Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-General Arts and Humanities
Journal of Open Humanities Data
ISSN 2059-481X · eISSN 2287-4577 · Ubiquity Press · United Kingdom
Journal of Open Humanities Data: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 0.9 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 79 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Open Humanities Data is published by Ubiquity Press and is classed under Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Digital Humanities and Scholarship, Natural Language Processing Techniques and Semantic Web and Ontologies, together about 36.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Artificial Intelligence. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Open Humanities Data (JOHD) features peer reviewed publications describing humanities data or techniques with high potential for reuse. The journal currently publishes two types of papers: 1. Data papers contain a concise description of a humanities research object with high reuse potential. These are short highly structured narratives (1,000-1,500 words). A data paper does not replace a traditional research article, but rather complements it. 2. Discussion papers discuss and illustrate methods, challenges, and limitations in the creation, collection, management, access, processing, or analysis of data in humanities research, including standards and formats. These are intended to be longer narratives (3,000-5,000 words), which give authors the ability to contribute to a broader discussion. Both types of JOHD papers are fully peer reviewed to ensure that they are accurate and that the data or technique that they describe meet the journal’s criteria for publication. Data are not reviewed in terms of validity or importance, but rather to ensure that the descriptions or instructions for reuse are valuable to a community of interest. JOHD does not publish papers presenting results of or claims made by empirical research, nor do we publish reviews of existing literature. Humanities subjects of interest to JOHD include, but are not limited to Art History, Classics, History, Library Science, Linguistics, Literature, Media Studies, Modern Languages, Music and musicology, Philosophy, Religious Studies, etc. Data that crosses one or more of these traditional disciplines are highly encouraged.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-General Arts and Humanities
Editor-in-chief Barbara McGillivrayPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 6%); most named United Kingdom 14, Italy 6, Germany 3, South Africa 3, Mainland China 2 (35 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Digital Humanities and ScholarshipArts and Humanities18.1%
- Natural Language Processing TechniquesComputer Science12.4%
- Semantic Web and OntologiesComputer Science6.3%
- Computational and Text Analysis MethodsSocial Sciences6.3%
- Topic ModelingComputer Science5.8%
- Authorship Attribution and ProfilingComputer Science5.3%
- Wikis in Education and CollaborationSocial Sciences4.6%
- Library Science and Information SystemsComputer Science4.6%
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)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, CNKI, J-Gate, OCLC, CLOCKSS, Crossref
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) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.75LetPub ·
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.67OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 22.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.45%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 93LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 390 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 129 | 129 | 16 |
| 2025 | 79 | 79 | 41 |
| 2024 | 64 | 64 | 126 |
| 2023 | 36 | 36 | 100 |
| 2022 | 29 | 29 | 73 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 170 |
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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | GBP 1,070 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | GBP 300 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 450 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,070 | — | — |
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
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 1,500 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional, 3
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted4, with length limits
- data papernd stylistic guidelines of the journal: Data Papers are between 1,000 and 1,500 words; Discussion Papers are between 3000 and 5000 words; Data Pamain text ≤ 1,500 words
- discussion paperDiscussion Papers illustrate methods, challenges, and limitations in the creation, collection, management, access, processing, or analysis of data in humanities…Length not stated
- discussion papersDiscussion Papers illustrate methods, challenges, and limitations in the creation, collection, management, access, processing, or analysis of data in humanities…Length not stated
- short data papersShort data papers contain a concise description of a humanities research object with high reuse potential; for this collection that might include specific focus…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- AI use
AI use permitted with declaration and review Model summary
All content generated or assisted by AI must be declared and carefully reviewed.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship Attribution Guidelines
Authorship guidelines are available at https://www.ubiquitypress.com/site/authorship/.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Competing Interests
If any of the authors have any competing interests then these must be declared. A short paragraph should be placed before the references. See our guidelines for competing interests. If there are no competing interests to declare then the following statement should be present: The author(s) has/have no competing interests to declare.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Data in recommended repositories Model summary
Authors are encouraged to publish their data in recommended repositories
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
Ubiquity Press, the journal’s publisher, is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), and the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP). The Press recognises its responsibility as a guardian of the scholarly record and takes an active role in establishing standards and policies in publication ethics. T…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
CC Attribution license, authors retain copyright Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms. If a submission is rejected or withdrawn prior to publication, all rights return to the author(s): Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy and Article Processing Fees
APC waivers available on request Model summary
Please note that the Journal of Open Humanities Data is a Gold Open Access Journal: if your paper is accepted for publication, you will be asked to pay an Article Publication Charge (APC) to cover publication costs, unless you have requested a waiver at the point of submission and this has been granted. Please see the submission guidelines for more information. This journal provides immediate open…
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
- Ubiquity Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2059-481X
- Print ISSN
- 2287-9099
- Electronic ISSN
- 2287-4577
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Open Humanities Data
What CAS zone is Journal of Open Humanities Data in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Open Humanities Data?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.2, h-index 11.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Open Humanities Data?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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 Journal of Open Humanities Data?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 1,500 words; Reference style: APA; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional, 3; 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Open Humanities Data based?
Of the 35 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 6%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (14), Italy (6) and Germany (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Open Humanities Data?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Open Humanities Data is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Open Humanities Data open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Open Humanities Data is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .