Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies
ISSN 1754-0194 · eISSN 1754-0208 · British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies: CAS Zone 3 · History (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.3 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,760; median 201 days to acceptance (41 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 42% (journal website); 56 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies is published by British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies and is in Zone 3 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Reformation and Early Modern Christianity, Historical Art and Culture Studies and Historical and Literary Studies, together about 29% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies (JECS) acts as a meeting-place for the many academic disciplines that make up a period study: among others History, Literature, Science, Economics, Fine Art, Music, Religion, Geography and Popular Culture. Special notice is taken of research that explores links between the disciplines, and which helps to develop cross-disciplinary fields of enquiry. Significant and original research taking any methodological approach – from the heavily historicised and data-driven to the theoretically-informed – is all equally valued. JECS seeks to publish the best research on the long eighteenth-century (circa 1675-1825) irrespective of which parts of the world this research concerns. While most of the articles appearing since its launch (as the British Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies) in 1978 have focused on Western Europe and North America, new research on the eighteenth century beyond those borders, and on the interconnected ‘global eighteenth century’, is now particularly welcome. Articles submitted for publication in JECS are assessed by a rigorous and anonymised process of double peer review, and competition for inclusion is fierce. JECS accepts only papers which move one or more academic disciplines forward, and strives to publish the finest scholarship regardless of the status of the submitting author. Alongside its articles, JECS publishes reviews of the most notable recent work on eighteenth-century topics across a wide range of disciplines. Reviews of events, exhibitions, concerts, films and so on, likely to be of interest to readers of JECS, are to be found on the website of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies: http://www.bsecs.org.uk.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityArts and Humanities11%
- Historical Art and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities10.2%
- Historical and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences7.8%
- Scottish History and National IdentityArts and Humanities7.7%
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences7.5%
- Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.8%
- Historical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisArts and Humanities4.8%
- Literature: history, themes, analysisArts and Humanities4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: 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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 99OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.12OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 70.42%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 48Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 57,251Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,421 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 48 | 13 | 1 |
| 2025 | 56 | 35 | 8 |
| 2024 | 61 | 37 | 11 |
| 2023 | 58 | 30 | 9 |
| 2022 | 66 | 14 | 26 |
| 2021 | 66 | 8 | 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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
201 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 18 days – 286 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 51 days (41 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 219 days
- Sample
- 41 articles with submission and acceptance dates (111 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 42%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 42%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 80 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 80 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 201 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 66 daysPublisher website ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,760 / EUR 2,330 / GBP 1,840 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 100 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- data
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
- British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies
- ISSN
- 1754-0194
- Electronic ISSN
- 1754-0208
- Society / sponsor
- British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 49, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies
What CAS zone is Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies is in Zone 3 of History, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.4, h-index 29.
How long does peer review take at Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies?
Based on the dates recorded on 41 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 201 days (interquartile range 18–286 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 42% (2025). 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 Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 100 words; Keywords: ≥ 6; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: Author–date; Cover letter: Required. 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.
Which databases index Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies is indexed in AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,760.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .