Journal profile
Heimen
ISSN 0017-9841 · eISSN 1894-3195 · Scandinavian University Press/Universitetsforlaget · Norway
Heimen: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 52 weeks (community reports); 29 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Heimen is published by Scandinavian University Press/Universitetsforlaget. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Historical Legal Studies and Society, Historical Economic and Social Studies and Historical and Archaeological Studies, together about 37.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Heimen is the main Norwegian journal for research in local and regional history. The journal is aimed both at researchers in this field and general readers with an interest in local and regional history. The journal publishes studies of local communities or phenomena that can shed light on broader areas and questions. Through articles, debate and book reviews, the journal seek to present contributions from all over Norway, but is also open for relevant international contributions. Heimen has been the main forum for The National Assosiation for Local History since 1922, and is aimed at historians, humanists and sociologists, students, history teachers and general readers interested in history. The journal is published by Scandinavian University Press on behalf of The National Assosiation for Local History and with the support of Nasjonalt tidsskriftkonsortium for humaniora og samfunnsvitenskap. Heimen is published quarterly. From 2017, the journal is published with open access. Peer review All research articles that are considered relevant for publication in the journal are reviewed by at least two anonymous academic referees with no ties to the author. In addition, the article is reviewed by the journal's editorial board and the final decision regarding publication of the article is made by the Editor-in-Chief. The journal practices "double blind" peer review, whereby both reviewers and the author remain anonymous to each other. The journal does not ask for any fees for assessment or publication. Indexing The journal is covered by the following indexing and discovery services: ERIH PLUS SHERPA/RoMEO Google Scholar Primo Central Index (Ex Libris) Oria The Summon Service (Ex Libris) Ebsco Discovery Services WorldCat (OCLC) All content in this journal is also exported to Portico, a preservation archive that safeguards perpetual access to e-journals, e-books, and digital collections. The journal is authorized as a publication channel on level 1 in NSD – Norwegian Centre for Research Data (for Norway and Sweden), in the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s Authorization list for serials (Denmark), and in Publication Forum (Finland).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Åsmund SvendsenPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Historical Legal Studies and SocietySocial Sciences15.3%
- Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.6%
- Historical and Archaeological StudiesArts and Humanities10.4%
- Biographical and Historical AnalysisArts and Humanities6.5%
- Philosophy, History, and HistoriographyArts and Humanities5.4%
- European history and politicsSocial Sciences4.6%
- Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism StudiesSocial Sciences4%
- Medieval and Early Modern JusticeSocial Sciences4%
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
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, OCLC, Portico
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
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.14OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 486 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 16 | 27 |
| 2025 | 29 | 29 | 25 |
| 2024 | 34 | 34 | 51 |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 | 56 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | 29 |
| 2021 | 34 | 34 | 39 |
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 52 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 52 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review Peer review
All research articles that are considered relevant for publication in the journal are reviewed by at least two anonymous academic referees with no ties to the author. In addition, the article is reviewed by the journal's editorial board and the final decision regarding publication of the article is made by the Editor-in-Chief. The journal practices "double blind" peer review, whereby both reviewer…
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
- Scandinavian University Press/Universitetsforlaget
- Country or region
- Norway
- Language
- Norwegian Nynorsk, Norwegian Bokmål
- ISSN
- 0017-9841
- Electronic ISSN
- 1894-3195
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Heimen
How long does peer review take at Heimen?
Authors report an average review time of about 52 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 Heimen?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Heimen is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Heimen open access, and what is the APC?
Heimen 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: .