Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Journal of the British Academy
ISSN 2052-7217 · The British Academy · United Kingdom
Journal of the British Academy: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 46 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the British Academy is published by The British Academy. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, Children's Rights and Participation and Peacebuilding and International Security, together about 22.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of the British Academy is an online, open access journal, showcasing the very best research in the humanities and social sciences. It aims to deepen and connect scholarship – not only within the humanities and social sciences, but across and between them – creating a platform for innovative interdisciplinary methods, perspectives and approaches. It is published by the British Academy, the UK’s national academy for the humanities and the social sciences.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceEnvironmental Science8.8%
- Children's Rights and ParticipationSocial Sciences6.9%
- Peacebuilding and International SecuritySocial Sciences6.6%
- Climate Change and Sustainable DevelopmentEnvironmental Science5.3%
- Gender, Security, and ConflictSocial Sciences4.7%
- Memory, violence, and historyPsychology4.7%
- Multilingual Education and PolicySocial Sciences4.4%
- Disaster Management and ResilienceSocial Sciences4.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 181/692 | 73rd |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 304/744 | 59th |
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
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 81OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.06OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 470 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33 | 33 | 469 |
| 2025 | 46 | 46 | 585 |
| 2024 | 55 | 55 | 711 |
| 2023 | 57 | 57 | 562 |
| 2022 | 60 | 60 | 351 |
| 2021 | 99 | 99 | 416 |
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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- The British Academy
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2052-7217
- 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 Journal of the British Academy
How long does peer review take at Journal of the British Academy?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 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 Journal of the British Academy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the British Academy is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of the British Academy open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the British Academy 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: .