Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-History
Forum Historiae
ISSN 1337-6861 · Slovak Academy of Sciences · Slovakia
Forum Historiae: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 17 weeks (community reports); 18 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Forum Historiae is published by Slovak Academy of Sciences. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Central European national history, Eastern European Communism and Reforms and Medieval Literature and History, together about 41.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Forum Historiae is an open access online peer-reviewed scholarly journal, which is issued twice a year. Issues are thematically defined.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-History
Editor-in-chief Pavol Hudáček HistorickýPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Central European national historySocial Sciences24.8%
- Eastern European Communism and ReformsSocial Sciences9.3%
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities7%
- World Wars: History, Literature, and ImpactSocial Sciences5%
- Medieval and Early Modern JusticeSocial Sciences4.3%
- Central European Literary StudiesSocial Sciences4.3%
- Central European and Russian historical studiesSocial Sciences3.6%
- Musicology and Musical AnalysisArts and Humanities3.3%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | Q3 | 1000/1936 | 48th |
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
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, Sherpa Romeo, CEEOL (Central and Eastern European Online Library), EBSCO Central & Eastern European Academic Source, EBSCO Discovery Service, EZB (Elektronische Zetschriftenbibliothek), Internet Archive Scholar
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
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.77LetPub ·
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.13OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 137 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 7 | 13 |
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | 14 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | 10 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 9 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | 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 17 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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 | |
| 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)
Article types accepted1
- článkyHlavné menu Domov Čísla Články Fórum E-knižnica O časopise VyhľadávanieLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access
Open access online journal issued twice a year. Model summary
Forum Historiae is an open access online peer-reviewed scholarly journal, which is issued twice a year.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review: double anonymous review by two expert reviewers arranged by the editorial board. Model summary
All studies published in the journal undergo a reviewing procedure which is arranged by the editorial board of the journal. The reviewing procedure is entirely anonymous and carried out by two expert reviewers.
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
- Slovak Academy of Sciences
- Country or region
- Slovakia
- Language
- English, Slovak, Czech
- ISSN
- 1337-6861
- 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 Forum Historiae
How long does peer review take at Forum Historiae?
Authors report an average review time of about 17 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.
Which databases index Forum Historiae?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Forum Historiae is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Forum Historiae open access, and what is the APC?
Forum Historiae 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: .