Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Iperstoria
ISSN 2281-4582 · Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Verona · Italy
Iperstoria: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 45 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Iperstoria is published by Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Verona. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are American Literature and Culture, Discourse Analysis in Language Studies and American and British Literature Analysis, together about 26.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Iperstoria is a Class A multilingual, international, blind peer-reviewed biannual journal focusing on English and American Studies with a multidisciplinary / transdisciplinary approach.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 6, Italy 4, Spain 3, France 1, Türkiye 1 (17 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- American Literature and CultureArts and Humanities10.6%
- Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesArts and Humanities8.5%
- American and British Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities7.5%
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities6%
- Contemporary Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities5.2%
- EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningArts and Humanities4.8%
- Linguistics and Discourse AnalysisArts and Humanities4.4%
- Race, History, and American SocietySocial Sciences4.3%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature and Literary Theory | Q2 | 467/1186 | 60th |
| Cultural Studies | Q3 | 936/1434 | 34th |
| Language and Linguistics | Q3 | 765/1137 | 32nd |
| Linguistics and Language | Q3 | 870/1221 | 28th |
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
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
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.06OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 860 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 7 | 13 |
| 2025 | 45 | 45 | 65 |
| 2024 | 38 | 38 | 43 |
| 2023 | 51 | 51 | 61 |
| 2022 | 67 | 67 | 28 |
| 2021 | 48 | 48 | 27 |
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-NC | |
| 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)
Article types accepted4, with length limits
- articlesArticles: Special Section Narratives of Sustainability Interdisciplinary Insights and Ecolinguistic PerspectivesLength not stated
- essays and translationsStylesheet for essays and translationsLength not stated
- revieway is between 4500 and 8000 words long; reviews should be under 2500 words long. If the submission features copyrighted materials (picmain text ≤ 2,500 words
- reviewsStylesheet for reviewsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Iperstoria is an Open Access journal. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 BY License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrange…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access; authors retain copyright under CC BY 4.0. Model summary
Iperstoria is an Open Access journal. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 BY License
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer-reviewed sections require anonymized submissions. Model summary
If the submission is to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the file has been ANONYMIZED (the name of the author must appear neither in the text nor in the metadata of the Word file.
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
- Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Verona
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English, Italian
- ISSN
- 2281-4582
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Iperstoria
How long does peer review take at Iperstoria?
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.
Where are the editorial board members of Iperstoria based?
Of the 17 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (6), Italy (4) and Spain (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Iperstoria?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Iperstoria is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Iperstoria open access, and what is the APC?
Iperstoria 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: .