Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Lexis
ISSN 2724-1564 · Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari · Italy
Lexis: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 24 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Lexis is published by Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Classical Studies and Philology, Classical Antiquity Studies and Classical Philosophy and Thought, together about 81.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics and History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Editor-in-chief Stefano MasoPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Classical Studies and PhilologyArts and Humanities30.8%
- Classical Antiquity StudiesSocial Sciences30.1%
- Classical Philosophy and ThoughtArts and Humanities21%
- Italian Literature and CultureArts and Humanities2.2%
- Linguistics and language evolutionArts and Humanities1.8%
- Biographical and Historical AnalysisArts and Humanities1.5%
- Biblical Studies and InterpretationArts and Humanities1.4%
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities1.1%
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 | Q3 | 821/1186 | 30th |
| Classics | Q4 | 153/196 | 22nd |
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: Latindex, Dialnet, Ebsco Publishing, Compludoc, Gale Cengage Learning
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
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.02OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 253 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 6 |
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | 8 |
| 2024 | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 | 6 |
| 2022 | 40 | 40 | 4 |
| 2021 | 60 | 60 | 2 |
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 8 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 | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- 5
- Reference style
- Chicago
- Not considered
- Introductions, prefaces; Reviews; Editorials
Article types accepted1
- editoriallistEditorial Guidelines Warnings Texts that will be uploaded to the portal for the peer review process must be strictly anonymous: any element contained in the…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism
- License & copyright
Open access under Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), allowing commercial use with proper attribution. Model summary
This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Double-blind peer review by at least two qualified reviewers, independent of authors and not affiliated with the same institution. Model summary
Every article published by ECF was accepted for publication by no less than two qualified reviewers as a result of a process of anonymous reviewing (double-blind peer review). The reviewers are independent of the authors and not affiliated with the same institution. The Journal’s Editors-in-Chief guarantees the proper execution of the peer review process for every article published in the Journal.…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Articles are checked for plagiarism using Compilatio software before being sent to at least two reviewers. Model summary
Submitted articles, after having been checked for plagiarism by means of the anti-plagiarism software Compilatio that is used by the University and is made available to us, will be sent to at least two reviewers.
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
- Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English, French, Italian
- ISSN
- 2724-1564
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Lexis
How long does peer review take at Lexis?
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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Lexis?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: 5; Reference style: Chicago. 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 Lexis?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Lexis is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Lexis open access, and what is the APC?
Lexis 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .