Journal profile · Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Kontakt
ISSN 1212-4117 · eISSN 1804-7122 · University of South Bohemia · Czechia
Kontakt: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 61 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Kontakt is published by University of South Bohemia and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Education, Psychology, and Social Research, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Family Support in Illness, together about 29.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Education, Psychology, and Social ResearchSocial Sciences18.5%
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine5.6%
- Family Support in IllnessSocial Sciences5.3%
- Health and Wellbeing ResearchHealth Professions4.8%
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeMedicine4.7%
- Nursing Diagnosis and DocumentationNursing4%
- Health, psychology, and well-beingHealth Professions3.9%
- Health Literacy and Information AccessibilityHealth Professions3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nursing | 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
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
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 68OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.58OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,258 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 57 | 57 | 2 |
| 2025 | 61 | 61 | 24 |
| 2024 | 61 | 61 | 78 |
| 2023 | 48 | 48 | 113 |
| 2022 | 42 | 42 | 114 |
| 2021 | 54 | 54 | 249 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 300 | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 50 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 150 | 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
- University of South Bohemia
- Country or region
- Czechia
- Language
- English, Czech
- ISSN
- 1212-4117
- Electronic ISSN
- 1804-7122
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Kontakt
What CAS zone is Kontakt in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Kontakt is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Nursing / Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Kontakt?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Kontakt?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Kontakt is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Kontakt open access, and what is the APC?
Kontakt is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .