Journal profile
Il castello di Elsinore
ISSN 0394-9389 · eISSN 2036-5624 · Edizioni di Pagina · Italy
Il castello di Elsinore: fully open access; no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 14 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Il castello di Elsinore is published by Edizioni di Pagina. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Theatre and Performance Studies, Italian Literature and Culture and Theater, Performance, and Music History, together about 49.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Il Castello di Elsinore is a scientific journal of theatre and performing arts deeply rooted in Italian academia, but with an international outlook. Founded in 1988 and edited by the Department of Artistic, Musical and Performing Arts at the University of Turin, since 2026 it has been published by the Department of Arts at the University of Bologna. The journal is divided into three sections: ‘Essays’ comprises scientific and historical-critical studies on the history of theatre and the performing arts; ‘Materials’ features documents and reflections on ancient and modern poetics; and ‘Reviews’ publishes analyses of books on theatrical and para-theatrical subjects, as well as reviews of significant events from the Italian and international theatre seasons. This section brings together material that was previously divided into ‘Performances’ and ‘Books’ in the journal’s previous series. In some issues, a monographic ‘Dossier’ section is also included, comprising essays linked by a common theme. The topics covered by the journal span the entire history of the performing arts in Europe and beyond. The approach of the new series aims to maintain continuity with the historical series, thus giving priority to essays of a historiographical nature, and is predominantly devoted to theatre from the more or less distant past. The target audience is primarily specialists in the field: scholars and artists. Il Castello di Elsinore is a rated “Classe A“ journal recognized by ANVUR (Italian National Agency for Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes) for disciplinary area 10 (Antiquities, philology, literary studies, art history).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Elena RandiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Theatre and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities27.3%
- Italian Literature and CultureArts and Humanities13.3%
- Theater, Performance, and Music HistoryArts and Humanities9.2%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities6.6%
- Arts and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities5.4%
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities5.1%
- Musicology and Musical AnalysisArts and Humanities4.4%
- Renaissance Literature and CultureArts and Humanities4.2%
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
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSDOAJPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO
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
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 285 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | 5 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | 2 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 1 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 websiteAuthorship, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Editorial Guidelines Model summary
guidelines Editorial Guidelines Editorial Guidelines
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. It releases its articles under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This license allows anyone to download, reuse, re-print, modify, distribute and/or copy the contributions. The works must b…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Editorial Guidelines Model summary
The review process consists of a double-blind peer review. Authors intending to propose a contribution must send their article as indicated in the call for papers published every year. Once the article is received, the Direction decides if it is eligible for review. If so, the article will be sent anonymously to two external experts. Preliminary checks include anti-plagiarism verification using iT…
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
- Edizioni di Pagina
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- Italian
- ISSN
- 0394-9389
- Electronic ISSN
- 2036-5624
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Il castello di Elsinore
How long does peer review take at Il castello di Elsinore?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 Il castello di Elsinore?
The journal's website lists ERIH PLUS and DOAJ; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Il castello di Elsinore open access, and what is the APC?
Il castello di Elsinore is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .