Journal profile
Glocalism Journal of Culture Politics and Innovation
ISSN 2283-7949 · Globus et Locus · Italy
Glocalism Journal of Culture Politics and Innovation: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 35 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 50% (journal website); 17 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Glocalism Journal of Culture Politics and Innovation is published by Globus et Locus. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Globalization and Cultural Identity, Globalization and political ideologies and International Relations and Foreign Policy, together about 32.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Glocalism (ISSN 2283-7949) is a peer-reviewed, open-access and cross-disciplinary journal, established in 2013 and, since 2024, published by Milano University Press on behalf of the association Globus et Locus. As Glocalism is a six-monthly journal, two issues are published annually. However, after having gone through the peer review process, and accepted, each article is immediately published online on the journal's "First View" page. Glocalism does not have article submission charges (ASCs) or article processing charges (APCs). All the articles are published without publication fees and are freely available online. They are published under the liberal Creative Commons Attribution License (Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International [CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed]). The author holds the copyright and retains publishing rights without restrictions. Pre-print and post-print versions can be distributed under the same license. Glocalism complies with the COPE Core Practices for Journal Publishers. It is identified by an International Standard Serial Number (ISSN). Each article carries a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), which serves as a unique electronic identification tag. Manuscripts submitted to Glocalism are automatically checked by Crossref Similarity Check, powered by iThenticate, to detect possible plagiarism. Glocalism’s website images are from Pixabay.com, which allows users to utilise content for free (without having to attribute the author) and to modify or adapt it into new works. Archiving The journal has enabled the PKP PN (Public Knowledge Project Preservation Network) plugin, in order to preserve digital contents through LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) project. Glocalism is included in the following main databases of citation data: DOAJ – Directory of Open Access Journals ERIH PLUS – European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences Jisc – Joint Information Systems Committee Glocalism is registered by: Crossref Glocalism is indexed by: ACNP – Catalogo Italiano dei Periodici BASE – Bielfeld Academic Search EngineWorldCat – The world’s largest network of library content and services FATCAT – A versioned, publicly-editable catalog of research publications J-Gate – The largest e-journal gateway Journal Seek – The largest completely categorized database of freely available journal JURN – Search tool for open access content MIAR – Informatic Matrix for the Analysis of Journal Mir@bel – Le site qui facilite l'accès aux revues OpenAlex – The op
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Globalization and Cultural IdentitySocial Sciences13.7%
- Globalization and political ideologiesSocial Sciences10.4%
- International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences8.9%
- Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationSocial Sciences5.6%
- Political Theory and DemocracySocial Sciences5%
- Urban Planning and GovernanceSocial Sciences4.8%
- Diaspora, migration, transnational identitySocial Sciences4.5%
- Political Philosophy and EthicsSocial Sciences4.2%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
J-GatePublisher 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
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.52OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 330 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 63 |
| 2025 | 17 | 17 | 178 |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | 130 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 108 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | 80 |
| 2021 | 34 | 34 | 97 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
35 daysfirst decision after review · community reports about 4 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 4 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 50%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 35 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 4 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-SA | |
| 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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- 5
- Reference style
- Author–date
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use
Use of AI tools must be explicitly declared in the text, as underlined in the Publication Ethics. Model summary
If Artificial Intelligence tools have been used, the text must contain an explicit declaration of their utilisation as underlined in the Publication Ethics.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
COPE compliance Model summary
Glocalism complies with the COPE Core Practices for Journal Publishers.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
CC BY-SA 4.0 license Model summary
They are published under the liberal Creative Commons Attribution License (Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International [CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed]).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
No submission or processing charges Model summary
Glocalism does not have article submission charges (ASCs) or article processing charges (APCs).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review DOUBLE-BLIND PEER-REVIEW RULES
Every article (submitted through the journal's OJS platform) will be preliminarily selected by the editorial board in terms of coherence with the journal's field of interest and with the checklist guidelines. The author may receive a possible answer of dismissal within one week. If not dismissed, the article will be subject to anonymous review by two referees, who will be designated by the peer-re…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
PKP PN / LOCKSS archiving Model summary
The journal has enabled the PKP PN (Public Knowledge Project Preservation Network) plugin, in order to preserve digital contents through LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) project.
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
- Globus et Locus
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English, Italian
- ISSN
- 2283-7949
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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 Glocalism Journal of Culture Politics and Innovation
How long does peer review take at Glocalism Journal of Culture Politics and Innovation?
The publisher reports about 35 days (first decision after review); authors report an average review time of about 4 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 50%. 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 Glocalism Journal of Culture Politics and Innovation?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 5; Reference style: Author–date. 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 Glocalism Journal of Culture Politics and Innovation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Glocalism Journal of Culture Politics and Innovation is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Glocalism Journal of Culture Politics and Innovation open access, and what is the APC?
Glocalism Journal of Culture Politics and Innovation 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, Publisher website, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .