Journal profile · HISTORY
Gerion-Revista de Historia Antigua
ISSN 0213-0181 · eISSN 1988-3080 · Ediciones Complutense · Spain
Gerion-Revista de Historia Antigua: CAS Zone 4 · History (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 64 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Gerion-Revista de Historia Antigua is published by Ediciones Complutense 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 Archaeological and Historical Studies, Classical Antiquity Studies and Classical Studies and Legal History, together about 50.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Archeology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Gerión. Revista de Historia Antigua (ISSN 0213-0181, ISSN-e 1988-3080) was founded in 1983 and is published biannually. It accepts original articles and a selection of reviews of recently published works (in all academic languages) on topics related to the ancient world, particularly focused on Ancient History. It also accepts works from other fields that have a direct effect on this subject, such as Epigraphy, Archaeology, or Classical Philology.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Archaeological and Historical StudiesArts and Humanities20.4%
- Classical Antiquity StudiesSocial Sciences18.6%
- Classical Studies and Legal HistoryArts and Humanities11.6%
- Medieval Architecture and ArchaeologyArts and Humanities9.4%
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and HistoryArts and Humanities7.9%
- Cultural and Mythological StudiesArts and Humanities4.5%
- Historical, Religious, and Philosophical StudiesArts and Humanities3.7%
- Historical and Religious Studies of RomeArts and Humanities3.3%
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 | History | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 46Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 77.11%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 30LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 775 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| 2025 | 64 | 64 | 0 |
| 2024 | 69 | 69 | 0 |
| 2023 | 68 | 68 | 15 |
| 2022 | 37 | 37 | 14 |
| 2021 | 53 | 53 | 58 |
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 | 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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–200 words
- Keywords
- 4–6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 12,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- reportsReports must be authored by doctors and consist of the presentation and analysis of unpublished and particularly significant epigraphic and numismatic novelties…Length not stated
- research articlecomplutense/preguntas-frecuentes-ojs 2. Research articles must be unpublished works authored by doctors will be approximately 12,000 words in lenght, including …main text ≤ 12,000 words
- research articlesResearch articles must be unpublished works authored by doctors will be approximately 12,000 words in lenght, including notes, tables, figures and bibliography.Length not stated
- reviewn the original language is English). 6. Reviews must be also unpublished and will not exceed 2,000 words. They will present critical assessments of recent books…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- reviewsReviews must be also unpublished and will not exceed 2,000 words.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
In order to support the global exchange of knowledge, the journal Gerión. Revista de Historia Antigua is allowing unrestricted access to its content as from its publication in this electronic edition, and as such it is an open-access journal. The originals published in this journal are the property of the Complutense University of Madrid and any reproduction thereof in full or in part must cite th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Gerión. Revista de Historia Antigua ha sido aceptada para su indexación en el Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
La revista Gerión. Revista de Historia Antigua ha sido aceptada para su indexación en el Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). https://doaj.org/toc/1988-3080
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double blind peer review by at least two external readers; Editorial Board makes final decision. Model summary
Approved manuscripts will be subject to a peer review evaluation by at least two blind readers, external to the home institution of the authors
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
- Ediciones Complutense
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 0213-0181
- Electronic ISSN
- 1988-3080
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 44, Issue 1 (2026)
- 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 Gerion-Revista de Historia Antigua
What CAS zone is Gerion-Revista de Historia Antigua in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Gerion-Revista de Historia Antigua is in Zone 4 of History, and in Zone 4 of the minor category History. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Gerion-Revista de Historia Antigua?
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 Gerion-Revista de Historia Antigua?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–200 words; Keywords: 4–6; Manuscript length: ≤ 12,000 words; Reference style: Harvard. 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.
Which databases index Gerion-Revista de Historia Antigua?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Gerion-Revista de Historia Antigua is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Gerion-Revista de Historia Antigua open access, and what is the APC?
Gerion-Revista de Historia Antigua 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, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .