Journal profile
International Journal of Creative and Arts Studies
ISSN 2339-191X · eISSN 2406-9760 · Graduate School of Indonesia Institute of the Arts Yogyakarta · Indonesia
International Journal of Creative and Arts Studies: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 8 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Creative and Arts Studies is published by Graduate School of Indonesia Institute of the Arts Yogyakarta. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Musicology and Musical Analysis, Artistic and Creative Research and Cultural and Artistic Studies, together about 24.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Recently, the value of arts studies in higher education level is often phrased in enrichment terms- helping scholars find their voices, and tapping into their undiscovered talents. IJCAS focuses on the important efforts of input and output quality rising of art education today through the experiences exchange among educators, artists, and researchers with their very own background and specializations. Its primary goals is to promote pioneering research on creative and arts studies also to foster the sort of newest point of views from art field or non-art field to widely open to support each other. The journal aims to stimulate an interdisciplinary paradigm that embraces multiple perspectives and applies this paradigm to become an effective tool in art higher institution-wide reform and fixing some of biggest educational challenges to the urban imperative that defines this century. IJCAS will publish thoughtprovoking interdisciplinary articles, reviews, commentary, visual and multi-media works that engage critical issues, themes and debates related to the arts, humanities and social sciences. Topics of special interest to IJCAS include ethnomusicology, cultural creation, social inclusion, social change, cultural management, creative industry, arts education, performing arts, and visual arts.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief FORTUNATA TYASRINESTUPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Indonesia 6, United States 1, Germany 1 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Musicology and Musical AnalysisArts and Humanities8.1%
- Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities8.1%
- Cultural and Artistic StudiesSocial Sciences8.1%
- Arts and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities7.1%
- Diverse Musicological StudiesArts and Humanities6.8%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities6.2%
- Art, Technology, and CultureArts and Humanities5.8%
- Art Education and DevelopmentArts and Humanities5.5%
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
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.33OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 187 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 41 |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | 57 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | 27 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 23 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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 | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- 3–5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 5,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship 1. Authorship and Accountability
AI cannot be an Author: AI tools and AI-assisted technologies {e.g., Large Language Models, Generative AI} do not meet the criteria for authorship as they cannot take responsibility for the content, integrity, or originality of the work. Therefore, AI tools or software cannot be listed as authors on any submitted manuscript.Authors' Full Responsibility: Authors remain fully responsible and account…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest 2. Transparency and Disclosure
Mandatory Disclosure: Authors are required to disclose the use of AI and AI-assisted technologies in the preparation of their manuscript. This disclosure must be explicit, specific, and transparent.What to Disclose: The disclosure should include:The name of the AI tool{s} used: e.g., ChatGPT {OpenAI}, Bard {Google}, Grammarly, GPT-4, Midjourney, etc.The specific purpose{s} for which the AI tool wa…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
The International Journal of Creative and Arts Studies (IJCAS) is an international, peer reviewed journal published every six monthly by Graduate School of Indonesia Institute of the Arts Yogyakarta Indonesia. We compose this ethics of publication referring to the regulation issued by the head of LIPI (Indonesian Institute of Sciences) number 5 in 2014 about Ethical Code of Scientific Publication.…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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. This journal is open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to users or / institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to full text artic…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
As peer-reviewed international journal, IJCAS welcomes the submission of articles and reviews from a wide range of disciplines including but not limited to anthropology, business and management, architecture, sociology, psychology, cultural studies, cinema studies, pop art, politic-economics and neuroscience that related to arts and culture.Contributions may encourages the following types of artic…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Policy of Screening for Plagiarism
All manuscripts must be free from plagiarism contents. All authors are suggested to use plagiarism detection software to do the similarity checking. Editors check the plagiarism detection of articles in this journal by using Turnitin software.
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
- Graduate School of Indonesia Institute of the Arts Yogyakarta
- Country or region
- Indonesia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2339-191X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2406-9760
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- 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 International Journal of Creative and Arts Studies
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Creative and Arts Studies?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 International Journal of Creative and Arts Studies?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 3–5; Manuscript length: ≤ 5,000 words. 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 International Journal of Creative and Arts Studies based?
Of the 8 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Indonesia (6), United States (1) and Germany (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Creative and Arts Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Creative and Arts Studies is indexed in DOAJ.
Is International Journal of Creative and Arts Studies open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Creative and Arts Studies 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: .