Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Classics
Karanos
ISSN 2604-6199 · eISSN 2604-3521 · Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciències de l’Antiguitat i l’Edat Mitjana. · Spain
Karanos: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 16 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Karanos is published by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciències de l’Antiguitat i l’Edat Mitjana.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Classical Antiquity Studies, Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History and Byzantine Studies and History, together about 69.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Archeology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Karanos. Bulletin of Ancient Macedonian Studies is an Academic Journal focused in the historical, socioeconomical and cultural perspectives related with ancient Macedonia, from the Argead dynasty to the Hellenistic Macedonian kingdoms (Seleucids, Ptolemies, Antigonids, among others) and the Roman province of Macedonia. Karanos. Bulletin of Ancient Macedonian Studies publish double-blind peer-reviewed papers related with these topics, including historical, archaeological, philological, epigraphical, or numismatical approaches, and any other kind of cultural analysis on the Ancient Macedonia and its historical appearances like the Hellenistic kingdoms and the relation with other peoples and cultures, including historiography and classical reception studies. Karanos also accepts reviews of books, reports and interviews that can be considered of interest for the ancient Macedonian studies.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Classics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Classical Antiquity StudiesSocial Sciences33%
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and HistoryArts and Humanities21.6%
- Byzantine Studies and HistoryArts and Humanities15.2%
- Classical Studies and PhilologyArts and Humanities7.6%
- Classical Philosophy and ThoughtArts and Humanities5.6%
- Eurasian Exchange NetworksSocial Sciences4.1%
- Ancient Near East HistoryArts and Humanities3.6%
- Biographical and Historical AnalysisArts and Humanities1.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classics | Q3 | 139/196 | 29th |
| History | Q4 | 1471/1936 | 23rd |
| Archeology (arts and humanities) | Q4 | 393/462 | 14th |
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
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.08OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 150 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 16 | 72 |
| 2025 | 16 | 16 | 11 |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | 8 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | 7 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 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 | |
| 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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Not considered
- under evaluation on any other journal
Article types accepted2
- papersPapers Karanos publishes papers which can help to improve our understanding about the Ancient Macedonian Studies.Length not stated
- reviewsReviews Reviews of books about Ancient Macedonian StudiesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics Statement on publication ethics and misconduct
The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) is fully committed to promoting ethical conduct in the publication of its science journals, based on the principles laid down by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (http://publicationethics.org). To achieve this, the UAB considers it essential for all parties involved in the …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors retain copyright; Creative Commons Spain Attribution 4.0 licence. Model summary
Authors retain copyright.The texts published in this journal are – unless indicated otherwise – covered by the Creative Commons Spain Attribution 4.0 licence. You may copy, distribute, transmit and adapt the work, provided you attribute it (authorship, journal name, publisher) in the manner specified by the author(s) or licensor(s). The full text of the licence can be consulted here: https://creat…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Open access; authors may self-archive preprints and postprints. Model summary
This journal provides immediate free access to its contents under the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, distribute, print, reproduce parts, search or make a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Following submission, an article is reviewed as follows: The Editorial Board assesses the article and decides whether it should be declined immediately or sent for double-blind peer-review by specialist academic referees. If the article is not declined immediately, it will be sent to two specialist referees. Following receipt of the referees’ reports, the article is reassessed by the Direction of …
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
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciències de l’Antiguitat i l’Edat Mitjana.
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish, Italian, English, French, Modern Greek (1453-)
- ISSN
- 2604-6199
- Electronic ISSN
- 2604-3521
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Karanos
How long does peer review take at Karanos?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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 Karanos?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Karanos is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Karanos open access, and what is the APC?
Karanos 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: .