Journal profile
Kusa Lawa
ISSN 2827-8194 · Brawijaya University · Indonesia
Kusa Lawa: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 16 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Kusa Lawa is published by Brawijaya University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cultural and Artistic Studies, Cultural and Religious Practices in Indonesia and Artistic and Creative Research, together about 41.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Jurnal Kusa Lawa is a scientific communication media published by the Department of Arts and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Brawijaya University. This journal aims to accommodate the results of research and scientific studies that focus on the fields of Fine Arts and Cultural Anthropology. This journal accepts papers or articles in the following special fields: ArtFine arts studiesCreation of worksGraphic print and digital mediaArt and environmentArts managementCreative industryArts educationVisual semioticsPopular artPostmodern artArt and Markets Cultural Anthropologyanthropological specialization studies (law, economics, population, media and visuals, development, gender, tourism, festivals)regional studiesstudy of ethnographic research methods
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief A. Syariffudin RohmanPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cultural and Artistic StudiesSocial Sciences17.1%
- Cultural and Religious Practices in IndonesiaSocial Sciences15.1%
- Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities9.6%
- Digital Media and Visual ArtComputer Science9.6%
- Art, Aesthetics, and PerceptionArts and Humanities8.9%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities4.1%
- Community-based Tourism Development and SustainabilitySocial Sciences3.4%
- Arts and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities3.4%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 84 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 16 | 16 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 3 |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | 24 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | 2 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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-SA | |
| 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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 5
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Peer review
- Conflicts of interest
References must conform to APA style. Model summary
All references cited should be listed alphabetically conforming to APA (American Psychological Association) system.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review; author details must not appear in the article itself. Model summary
Note that these details shall not be written in the article itself as to facilitate a double blind-review.
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
- Brawijaya University
- Country or region
- Indonesia
- Language
- English, Indonesian
- ISSN
- 2827-8194
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 6, Issue 1 (2026)
- 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
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Kusa Lawa
How long does peer review take at Kusa Lawa?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 Kusa Lawa?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≤ 5; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not 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.
Which databases index Kusa Lawa?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Kusa Lawa is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Kusa Lawa open access, and what is the APC?
Kusa Lawa 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .