results of observations or experiments that support research findings. To facilitate reproducibility and data reuse, this journal also encourages you to share your software, code, models, algorithms, protocols, m…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication ethics and publication malpractice statement
As the Editing Board and the Scientific Board, the Editing team aims to maintain the highest quality of the scientific papers published in 'Folia Toruniensia'. It ensures that all intellectual rights are observed. The reliability of the journal's content is maintained in accordance with the ethical standards established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) at all stages of the review proc…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
The journal offers access to the contents in the open access system on the principles of non-exclusive license Creative Commons (CC BY-ND 4.0). In this case authors have a range of rights, including: The right to share or reuse their article in the same ways permitted to third parties under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-ND 4.0) license. Following it, the author can "cop…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Open access under CC BY-ND 4.0; authors retain copyright. Model summary
Since the 16th volume, theournal is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-ND 4.0). 'Folia Toruniensia' is a peer-reviewed, diamond open-access journal. 'Folia Toruniensia' is in Jisc Open policy finder (old Sherpa RoMEO).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Anti-plagiarism policy Model summary
Please be advised that the Editorial Board of 'Folia Toruniensia' has been using the iThenticate anti-plagiarism program since 2016; each article is checked for authenticity.
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
- Nicolaus Copernicus Public Provincial Library in Toruń and Institute of History and Archival Science, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English, Polish
- ISSN
- 1641-3792
- Electronic ISSN
- 2657-4837
- 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
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Folia Toruniensia
How long does peer review take at Folia Toruniensia?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Folia Toruniensia based?
Of the 10 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 10%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Poland (4), Germany (2) and Nigeria (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Folia Toruniensia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Folia Toruniensia is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Folia Toruniensia open access, and what is the APC?
Folia Toruniensia 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: .