Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Iluminace
ISSN 0862-397X · eISSN 2570-9267 · National Film Archive · Czechia
Iluminace: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 30 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Iluminace is published by National Film Archive. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cinema History and Criticism, Cinema and Media Studies and Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art, together about 64.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Iluminace The Journal of Film Theory, History, and Aesthetics Iluminace is a peer-reviewed academic journal for scholarly reflection on cinema and audiovisual media. It emphasizes original research and interdisciplinary approaches, focuses on international authors and readers, and welcomes both traditional articles as well as articles with videoessays. It accepts manuscripts written in English, Czech, and Slovak.Iluminace is a Diamond Open Access journal. It 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. Anyone is free to download, re-use, print, and share the published content. Authors can publish free of charge and retain the copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions.Iluminace applies Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Iluminace is indexed in Scopus, ERIH PLUS, DOAJ, Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text (EBSCO) and International Index to Film Periodicals (ProQuest). Published by Národní filmový archiv, Prague ISSN: 0862-397X (print), 2570-9267 (electronic) History The peer-reviewed journal Iluminace was founded in 1989 as a biannual journal for scholarly reflection upon cinema. It has been published on a quarterly basis since 1993, the fifth year of its existence when both the extent and format were also enlarged. Over the time period of its publication, Iluminace has presented original theoretical and historical studies. At the same time, Iluminace started to regularly dedicate extensive space to critical editions of sources on cinema history as well as to interviews with significant scholars and practitioners, that can serve both educational and research purposes. As with every academic journal, Iluminace includes reviews of new Czech and foreign-language academic books. Iluminace regularly publishes calls for papers for Special Issues prepared in cooperation with guest editors. Since 2022 Illuminace has been published three times a year.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities34%
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance24.7%
- Ethics, Aesthetics, and ArtArts and Humanities5.5%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities4.5%
- South Asian Cinema and CultureArts and Humanities3.5%
- Eastern European Communism and ReformsSocial Sciences3.1%
- Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentSocial Sciences2%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Arts and Performing Arts | Q2 | 317/697 | 54th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.17OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 267 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | 24 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 31 |
| 2023 | 26 | 26 | 20 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 16 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | 19 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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 |
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, Peer review
- Authorship
Submission via editorial system Model summary
Authors submit their articles exclusively via the editorial system in Submit Manuscript section.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review management and editorial system Actavia Model summary
Powered by peer review management and editorial system Actavia.
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
- National Film Archive
- Country or region
- Czechia
- Language
- Czech, English, Slovak
- ISSN
- 0862-397X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2570-9267
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 38, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- 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
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Iluminace
How long does peer review take at Iluminace?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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 Iluminace?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Iluminace is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Iluminace open access, and what is the APC?
Iluminace 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: .