Journal profile
Humanities
ISSN 2240-7715 · University of Messina · Italy
Humanities: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 28 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Humanities is published by University of Messina. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Italian Literature and Culture, Italian Fascism and Post-war Society and European Political History Analysis, together about 34.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Italian Literature and CultureArts and Humanities14.1%
- Italian Fascism and Post-war SocietySocial Sciences11.8%
- European Political History AnalysisArts and Humanities8.9%
- Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism StudiesSocial Sciences7.5%
- World Wars: History, Literature, and ImpactSocial Sciences3.8%
- Religious Tourism and SpacesSocial Sciences3.5%
- Philosophy, History, and HistoriographyArts and Humanities3.2%
- Biographical and Historical AnalysisArts and Humanities3.2%
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
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
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 310 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | 4 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | 5 |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 | 11 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | 16 |
| 2021 | 21 | 21 | 15 |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- University of Messina
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English, Italian
- ISSN
- 2240-7715
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Humanities
How long does peer review take at Humanities?
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 Humanities?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Humanities is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Humanities open access, and what is the APC?
Humanities 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; 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: .