Journal profile
Funes
ISSN 2532-6732 · SHARE Press · Italy
Funes: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 7 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Funes is published by SHARE Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cultural Studies and Postmodernism, Cinema History and Criticism and Media and Digital Communication, together about 23.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The objective of Funes Journal of Narratives and Social Sciences is to publish outstanding and original peer-reviewed articles which advance the theoretical and empirical understanding of topics concerning theories and uses of narratives in social sciences – sociology and cultural studies overall; but also media studies, anthropology, political sciences, history and philosophy. Funes invites scholars and freelance researchers to submit papers using both quantitative and qualitative research methods, promotes articles proposing new conceptual and theoretical approaches, methodological innovation and insights from every cultural region of the world. Critical review essays and book reviews are published aiming to share scholarly debate. Based in Italy, the journal aims to create a network of scholarships across the world.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Stefano BoryPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named France 2, United States 1, Brazil 1, Portugal 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cultural Studies and PostmodernismSocial Sciences8.2%
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities7.7%
- Media and Digital CommunicationComputer Science7.7%
- Latin American Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities6%
- Sports, Gender, and SocietySocial Sciences5%
- Memory, History, Trauma, IdentityArts and Humanities5%
- Death, Funerary Practices, and MourningSocial Sciences5%
- Memory, Trauma, and CommemorationPsychology4.4%
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
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 112 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| 2024 | 27 | 27 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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
- ≤ 150 words
- Keywords
- 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 6,500 words
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted3
- insightsInsights: short writings of a theoretical or exploratory nature, strong for their way of introducing ideas and thoughts of a cultural nature into contemporary p…Length not stated
- papersPapers: long articles, of a theoretical and/or empirical nature, enriching the debate on the issues proposed by the magazine through calls for papers.Length not stated
- reviewsReviews: critical readings of books or magazine issues on the themes of narratives, social imaginaries and cultural-communication processes, aimed at the dissem…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- Authorship
Languages accepted: English, Italian, French Model summary
The Paper's Language must be english, italian or french.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright policies & self-archiving
Creative Commons Attribution Licence 4.0 Model summary
Author's Pre-print: author can archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing) Author's Post-print: author can archive post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing) Publisher's Version/PDF: author can archive publisher's version/PDF General Conditions: on open access repositories Publisher's version/PDF may be used Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 are available
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Open access Model summary
All papers published in our journal are open access and freely available online, immediately upon publication. Funes Journal is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence 4.0 With the licence CC-BY, authors retain the copyright, allowing anyone to download, reuse, re-print, modify, distribute their contribution. The work must be properly attributed to its author and the site of first p…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review by at least two referees Model summary
Papers are double-blind peer reviewed at least by two referees selected among high-profile scientist.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism Policy
Plagiarism check Model summary
All articles submitted will be checked to detect plagiarism, also using software such as Compilatio, Turnitin or iThenticate. A specific process is followed to manage a case of plagiarism. Funes Journal follows the guidelines contained in the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) flowcharts (http://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts). In the case of suspected plagiarism in a published art…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Copyright policies & self-archiving
Pre-print archiving allowed Model summary
Author's Pre-print: author can archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing) Author's Post-print: author can archive post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing) Publisher's Version/PDF: author can archive publisher's version/PDF General Conditions: on open access repositories Publisher's version/PDF may be used Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 are available
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
- SHARE Press
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English, Spanish, French, Italian
- ISSN
- 2532-6732
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Funes
How long does peer review take at Funes?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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 Funes?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Keywords: 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 6,500 words; Reference style: APA. 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 Funes based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are France (2), United States (1) and Brazil (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Funes?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Funes is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Funes open access, and what is the APC?
Funes 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: .