Journal profile · COMMUNICATION
H-ermes-Journal of Communication
ISSN 2284-0753 · Università del Salento · Italy
H-ermes-Journal of Communication: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 9 weeks (community reports); 26 articles a year; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
H-ermes-Journal of Communication is published by Università del Salento and is in Zone 4 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Educational and Social Studies, Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition and Italian Literature and Culture, together about 100% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education, Artificial Intelligence and General Arts and Humanities. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Human communication has always been considered an almost obvious activity, as a natural phenomenon, to pass over without any particular attention. A systematic study on communication has started only in the last century, in coincidence with the advent of media and technologies able to speak to the multitudes. Even more recently, communication became a field of academic study. In Italy it occurred later than elsewhere. We believe that communication is a field to explore with all the tools and from all the points of view. We want to provide our scientific communities with careful and critical considerations, because now more than ever the idea that “it is impossible not to communicate” has established itself. Limitless are the ways to influence the facts of the world through communication, and these biases are quickly growing everywhere. We seek an increasingly more international scientific debate: this is not because this indication comes from a bureaucratic power, but for the great facts of the world are deeply influenced by a global bind.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): COMMUNICATION
Editor-in-chief Stefano CristantePublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Italy 14, France 3, Spain 3, Brazil 2, Mexico 2 (28 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Educational and Social StudiesSocial Sciences33.3%
- Linguistic Studies and Language AcquisitionComputer Science33.3%
- Italian Literature and CultureArts and Humanities33.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Communication | 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
ESCIDOAJLetPub
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
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
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 9 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 9 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 | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 2
- Templates
- Word
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
H-ermes. Journal of Communication is a double-blind peer reviewed scientific journal which follows the ethic statements of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. All possible measures against any publication malpractice are taken. All parts involved – editors, referees and authors – must agree to the following ethic principles. ESE Salento University P…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Italy license Model summary
Authors who publish with H-ermes agree to the Creative Commons Licence - Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Italy.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
H-ermes provides open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the researchers, improve the global exchange of knowledge.
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
- Università del Salento
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English, Italian
- ISSN
- 2284-0753
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 H-ermes-Journal of Communication
What CAS zone is H-ermes-Journal of Communication in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, H-ermes-Journal of Communication is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Communication. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at H-ermes-Journal of Communication?
Authors report an average review time of about 9 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 H-ermes-Journal of Communication?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: ≥ 2; Templates: Word; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. 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 H-ermes-Journal of Communication based?
Of the 28 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (14), France (3) and Spain (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index H-ermes-Journal of Communication?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, H-ermes-Journal of Communication is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is H-ermes-Journal of Communication open access, and what is the APC?
H-ermes-Journal of Communication 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: .