Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Kervan
ISSN 1825-263X · Universita degli Studi di Torino, Facolta di Lingue e Letterature Straniere · Italy
Kervan: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 18 weeks (community reports); 88 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Kervan is published by Universita degli Studi di Torino, Facolta di Lingue e Letterature Straniere. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Indian and Buddhist Studies, Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis and Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies, together about 28.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics and Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal has three main aims. First of all, it aims at encouraging interdisciplinary research on Asia and Africa, maintaining high research standards. Second, by providing a global forum for Asian and African scholars, it promotes dialogue between the global academic community and civil society, emphasizing patterns and tendencies that go beyond national borders and are globally relevant. The third aim for a specialized academic journal is to widen the opportunities for publishing worthy scholarly studies, to stimulate debate, to create an ideal agora where ideas and research results can be compared and contrasted. Another challenge is to combine a scientific approach and the interest for cultural debate, artistic production, biographic narrative, etcetera. This journal wants to be original (even hybrid) also in its structure, where academic rigor should not hinder access to the vitality of experience and of artistic and cultural production.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Indian and Buddhist StudiesArts and Humanities11.1%
- Language, Linguistics, Cultural AnalysisArts and Humanities10%
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesArts and Humanities7.2%
- Comparative and World LiteratureArts and Humanities6.3%
- Translation Studies and PracticesArts and Humanities4.9%
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesArts and Humanities4.4%
- Classical Studies and PhilologyArts and Humanities4.3%
- Linguistics and language evolutionArts and Humanities4.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature and Literary Theory | Q2 | 374/1186 | 68th |
| Language and Linguistics | Q3 | 681/1137 | 40th |
| Linguistics and Language | Q3 | 790/1221 | 35th |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, Google Scholar, OCLC, EBSCO Discovery Service
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.02OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 551 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 7 |
| 2025 | 88 | 88 | 32 |
| 2024 | 58 | 58 | 43 |
| 2023 | 64 | 64 | 28 |
| 2022 | 42 | 42 | 26 |
| 2021 | 31 | 31 | 42 |
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 18 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 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 |
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 200–400 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 5
Article types accepted2, with length limits
- articlesArticlesLength not stated
- reviewh" must not be longer than 5,000 words; Reviews should not exceed 2,000 words. The thematic sections of articles and essays must be accommain text ≤ 2,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Model summary
Gli autori che pubblicano su Kervan accettano le seguenti condizioni: Gli autori mantengono i diritti sulla loro opera e cedono alla rivista il diritto di prima pubblicazione dell'opera, contemporaneamente licenziata sotto una Licenza Creative Commons - Attribuzione che permette ad altri di condividere l'opera indicando la paternità intellettuale e la prima pubblicazione su questa rivista.Gli auto…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Kervan is an Open Access journal published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. With the licence CC-BY, authors retain the copyright, allowing anyone to download, reuse, re-print, modify, distribute and/or copy their contribution. The work must be properly attributed to its author. It is not necessary to ask further permissions to the author(s) or journal board. This is …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
All research papers submitted to Kervan are peer-reviewed according to the following procedure: Initial review: The Editor-in-Chief evaluates each manuscript to determine if it fulfills the all above mentioned criteria. Manuscripts that fail to pass the initial review will be returned to the authors. Peer review: Manuscripts that pass the initial review are assigned to two independent reviewers ac…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Anti-plagiarism Policy
Kervan takes instances of plagiarism very seriously. Some papers may be randomly selected and reviewed using anti-plagiarism software (with Turnitin provided by the Univ. of Turin). Please refer to our Ethical Standards policy.
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
- Universita degli Studi di Torino, Facolta di Lingue e Letterature Straniere
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English, Italian
- ISSN
- 1825-263X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 30, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Kervan
How long does peer review take at Kervan?
Authors report an average review time of about 18 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 Kervan?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 200–400 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: Chicago; Suggested reviewers: Required, 5. 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 Kervan?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Kervan is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Kervan open access, and what is the APC?
Kervan 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: .