Journal profile · Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
Maetagused
ISSN 1406-992X · eISSN 1406-9938 · Eesti Keele Instituut · Estonia
Maetagused: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 55 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Maetagused is published by Eesti Keele Instituut. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies, European Linguistics and Anthropology and Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies, together about 54.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesArts and Humanities22.1%
- European Linguistics and AnthropologySocial Sciences21.5%
- Cultural and Sociopolitical StudiesArts and Humanities11.2%
- Musicology and Musical AnalysisArts and Humanities4.1%
- Cultural and Mythological StudiesArts and Humanities3.3%
- Oral History, Memory, Narrative AnalysisArts and Humanities3.3%
- Language and CultureSocial Sciences3%
- Diaspora, migration, transnational identitySocial Sciences2.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Studies | Q3 | 1006/1434 | — |
| Anthropology | Q4 | 438/536 | — |
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
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
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.06OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 934 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 32 | 7 |
| 2025 | 55 | 55 | 15 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | 29 |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | 42 |
| 2022 | 29 | 29 | 54 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | 36 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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-NC-ND | |
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
The double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal has been published since 1996
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
- Eesti Keele Instituut
- Country or region
- Estonia
- Language
- Estonian
- ISSN
- 1406-992X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1406-9938
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Maetagused
How long does peer review take at Maetagused?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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 Maetagused?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Maetagused is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Maetagused open access, and what is the APC?
Maetagused 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: .