Journal profile
Groma
ISSN 2531-6672 · BraDypUS · Italy
Groma: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 12 articles in 2025.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2024 (Volume 9): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Groma is published by BraDypUS. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Archaeological Research and Protection, Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History and 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage, together about 43.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Archeology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The new volume of the open access journal Groma. Documenting Archaeology, of year 2024, collects contributes by the following authors: Giovanna Agostini, Nadia Aleotti, Luca Alessandri, Julian Bogdani, Federica Boschi, Rodolfo Brancato, Mattia Francesco Antonio Cantatore, Federica Carbotti, Antonio Corbo, Wieke de Neef, Stefano De Nisi, Ilaria Di Cocco, Erasmo di Fonso, Angela Falezza, Enrico Giorgi, Guven Gumgum, Francesco Iacono, Eleonora Iacopini, Stephen Kay, Eda Kulja, Alessia Mandorlo, Cecilia Moine, Sara Morsiani, Elisa Paolini, Marco Podini, Francesca Porta, Alessandro Quercia, Alessandra Salvin, Massimo Sericola, Giacomo Sigismondo
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Archaeological Research and ProtectionEarth and Planetary Sciences19.3%
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and HistoryArts and Humanities15.4%
- 3D Surveying and Cultural HeritageEarth and Planetary Sciences8.9%
- Ancient and Medieval Archaeology StudiesArts and Humanities8.9%
- Archaeology and Cultural HeritageSocial Sciences7.3%
- Classical Antiquity StudiesSocial Sciences5.4%
- Geophysical Methods and ApplicationsEngineering4.6%
- Medieval Architecture and ArchaeologyArts and Humanities3.5%
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
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.35OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 100 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 17 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 20 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 31 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | 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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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-ND | |
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License Model summary
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
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
- BraDypUS
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2531-6672
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 9 (2024)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Groma
How long does peer review take at Groma?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 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 Groma?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Groma is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Groma open access, and what is the APC?
Groma 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .