Journal profile · ART
Leonardo
ISSN 0024-094X · eISSN 1530-9282 · MIT Press
Leonardo: CAS Zone 4 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; 170 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Leonardo is published by MIT Press and is in Zone 4 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Aesthetic Perception and Analysis, Art, Technology, and Culture and Art, Politics, and Modernism, together about 32.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Leonardo is interested in work that crosses the artificial boundaries separating contemporary arts and sciences. Featuring illustrated articles written by artists about their own work as well as articles by historians, theoreticians, philosophers and other researchers, the journal is particularly concerned with issues related to the interaction of the arts, sciences and technology. Leonardo focuses on the visual arts and also addresses music and sound art, video, performance, language, environmental and conceptual arts—especially as they relate to the visual arts or make use of the tools, materials and ideas of contemporary science and technology. New concepts, materials and techniques and other subjects of general artistic interest are covered, as are legal, economic and political aspects of art. Beginning in 2021 Leonardo journal will include a regular section on music and sound art, folding content from the former standalone Leonardo Music Journal into its editorial focus.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ART
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Aesthetic Perception and AnalysisNeuroscience12.6%
- Art, Technology, and CultureArts and Humanities12.4%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities7.8%
- Art History and Market AnalysisArts and Humanities5.9%
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial LifePhysics and Astronomy5.8%
- Museums and Cultural HeritageArts and Humanities5.1%
- Architecture and Art History StudiesArts and Humanities4.7%
- Architecture and Computational DesignEngineering4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Art | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Art | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Art | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
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
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- h-index
- 137OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,324OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.47OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12.79%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 61LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 10,434 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 113 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 170 | 27 | 31 |
| 2024 | 152 | 31 | 172 |
| 2023 | 155 | 29 | 366 |
| 2022 | 147 | 25 | 440 |
| 2021 | 186 | 19 | 534 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
One submission at a time; no simultaneous submission to other publications, including other Leonardo publications. Model summary
You will be asked to confirm that you have not submitted your manuscript to any other publication, including other Leonardo publications.
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
- MIT Press
- ISSN
- 0024-094X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1530-9282
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Leonardo
What CAS zone is Leonardo in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Leonardo is in Zone 4 of Arts, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Art. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Leonardo?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Leonardo is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Leonardo open access, and what is the APC?
Leonardo is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .