Journal profile
GAME The Italian Journal of Game Studies
ISSN 2280-7705 · Ass.ne Culturale Ludica · Italy
GAME The Italian Journal of Game Studies: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports).
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
GAME The Italian Journal of Game Studies is published by Ass.ne Culturale Ludica. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Digital Games and Media, Theatre and Performance Studies and Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management, together about 50% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
GAME – Games as Art, Media, Entertainment is an international, independent, open-access, peer-reviewed games studies journal that works as a forum for theoretical, critical, and practice-based research on games and play. The Journal encourages interdisciplinary research and critical discussions of games and play by bringing together designers, practitioners, scholars, and players around issues that concern traditional and digital games, their industries, and theirs sites of production and reception.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Digital Games and MediaSocial Sciences16.7%
- Theatre and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities16.7%
- Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness ManagementPsychology16.7%
- Contemporary Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities16.7%
- American and British Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities16.7%
- Child Development and EducationSocial Sciences16.7%
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 · 2 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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-NC | |
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Ass.ne Culturale Ludica
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English, Italian
- ISSN
- 2280-7705
- 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 GAME The Italian Journal of Game Studies
How long does peer review take at GAME The Italian Journal of Game Studies?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 GAME The Italian Journal of Game Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, GAME The Italian Journal of Game Studies is indexed in DOAJ.
Is GAME The Italian Journal of Game Studies open access, and what is the APC?
GAME The Italian Journal of Game Studies 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: .